PM urges int'l community to provide humanitarian relief to Afghans
Last updated on: 22 January,2022 02:55 pm
PM urges int'l community to provide immediate humanitarian relief to millions of Afghans
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the international community to provide immediate humanitarian relief to millions of Afghans on the brink of starvation.
Prime Minister Imran Khan, in a tweet today [Saturday], said there is an urgency and obligation for the international community under the unanimously adopted UN principle of Responsibility To Protect.
It merits mention that United Nations says that currently, more than half the population of Afghanistan depends on life-saving assistance.
The United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres has warned that the world is “in a race against time to help the Afghan people.”
The UN chief said the scale of the appeal “reflects the scale of the despair.”
“Babies being sold to feed their siblings. Freezing health facilities overflowing with malnourished children. People burning their possessions to keep warm. Livelihoods across the country have been lost.”
Without a more concerted effort from the international community, Mr. Guterres argued, “virtually every man, woman and child in Afghanistan could face acute poverty.”