Draghi: in Afghanistan there is a humanitarian catastrophe, sent to the UN to act

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12 October 2021 The extraordinary G20 on the Afghan crisis "was overall very satisfactory and fruitful".

"I consider it a success. It was the first time the leaders gave a multilateral response to the Afghan crisis".

"Multilateralism is making a comeback as a working scheme of the most important countries in the world". 

So Mario Draghi, Prime Minister, during the press conference at the end of the extraordinary meeting of G20 leaders on Afghanistan.

"There is a widespread awareness of how serious the humanitarian emergency is developing in Afghanistan. The representatives of institutions and the United Nations spoke of a humanitarian catastrophe, and noted how, with the approach of winter, the situation is precipitating. I tried to put this into maximum emphasis, as a topic on which the greatest agreement could be found. And in fact there was. "

"The mandate to the United Nations is to be able to have a road map to proceed with aid", explains Draghi at a press conference. "The United Nations will be the great director of the response to the humanitarian crisis", adds the premier.

"There is full awareness of this emergency and of the enormous responsibilities that the G20 has towards the Afghans and Afghanistan, where we have remained for 20 years. We are responsible and it is our duty to intervene". 

The extraordinary G20 on Afghanistan "I consider it a success, it was the first occasion in which the leaders gave a multilateral response to the Afghan crisis, one of the first statements of multilateralism that took place this year. Multilateralism it is returning, with difficulty, but it is returning as a working scheme of the most important countries ". 

"We need to prevent the economic collapse of Afghanistan. This means preventing the country's payment system from collapsing, so it is no longer possible to make payments. Then it becomes very difficult to provide humanitarian assistance. It means trying to save what little of the system is. bank that has remained ". 

"The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced a commitment of one billion euros to finance humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan" during the extraordinary meeting of G20 leaders on Afghanistan, organized as part of the Italian presidency of the forum of the big 20.

European support, according to what the premier highlighted, should come in the context of a UN-led coordination, whose mandate and contours were outlined during the meeting. Also with this in mind, said Draghi, US President Joe Biden announced a new $ 300 million allocation.

"As far as I know", the absence of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping "was not due" to "particular foreign policy reasons". Prime Minister Draghi said this in the press conference after the extraordinary G20 on Afghanistan. Their absence "was communicated in advance" and "there was a lot of involvement before the meeting, which comes after the meeting. United Nations General Assembly and the meeting of foreign ministers ".

"It is essential that Russia and China participate in the G20, everyone is aware that without their participation, but also from India, the commitments made are not realistic ... Everyone is aware that problems go beyond national borders and can only be tackled together. ". 

Among the aspects that were addressed during the extraordinary G20 on Afghanistan there was also the Kabul airport: "If it does not remain open, it is difficult to coordinate and organize assistance". Prime Minister Mario Draghi said this at a press conference, underlining that there was also talk of the "involvement of neighboring countries, to give order to migratory movements".

The request to Afghanistan to counter the humanitarian emergency is that "there must be the possibility for the United Nations and for the" neighboring "countries to be able to enter and exit, in short, freedom of movement".

"There are still people who want to go out, want to be helped. It is our responsibility to take care of them." 

One of the priorities for Afghanistan is "organizing relief and aid programs for migrants" also evaluating the possibility of involving neighboring countries, in the face of a situation where "600 thousand internally displaced persons and millions of migrants whose traces have been lost ". "We need to give order and visibility to migratory movements, at the moment there is no it is a coordination ".

"Consensus has found the need for Afghanistan not to go back to being a refuge for international terrorism, this also means for many countries coordinating their action against terrorism". 

"Tackling the humanitarian crisis will require contacts with the Taliban, but this does not mean recognizing them. It must be acknowledged that they were judged for what they did, not for what they said". 

"The problem of women's rights, of guaranteeing them education, of not going back 20 years has been touched by everyone." 

"In Afghanistan it is a necessity to continue the fight against Covid-19. It is not an immediate priority but if nothing is done this will aggravate the situation".

's proposal The proposal for a working group on migrants put forward by Turkish President Erdogan is "interesting but the other members must also agree, we will talk about it in the coming days. We are in favor of coordinating the response on migration, starting with from what is happening with us who have been left alone. The proposal goes in this direction, we need to see if the others will be available to participate ".