i'm expecting during this meeting council messed council members to get a briefing from deborah lyons, who's the head of the un mission in afghanistan on the latest on the ground in the increasingly dire humanitarian situation, as well as concerns about human rights abuses for women and girls. and particularly, and minority groups as well. this seems to be a message again to the afghan people about the international communities commitment to them. of course, they will have to discuss also exactly what the us role will be moving forward to address that in many sticky issues. will remain on that front. but what i do expect out of this meeting is a real focus on those humanitarian issues and rights issues. we're going to hear also from nobel laureate malala use of psi who was shot after advocating for girls religion, which had been banned in her part of pakistan by the taliban. so an emotional speech expected on that front meant to appeal to the international community as it charts away forward in afghanistan. now that the united states has withdrawn and been one of the issues that might

deborah lyons told the un security council that if africa assets and aid payments remain out of reach, the consequences will be devastating. the 1st international passenger plane to leave combo. since the end of the us, i'd evacuation has landed in doha, qatar airways flight carried more than $100.00 foreign possible holders, including american us president joe biden has announced sweeping new federal cove at $900.00 vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100000000 american workers infections are searching driven by the delta various, especially among those refusing to be an option of los angeles has become the 1st major us school district to make vaccinations mandatory for students. those age 12 and older have until january to get that jobs. the cities had some of the longest school closures anywhere in the us through the pandemic education officials. so they want to stop that happening again. the world health organization expects african nations to receive 25 percent fewer vaccine doses than expected this year. it blame as wealthy countries, which it says of failing to deliver on

carried out reprisal killings since taking over the country. despite its promises of amnesty, deborah lyons also urged the world to keep the money flowing into afghanistan, or it could suffer a historic breakdown. he told a security council. the country could be set back generations without economic help . there is an immediate and pressing need to deliver on a huge scale is central humanitarian aid. in areas such as health, food security, non food items and sanitation. and still, secondly, there is an additional looming crisis to which i must draw your attention. billions of assets and dollar and donor funds have been frozen by members of the international community. the understandable purpose is to not is to deny these funds to the de facto taliban administration. inevitable effect, however, will be a severe economic downturn that could throw many more millions into poverty and hunger. may generate a massive wave of refugees from afghanistan. and engage, set up, gather, stand back for generations. the 1st international passenger plane to leave cobble. since the end of the us, lead evacuat

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but as deborah lyons, so at the point got pointed out in your set up piece, afghanistan immediate need needs hundreds of millions of dollars of assistance or the whole economy will collapse. we have half of afghan these 2 need immediate humanitarian assistance. one 3rd of atkins are acutely food insecure, including half of all african children. there's a severe drug going on and then the course about 70 percent of the economy, or at least the national budget was international assistance. almost all of which has been cut off. the guitar, even the chinese, were among the 1st to rush in the humanitarian assistance. and there's a big donor conference on monday. but it's going to take the international community almost reversing its position on afghanistan and getting aid flowing immediately to emerge and economic and humanitarian catastrophe. and who should taught and aid those assets? how do we ensure that money goes to where it's needed most and not into the, the packet that the pockets of, of the tongue about well development assistance because, you know, often does go in the wrong dire

but the security council is in an uncomfortable position, as was laid out by deborah lyons, who is the representative of the us in afghanistan and the assistance mission they are. she pointed out that billions of dollars in afghans assets have been frozen aid money into the country has been frozen. with the goal of not letting that money get into the hands of the taliban, whose government, as named does not include any women or any opposition. members, but the financial situation in the country as a result is increasingly dire and risks plunging. 97 percent of the country below the poverty line. it also means that there could be millions of refugees and result ultimately and a larger threat to international peace and security as a result of freezing that money. so we heard that top members of the taliban are still on the international sanctions list. so what we heard coming from deborah lions in other speakers and the situation there was the importance of keeping that money flowing through the un to help people in need. and also the importance of the international community speaking wi