"AFGHANISTAN SITUATION"

United Nations Resident Coordinator in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, will hold a hybrid press conference in the Press Briefing Room.  

Women literally being erased from public life in Afghanistan, speaker tells Security Council, sounding alarm over country’s dire situation.

Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative for Afghanistan, said that the Taliban’s decision to suspend women from secondary education is “causing damage today that will be felt long into the future.” UNIFEED

Media Stakeout by Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, on Afghanistan.

Briefing by Ramiz Alakbarov, Deputy Special Representative, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan.

General Assembly voices deep concern over volatility in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover, unflinching commitment to Afghans, adopting resolution by vote.

The UN Refugee Agency said that the number of people forced to flee their homes has increased every year over the past decade and stands at the highest level since records began, a trend that can only be reversed by a new, concerted push toward peace-making. UNHCR

The UN and partners launched a more than five billion USD funding appeal for Afghanistan on Tuesday, in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services there, which have left 22 million in need of assistance inside the country and 5.7 million people requiring help beyond its borders. UNTV CH

UN humanitarian agencies and their partners still have access to people in need across Afghanistan, they indicated on Friday (20 Aug), despite the prevailing “sense of fear” felt by many. UNTV CH

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned of “a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as the escalating conflict brings increased human suffering and civilian displacement,” a UN spokesperson told reporters on Tuesday. UNIFEED