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UN Secretary-General Antonio Gueterres To Convene Meeting On Afghanistan Funding

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric made the announcement Friday and said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will also appeal 'for full and unimpeded humanitarian access to make sure Afghans continue to get the essential services they need.'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Gueterres To Convene Meeting On Afghanistan Funding
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The United Nations chief will convene a ministerial meeting in Geneva on September 13 to seek a swift scale-up in funding to address the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where nearly half the country's 38 million people need assistance.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric made the announcement Friday and said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will also appeal 바카라for full and unimpeded humanitarian access to make sure Afghans continue to get the essential services they need.바카라

Dujarric said the U.N. appeal for USD1.3 billion for 2021 to help more than 18 million people is just 40per cent funded, leaving a USD766 million deficit.

바카라Afghanistan faces a looming humanitarian catastrophe,바카라 the U.N. spokesman said.

바카라One in three Afghans do not know where their next meal will come from. Nearly half of all children under the age of 5 are predicted to be acutely malnourished in the next 12 months.바카라

Earlier Friday, Dujarric said the secretary-general is 바카라very grateful for the generosity바카라 of Denmark, Kazakhstan, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the United States for making available facilities and transport for the temporary relocation of U.N. staff in Afghanistan.

Dujarric announced August 18 that about 100 of the U.N.'s 300 international staff were being moved to Kazakhstan to work remotely because of security concerns.

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