The vast majority of Afghans were not able to leave the country through regular channels, Mantoo said, adding that some 200 UNHCR colleagues, both national and international, remained in Afghanistan.
China is concerned as according to a recent UN report, hundreds of militants belonging to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) are converging in Afghanistan amidst the military advances made by the Taliban.
"I'm ready to speak myself when it is clear with whom should I speak, for what purpose," he said on Thursday at a briefing for reporters.
S Jaishankar said that India is “very carefully” following the developments in Afghanistan and India’s focus is on ensuring the security and safe return of Indian nationals still in the war-torn country.
According to the UN health agency, 70 WHO-supported medical facilities across Afghanistan treated nearly 14,000 conflict-related cases last month, which compares with 4,057 cases seen a year ago.
McGroarty said over 40 pc of crops have been lost and livestock devastated by the drought, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced as the Taliban advanced, and winter is fast approaching.
The request has been supported by 89 nations so far. Most of the delegation will address the session via a video link, it added.
It is time for the international community, in particular, the Security Council, to act and ensure an immediate cessation of violence and contain any possible crisis and mitigate its consequences, said India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti.
The US envoy said that over this past weekend, members of the international community joined together to state unequivocally that every Afghan should be able to live in safety, security and dignity.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the international community to unite and use “all available instruments” to ensure Afghanistan is never again used as a platform or safe haven for terrorist organisations, telling the UN Security Council that “we cannot and must not” abandon the people of the war-torn country.
PM Modi is expected to address the annual high-level UN General Assembly session in person on September 25.
India assumed the Presidency of UN Security Council for the month on Aug 1 and wrapped up a hectic 1st week with discussions on Afghanistan on Aug 6 amidst a deteriorating security situation in the country as the Taliban carried out its military offensive.
China is the country with the world’s highest emissions, while India is third. The United States, which submitted its new target in April, is the second-biggest global emitter.
Presidency of the UN Security Council for August will be in the hands of India, and it is set to host signature events in three major areas of maritime security, peacekeeping and counterterrorism during the month.
Condemning the attack, the UN said: "The attack targeting entrances of the clearly marked United Nations facility was carried out by Anti-Government Elements."
In his briefing obtained by AP, Rajasingham said that so far in 2021 almost 3-quarters of countries needing humanitarian aid have recorded more cases or deaths than in all of 2020.
The war-torn country saw a 47 pc increase in number of all civilians killed, wounded in violence across Afghanistan in 1st six months of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to the report.
"This signal is desperately needed by billions of people already on front lines of climate crisis and by markets, investors and industry who require certainty that a net-zero climate-resilient future is inevitable," he said.
Noting that there is "uneven access" to these tools, especially vaccines, around the world and within countries, the UN chief said that "a global vaccination gap threatens us all" because as the virus mutates, it could become even more transmissible, or even more deadly.
Guterres made remarks while virtually addressing 3rd meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, which was being held in Venice, Italy, reports Xinhua news agency.
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