With country on brink of starvation, U.S., Europe seize Afghan funds
On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) Afghanistan sent out a bleak set of tweets.
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On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) Afghanistan sent out a bleak set of tweets.
On February 8, 2022, UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Fund) Afghanistan sent out a bleak set of tweets.
Exact needs are but actually getting those substantive supplies in there to start feeding those people. that's a different challenge, entirely. essentially, what we did today are just the first-few steps. we did actually talk with the chief of the u.n. development program. he told us that he does see a lot of challenges here on the island but he also hopes that the -- the recovery efforts will speed up over the next few days as the government tells us somewhere around 60 or 70,000 structures across the island, anderson, have been affected, damaged in some way by this earthquake. >> matt rivers...
Meals will likely follow suit. >> what about other hard hits areas around the country? are roads passable yet? is aid getting in? >> reporter: really depends on what you're talking about, anderson. but unfortunately, there are a lot of places just like the place where we went. and even when you're talking about manishe, it's an amazing thing but actually getting those substantive supplies in there to start feeding those people, that's a different challenge entirely. essentially what we did today are just the first few steps. we did actually talk with the chief of the u.n. development program. ...
Same united nations tried to crackdown on sanctions that china and russia were missing and it seemed to be going in that direction and the very country they want to crackdown on, they get a seat on a panel the people would die for and actually probably have. >>guest: exactly. and has cheered their flag ship agency, the u.n. development program, the governing council that iran was running a few years ago. the answer is, while the security council passes sanctions, the general assembly of the united nations all 193 states which has huge lobbying blocks like the organization of the islamic confer...