Emergency Coordinator of the UN Tom Fletcher in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Interview | The head of the UN Department for Humanitarian Affairs – about challenges and priorities in the context of a lack of funding Humanitarian assistance The global humanitarian system should become much more effective and find new sources of funds after the main donors, including the United States, sharply reduced financing. This was warned by the UN Emergency Coordinator Tom Fletcher in an exclusive interview with the service & nbsp; UN news. In Afghanistan, where he is now, Fletcher witnessed the serious consequences of a lack of resources. But financing is not the only problem that the deputy secretary general discusses during meetings with representatives of the Taliban – we are talking about the rights of women and an important role that they play in humanitarian efforts. UN news service: you said that politicians who are politicians who are policies They signed decrees on the reduction in assistance, it should be visit Afghanistan to see how their decision was affected by the population 60 ~ Strong >. According to your words, millions of people die as a result of a reduction in help. Do you use such a straightforward approach when you talk with politicians in a private order ?~ 60 >~ 60 > volume Fletcher: yes. Of course, you will not immediately see all the consequences of financing reductions. Over the past few weeks, 400 clinics have closed in Afghanistan. This directly affects people, and on this trip I saw the real consequences of the crisis. I just returned from a meeting with representatives of the NGO, and they fire half of their staff. Local NGOs, which we strive to protect, suffered the most. We are trying to find ways to convey this in softer terms, but in the end, of course, people will die as a result of abbreviations of assistance. This is the great tragedy of what is happening. ~ 60 > UN news service : how they react to this Politics ?~ 60 > TF: I think that there are two camps in general. There are politicians who reduce financing very reluctantly, they are forced to make difficult decisions, because their economy has difficulties, and because of pressure from taxpayers. They understand the importance of humanitarian efforts and are very saddened by the choice that they have to do. There is another group of politicians, which, unfortunately, celebrates these decisions in its public speeches. It seems that they boast of abbreviations of assistance and put it in merit. I would like to invite them to meet with my mother, who lost her child due to the fact that she had to go to the hospital for three hours during pregnancy. ~ 60 > I don’t know which of the arguments work with what voters, so we should adapt and creatively approach how we set out our position. We must also firmly defend our activities and be proud that the humanitarian community pulled millions of people from poverty and saved their co -lives of millions of lives. ~ 60 > > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~UN News Service: You became the head of the UN Office for the coordination of humanitarian issues (VSGV) in a particularly difficult time from the point of view of the ability to provide assistance to the most vulnerable segments of the population. In February, you announced 20 percent reductions. How do you do this in such a way as not to complicate the work even more ~ 63 ~~ 60 > TF: it’s difficult. Tough decisions are made, and the sector will probably be reduced by a third. The funds that were cut will not return in the near future, and there may be even greater financing reductions ahead. ~ 60 > we will look for new partners and try to convince skeptics to attract the private sector and change the public discussion about solidarity. We must work with those means that we have, and not with those that we need or which we would like to have. ~ 60 >The dialogue continues, I do not give up, and I am very positive about the fact that Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, says the need to maintain vital help. I want to talk with him about it and understand what his vision of the role of America in the salvation of lives around the world. ~ 60 > UN news service: Whether we will have to completely reinforce what humanitarian aid is and how it is and how it is and how it is Fore ~ 63 ~~ 60 > Tf: we will have to change. We must maintain the experience of the past and learn from it. But now we are experiencing the process that we call “humanitarian reloading”. The UN Extraindicator Tom Fletcher visited the hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. first of all, we become more compact, and we are trying to do this with the least damage for & nbsp; our activities. Along with this, we become more effective and rational. On the first day in this post, I started the campaign to increase efficiency throughout the sector. The permanent intercourse committee, which coordinates the work of the sector, supported this decision and actually brought it to a new level. The goal is to eliminate the extra steps in our activities, to stop the struggle for the spheres of influence and focus on what each of us is best done, on the benefits that we bring, as well as on expanding work at the local level – closer to the communities to which we are we serve. 60 > UN news service: many states still believe in the importance of international Help ? 60 > Tf: certainly. A number of donors remain reliable partners, despite the financing crisis that everyone is faced with. New donors appear and expand their support. I visited the Gulf countries, also visited China last week. Cooperation with these countries is deepened. ~ 60 > we have more innovative ideas on how to attract the private sector, and I firmly believe in the role of individuals to search for ways to establish a wider movement, in which not only the government and member state will participate [UN]. UN news service: Returning to Afghanistan, de facto authorities have seriously limited access to education and employment prospects for women and girls. Do you have the opportunity to constructively discuss this with the mode ~ 60 > tf: there are two important issues for us. One of them is the role of women in humanitarian work: without them we simply will not cope. They are brilliant colleagues, we completely rely on them, and we could not work here without them. The second is a broader problem related to the rights of women and girls, including education, and the fact that over the past three years, millions of girls stole this right. This is a difficult conversation, but I go to him as a former diplomat and as a person who believes in dialogue, respect, trust and ability to listen, recognizing that we have different cultures, different traditions, different heritage and different beliefs. ~ 60 > 62 ~ UN Emergency Coordinator Tom Fletcher with women participating in the program for expanding economic rights and opportunities in Afghanistan. UN news service: before you started to execute this position, if you had a goal that you would like to achieve before the end of your term ?~ 60 > tf: on the average chapter of the OKL – this work, I would say, “ wear “. The schedule of business trips is very stressful, you are dealing with the most severe crises in the world, so that the fatigue accumulates. ~ 60 > Therefore, my first task was to last as long as possible. I believe that for the organization it is traumatic to constantly accept new people, to teach them and enter the course of business. To stay at the post for a long time to study with the organization itself and those to whom we help and then apply this knowledge in practice is already a serious goal. ~ 60 > I also came to this position with the aim of reforming the humanitarian sector. This was before Donald Trump, Elon Musk and others began to talk about effectiveness, priority and abbreviations. I really believe that we can work much more efficiently and be closer to those who are intended for our help, and I am strongly tuning to achieve this. ~ 60 > well, the third is the most important thing is the salvation of lives. I believe that we work in order to save hundreds of millions of people, and we must build all the activities based on this orientation.