{"id":1249406,"date":"2022-01-28T00:22:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T05:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1249406"},"modified":"2022-01-28T00:23:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T05:23:04","slug":"u-n-chief-wants-taliban-sanctions-lifted-to-facilitate-humanitarian-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-chief-wants-taliban-sanctions-lifted-to-facilitate-humanitarian-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. Chief Wants Taliban Sanctions Lifted to Facilitate Humanitarian Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-n-chief-wants-taliban-sanctions-lifted-to-facilitate-humanitarian-aid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1249406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday that much of Afghanistan\u2019s population is \u201changing by a thread\u201d after the brutal Taliban takeover \u2013 and asked member nations to lift sanctions on the very same Taliban, to facilitate humanitarian aid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe need to give financial institutions and commercial partners legal assurance that they can work with humanitarian operators without fear of breaching sanctions,\u201d Guterres <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2022\/01\/1110622\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cAt this moment, we need the global community \u2013 and this Council \u2013 to put their hands on the wheel of progress, provide resources, and prevent Afghanistan from spiraling any further,\u201d he urged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs a matter of moral responsibility \u2013 and regional and global security and prosperity \u2013 we cannot abandon the people of Afghanistan. Afghans need peace, hope, and help, and they need it now,\u201d he declared.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19532386\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/wi\/afp\/18\/afghanistan-is-grip-of-humanitarian-disaster-worsened-by-taliban-takeover-of-country-afp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19532386 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/afghanistan-is-grip-of-humanitarian-disaster-worsened-by-taliban-takeover-of-country-afp-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman wearing a burqa walks along a road towards her home after receiving free bread distributed as part of the Save Afghans From Hunger campaign in Kabul on January 18, 2022. (Wakil KOHSAR\/AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>In December, UNSC <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2021\/12\/1108642\"><span>granted<\/span><\/a><span> a humanitarian exemption to the U.N.\u2019s own sanctions on Afghanistan, unblocking transactions that could \u201callow for the processing and payment of funds, other financial assets or economic resources, and the provision of goods and services necessary to ensure the timely delivery of assistance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19657450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237992684.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19657450 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237992684-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"TOPSHOT - A Taliban fighter stands guard before to start a women protest in support of the Taliban regime at the Ahmad Shah Massoud square in front of the US embassy in Kabul on January 26, 2022. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR \/ AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A Taliban fighter stands guard before to start a women protest in support of the Taliban regime at the Ahmad Shah Massoud square in front of the US embassy in Kabul on January 26, 2022. (WAKIL KOHSAR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Security Council advised its members to use \u201creasonable efforts\u201d to ensure these unblocked funds did not end up in the hands of the Taliban, whose \u201cIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan\u201d government <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/09\/21\/taliban-names-all-male-slate-of-deputy-ministers-to-interim-cabinet\/\"><span>includes<\/span><\/a><span> a number of designated terrorists and wanted international criminals.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19525554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237780113.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19525554 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237780113-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"In this photograph taken on January 16, 2022, Taliban fighters take part in a military street parade in Maymana, capital of Faryab province. (Photo by Elise BLANCHARD \/ AFP) (Photo by ELISE BLANCHARD\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this photograph taken on January 16, 2022, Taliban fighters take part in a military street parade in Maymana, capital of Faryab province. (ELISE BLANCHARD\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cOur team in Afghanistan stands ready to work with Member States and others to establish accountable systems to ensure that funds go to the Afghan people most in need, and are not diverted,\u201d Guterres promised Security Council members Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Guterres also made some demands of the Taliban, without indicating how he would enforce them, or dwelling upon the Taliban\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/24\/world\/asia\/afghan-women-taliban-protests.html\"><span>refusal<\/span><\/a><span> to improve on human rights despite repeated pleas from the United Nations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe window for trust-building is open. But this trust must be earned,\u201d Guterres signaled to the Taliban.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe must prevent the expansion of all terrorist organizations in the country. And just as I appeal to the international community to step up support for the people of Afghanistan, I make an equally urgent plea to the Taliban leadership to recognize and protect the fundamental human rights that every person shares,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, a group of Western diplomats <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20220126-west-links-humanitarian-aid-to-to-afghanistan-to-improvement-in-human-rights\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> a Taliban delegation visiting Europe that increased humanitarian aid would be linked to improved human rights.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told the U.N. these talks appeared to have been \u201cserious\u201d and \u201cgenuine,\u201d while the Taliban simply held them up as an example of the Western world granting the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan the legitimacy it craves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFrom these meetings we are sure of getting support for Afghanistan\u2019s humanitarian, health and education sectors,\u201d one Taliban official boasted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday that much of Afghanistan\u2019s population is \u201changing by a thread\u201d after the brutal Taliban takeover \u2013 and asked &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1249406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1249406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1249406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1249406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1249406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}