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1. “That includes types of assistance that directly support basic human needs while moving beyond pure humanitarian delivery, where possible, into sustaining livelihoods for ordinary Afghans, in accordance with the basic human needs I described earlier in the briefing. The challenges ahead are significant and will require greater patience, but we must endure. It is the least that the Afghan people deserve. We continue to believe that it is the only way forward for their benefit and that of the international community.”

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2. “Our strategy for the months ahead is aimed at promoting political consultation and inclusion in the longer term. In the meantime, we are engaging with the de facto authorities to increase predictability in our relationships. Even as the international community and the Taliban remain far apart on questions of human, women’s and political rights, there are some areas in which we can cooperate better to improve the lives of Afghans and make progress on issues of common concern, such as countering narcotics and taking action on mines. Establishing an agenda of common interests will help to build confidence and reduce misunderstandings.”

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3. “The overall security environment is becoming increasingly unpredictable. We are seeing clashes between the forces of the de facto authorities and the armed political opposition, specifically in Panjshir and Baghlan provinces, as well as improvised explosive device attacks and targeted assassinations against de facto authority targets by both armed political opposition and ISIL-KP. Armed opposition attacks against the de facto authorities doubled in May compared to April. The number of ISIL-KP attacks has generally decreased over that same period, but their geographic scope has widened to 11 provinces where previously it was six. We cannot exclude the possibility of increased instability if people’s rights are denied and if they do not see themselves included in the Government.”

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4. “Martin Griffiths, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Fourthly, despite all the difficulties I have sincerely described, we continue to firmly believe that a strategy of continued engagement and dialogue remains the only way forward for the sake of the people of Afghanistan, as well as for the sake of regional and international security. In that regard, let me welcome the appointment by the Secretary-General of Ambassador Markus Potzel of Germany as the new Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who will be responsible for leading the political engagement strategy. A few elements are important to note. The Taliban continues to hold power almost exclusively. The emergence and persistence of an armed opposition is in large part due to political exclusion.”

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5. “More than 19 million people were provided with food; more than 5 million people were provided with health care; 3 million children under 5 years of age and pregnant and lactating women were treated for acute malnutrition; 3.3 million people received access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene; 374,000 children were provided with education support; 1.2 million people were provided with shelter and household items; and more than 2 million people were provided with protection services — all thanks to the international community’s generous assistance. Despite those achievements, the humanitarian crisis persists and will require sustained support over the course of 2022 and 2023. The Council will receive a more detailed briefing on the humanitarian needs later this morning from Mr.”

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6. “They want safety, not only for themselves but also for those they love, and that safety means freedom of movement for all, including both men and women on an equal basis. Achieving that, even in the current operational environment, should be within our reach. With the generous support of donors, the humanitarian community has coordinated a response of unprecedented proportions to Afghanistan’s massive humanitarian crisis. Between January and the end of April, humanitarian partners reached 20 million people with at least one form of assistance, including 19.3 million vulnerable people with humanitarian needs and nearly 250,000 cross-border returnees, 75,000 refugees and 95,000 people affected by floods and other weather-related events.”

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7. “We need the Council’s support. When I and other members of the United Nations senior leadership team travel around the country and meet with vulnerable affected communities, the conversations leave a lasting impression. Let me share some of them. Afghan families are humbled and grateful for the lifeline provided by the humanitarian response. However, during the most recent episode of what has been a 40-year-long crisis, they all have three straightforward, simple and sincere requests. They want jobs to generate more income, just so they can afford to survive on their own. They want a longer-term response to the economic crisis — one that provides them with a dignified means of survival and an opportunity to look to the future.”

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8. “It will also pave the way for substitution agriculture to replace poppy cultivation, allowing us to capitalize on the de facto authority’s recent ban on poppy and narcotic cultivation. While doing so, we need to continue to provide adequate attention to the clearance of the widely unexploded ordnance of war. That bottom-up approach to economic recovery is shared by the de facto authorities and would help the most vulnerable. Already, the United Nations country team is implementing such approaches in rural areas through an area-based approach that channels technical and financial support directly to local communities and small enterprises, restores local small infrastructure and provides basic income support for some of the most vulnerable in society. However, funding for those types of economic recovery activities is minimal so far.”

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9. “Currently, Afghanistan is experiencing its second drought in successive years, while other emerging threats — such as floods and disease outbreaks, outbreaks of locusts and livestock diseases that impact agrarian communities and households, and natural disasters such as the recent earthquake — are deepening and aggravating pre-existing vulnerabilities. No matter what we do, Afghan rural areas must be given priority attention, with a focus on agricultural and food systems to prevent cycles of hunger. We must help drive a grass-roots economic recovery that is anchored in the creation of value chains and developing linkages between farmers and food producers and local markets. That in turn will reduce child labour, improve health outcomes and create an enabling environment for social development and change.”

