The British government on Tuesday, February 15 announced that they will co-host a virtual United Nations summit that is aimed at raising $4.4 billion to address the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
A joint statement released by the UK government and UN reads that Donor countries, UN agencies, and Afghan civil society to attend the online meet-ing but the exact date.
Meanwhile, British Foreign Minister Liz Truss the summit would focus on delivering shelter, food, and health services, in particular for women and girls who have been sidelined since the Taliban takeover. “The conference is a critical moment for the inter-national community to step up support in an effort to stop the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghani-stan. The scale of need is unparalleled, and the con-sequences of inaction will be devastating. The UK is determined to lead the global effort,” Truss said.The summit comes as international organizations have been urging donor countries to scale up aid to the vulnerable people of Afghanistan as they are going through the worst humanitarian situation in the world.—Agncies
