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UN agencies and IEA agree to form a coordination committee

24 May 2023 - 22:06

A coordination meeting was held between the United Nations agencies in Afghanistan and various departments of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.


Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, The Minister of Foreign Affairs Malawi Amir Khan Muttaqi thanked the United Nations agencies and donors for their generous assistance to the people of Afghanistan and said that Afghanistan has a unique potential for development and self-reliance with a young and energetic workforce and vast natural resources.

 
“Since the country has been affected by four decades of wars, it needs international aid for some time, until Afghanistan can stand on its own feet and become a donor country instead of a recipient country,” Muttaqi said in the meeting.
 
Later, the heads of various ministries of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan assured the United Nations agencies and other charitable institutions of their cooperation and requested that in order to ensure more effectiveness and transparency of aid to the country, coordination with relevant sectoral ministries should be further strengthened and the priorities of the people of Afghanistan should be taken into account in the design and implementation of projects.
 
Meanwhile, Ramiz Alakbarov UN. Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, said in his speech that everyone has one goal and that is to make Afghanistan prosperous and self-sufficient.
 
Alakbarov added that the UN is trying to organize the distribution of aid in such a way as to create job opportunities for the people.
 
The two sides agreed to establish a coordination committee between the relevant agencies of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the relevant agencies of the United Nations for the purpose of greater coordination.


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