INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - The Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, has actually advised the United Nations to assist Iran supply much
better assistance for Afghan refugees.He called for the UN to gain from all of Irans capabilities to help the people of Afghanistan and
increase regional cooperation in solving the financial, social, and academic issues of Afghan people and refugees.He made the remarks in a
meeting on January 23 at the place of the embassy in Kabul with Ms
Roza Otunbayeva, the special representative for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.During the
conference, the Iranian official highlighted the requirement for improving cooperation in between the United Nations and Iran, which hosts
more than 5 million Afghan refugees.For over four decades, Iran has been hosting one of the biggest and most protracted refugee scenarios
worldwide and has provided asylum to refugees, mostly from Afghanistan.The recent busy turn of events in Afghanistan has the prospective to
produce extra population movements; internally displacing households and potentially driving them to surrounding countries to look for
refuge.However, with the continued allowance of inadequate worldwide aid, it is really tough and almost difficult for the Islamic Republic
to continue providing services to refugees and unauthorized foreign nationals, the Iranian delegation at the 73rd conference of the
Executive Committee of the High Commissioner for Refugees, said in October.Filippo Grandi, the High Commissioner for Refugees, while
thanking Iran for its long-term measures in supporting Afghan refugees, stressed the requirement to increase worldwide support for Iran and
carry out sustainable services, including the voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons.Services to refugees appreciableDespite the
sanctions and economic pressures, Iran continues its detailed policy of supplying services to refugees, and this is considerable, UNHCRs
Officer in Charge, Inna Gladkova, stated in November 2022
The best solution and the most steady support group for refugees is that have access to schools and education much like Iranian nationals,
she specified, IRNA reported.Iran has actually taken effective and constant procedures to include all refugees, and the UNHCR likewise
states its preparedness to meet its commitments, she noted.In the provision of instructional services, there are different elements, she
stated, adding, school construction, equipping schools, providing instructors and personnels, and supplying quality instructional services
are the primary and essential work done by the Ministry of Education.There are lots of requirements in the field of education, but in the
last 10 years, the High Commissioner for Refugees has developed only 95 schools in Iran, but the need is absolutely more than this, she
likewise said.In June 2022, Maha Kashour, head of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Mashhad, said Irans efforts and
activities in the last 40 years have actually been good to refugees, and in the past year, after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, has
actually reached its peak.Iran has actually so far had the ability to supply decent services to refugees in the fields of health, income,
and occupation training in cooperation with UNHCR, she noted.The Ministry of Interior has announced to the Ministry of Education a list of
200,000 Afghan children who have the conditions to study in Iranian schools.In the current school year which began on September 23, about
300,000 brand-new foreign students registered in Iranian schools.For the time being, 560,000 foreign students are studying in schools across
the country, Education Minister Yousef Nouri has said.MG
