UN / AFGHANISTAN UPDATE

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said “they are alarmed that the current trajectory of conflict, uncertainty, drought and the pandemic could endanger fragile development gains, including the rights of Afghan women and girls.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:55
• Production Date: 20 August 2021
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ACHIM STEINER
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; DEVELOPMENT
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 2648054
• Parent Id: 2648054
• Alternate Title: unifeed210820e

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STORY: UN / AFGHANISTAN UPDATE
TRT: 00:55
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 AUGUST 2021, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Aerial shot, UN headquarters exterior

20 AUGUST 2021, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Eri Kaneko at the dais
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Eri Kaneko, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“An update from our UN Development Programme colleagues in Afghanistan, they said today that they are alarmed that the current trajectory of conflict, uncertainty, drought and the pandemic could endanger fragile development gains, including the rights of Afghan women and girls. The unfolding humanitarian and development emergency, accelerated by paralysis of state institutions, could erase hard-won development progress over the past twenty years. The UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner said that the Afghan people need development and humanitarian support now more than ever, and we are committed to continue our efforts to address early recovery, the COVID-19 response, and prevent large scale displacement and vulnerabilities. UNDP says it is our moral imperative to stay and deliver, responding to these critical needs.”
5. Wide shot, end of briefing

Storyline

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today (20 Aug) said “they are alarmed that the current trajectory of conflict, uncertainty, drought and the pandemic could endanger fragile development gains, including the rights of Afghan women and girls.”

In a statement read by UN spokesperson Eri Kaneko, the development agency said, “the unfolding humanitarian and development emergency, accelerated by paralysis of state institutions, could erase hard-won development progress over the past twenty years.”

Kaneko said, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner has said that “the Afghan people need development and humanitarian support now more than ever, and we are committed to continue our efforts to address early recovery, the COVID-19 response, and prevent large scale displacement and vulnerabilities.”

UNDP, the statement indicated, will stay in Afghanistan as it is their “moral imperative to stay and deliver, responding to these critical needs.”