UN Secretary-General Antoniou Guterry on Thursday called to defrost financial assets of Afghanistan and increase the financing of humanitarian operations, reports TASS.
“Cold and frozen assets – a fatal combination for residents of Afghanistan. In this emergency it is necessary to suspend the rules and conditions that do not make money to save lives and support the economy. It should be allowed to allow international funding for paying wages to the public sector employees and for assistance to Afghan institutions in the provision of services in health care, education and other vital areas, “he said on Thursday to journalists.
Guterrish especially emphasized the need to ensure the work of the central bank of the country, for which money is necessary. “The work of the Central Bank of Afghanistan should continue. It is necessary to find a way to conditional unlocking Afghan currency reserves,” he added. – We must also provide liquidity to the country’s economy and prevent its destruction, which otherwise will lead to poverty and hunger. “
UN Secretary-General at the same time noted that while, especially with the onset of winter, the situation in Afghanistan remains “terrible.” “Children sell to feed their brothers and sisters. Freezing hospitals are filled with malnutrition children. People harness property to warm up. And all this comes in the middle of a global pandemic,” he added.
The Taliban movement launched a large-scale control operation of Afghanistan after the US announcement in the spring of 2021 on the decision to withdraw its armed forces from the country. On August 15, the Taliban was entered in Kabul, and President Ashraf Gani left the republic. On September 6, the radicals declared the establishment of control over the entire Afghan territory, and on September 7, the composition of the temporary government was announced, whose legitimacy has not yet recognized any country.
As the Taliban are under UN sanctions, Afghanistan’s financial assets abroad were frozen.