Pressure mounts on U.N. to evacuate Afghan employees as Taliban cuts off airport access to locals.
, and a group of U.N. staffers has urged Guterres to order their evacuation.
The question of how to deliver humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan is becoming increasingly complicated since the Taliban seized control of the nation’s capital, Kabul. Those decisions come alongside the World Health Organization and UNICEF saying in a joint statement that their “abilities to respond to those needs are rapidly declining.” Key medical supplies are set to run out within days WHO separately acknowledged.
Local staff “should not be asked to sacrifice their lives and safety” in order to perform their U.N. roles, or because of their previous contributions to the U.N.,The signatories include nationals from the U.S., India, Japan, U.K., France, Sweden, Norway and New Zealand.
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