The United Nations has called on countries to contribute more than 570 billion yen in Japanese yen to support Afghanistan, where humanitarian crises such as food shortages are becoming more serious.

It is the largest amount of support for one country since the United Nations was founded.

On the 11th, OCHA = United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and UNHCR = United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced the contents of their support for Afghanistan.



According to it, Afghanistan suffered the worst drought in the last 30 years last year, and the reinstatement of the Islamist Taliban caused the economy to deteriorate, with 24.4 million people, 55% of the population, in need of humanitarian assistance. It means that there is.



It warns that a total of 4.7 million people, including 3.9 million children, will be acutely malnourished and that if the current condition continues, 130,000 children will face death.



For this reason, the United Nations has asked each country to contribute to humanitarian assistance such as food assistance and health, saying that a total of 5 billion dollars, or 757 billion yen in Japanese yen, will be required in one year.



It is the largest amount of support for one country since the United Nations was founded in 1945.



At the press conference, High Commissioner for Refugees Grundy expressed a sense of crisis, saying, "Time is limited. If Afghanistan collapses, many people will flow out to neighboring countries and beyond," calling for cooperation from each country. I did.