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10. “At the same time, Afghanistan remains highly vulnerable to future climate change and geopolitical shocks. That comes on top of the extreme poverty and backwardness of Afghanistan’s rural areas, where productivity is low and education and health services are often non-existent. Let me be very clear: those problems are at the root of all the socioeconomic and political dilemmas that Afghanistan has faced in the past and is facing now. They need to be addressed if different social and economic outcomes are to be achieved in Afghanistan at any given time.”

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11. “It is possible that unemployment could reach 40 per cent this year — up from 13 per cent in 2021 — and some projections indicate that poverty rates may climb as high as 97 per cent by the end of 2022. Even more alarming, 82 per cent of households are now in debt, while the deteriorating economy offers few chances to climb out of that debt. And the coping resources that helped many families get through the winter’s difficulties and the humanitarian emergency that we experienced have unfortunately been depleted. If the economy is not able to recover and grow meaningfully and sustainably, then the Afghan people will face repeated humanitarian crises, potentially spurring mass migration and making the conditions ripe for radicalization and renewed armed conflict.”

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12. “The costs to the economy of those policies are immense. The psychosocial costs of being denied education, for example, are incalculable. And women are collectively being written out of society in a way that is unique in the world. Nevertheless, let me assure the Security Council that UNAMA will remain a vocal and visible voice for safeguarding the human rights of the people of Afghanistan, specifically those of women and girls. The second issue I want to address is the ongoing economic crisis, which is perhaps the single-most important issue in Afghanistan as a potential driver of conflict and misery. The Afghan economy has contracted an estimated 30 to 40 per cent since August; output and incomes have been reduced by 20 to 30 per cent, while there has been a 50 per cent decline in the number of households receiving remittances.”

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13. “More needs to be done by the de facto authorities to prevent such violations and demonstrate that, when they are perpetrated, violators are held accountable. The de facto authorities have increasingly restricted the exercise of basic human rights, such as by restricting the freedom of peaceful assembly and the freedom of opinion and expression, quelling dissent and restricting civic space in the country. Those restrictions continue to be aimed particularly at the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, limiting their involvement in social, political and economic life. Those restrictions include, most prominently, the ban on secondary schooling for girls and the decision to impose a face covering on women, on which Council members have been briefed in detail by former Special Representative of the Secretary-General Deborah Lyons.”

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14. “I will focus on four — the human rights situation, the economic crisis, the ongoing humanitarian emergency and the need for continued engagement with the de facto authorities. Let me begin with the human rights situation in Afghanistan, which remains precarious. Despite the adoption of a general amnesty and repeated assurances by the de facto authorities that it is being respected, UNAMA continues to receive credible allegations of killings, ill-treatment and other violations targeting individuals associated with the former Government of Afghanistan. UNAMA also continues to receive credible allegations of violations committed by the de facto authorities against individuals accused of affiliation with the armed opposition and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan Province (ISIL- KP).”

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15. “I will be there with the heads of United Nations agencies, delivering aid directly to the communities and the people of Afghanistan, working together on the ground with relief agencies from civil society and the international community. Their efforts are impressive and commendable, and I appreciate their heroic efforts over the past two days. I am sure everyone will agree that yesterday’s earthquake was yet another tragic reminder of the myriad dangers facing the Afghan people at this time. My heartfelt condolences go out to the people of Afghanistan, to the families and to loved ones of those who have lost their lives, and we wish those injured a speedy recovery. My briefing today, however, will focus on other emergencies the population in Afghanistan face today. Wednesday’s earthquake is but one such emergency.”

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16. “In the aftermath of the tremor, humanitarian actors mobilized an immediate response alongside their counterparts from the de facto authorities, where the Ministry of Defense is leading efforts by dispatching ambulances and providing medical equipment, trauma kits, medicine, mobile health teams and emergency supplies, including tents, blankets, plastic sheeting and food assistance. Inter-agency assessment teams were deployed within hours and remain in place helping to coordinate and inform the humanitarian response. In the next 48 hours, I will be visiting the affected areas to meet with families and first-hand responders, including women’s civil society groups that are working to ensure that assistance reaches women and girls, and to support overall relief efforts.”

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17. “Mr. Alakbarov: I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to address the Security Council today from Kabul as Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). As you noted just now, yesterday a deadly earthquake struck Afghanistan in the early hours of the morning as people were sleeping. So far, as of the latest information we have received, nearly 800 people have been confirmed killed and more than 1,400 injured, many of them seriously, with several thousand homes destroyed or damaged. Search-and-rescue operations are ongoing, and it is expected that the number of casualties will further increase over the coming days, along with the number of affected communities.”

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