Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, the country - already struggling with drought and severe poverty following decades of war - has seen its economy all but collapse, raising the threat of an exodus of refugees.
There has been basically a convergence of views on the need to address the humanitarian emergency, Draghi told reporters at the end of a video conference.
European leaders Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many Indian leaders took part in the exercise, but China's President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not dial in, suggesting divergent global positions on the issue.
Draghi said the absence of the current two leaders did not undercut the importance of the meeting organized by Italy, the latter leader of the G20.
This was first multilateral response to the Afghan crisis. Multilateralism is coming back, with difficulty, but it is coming back, Draghi said. There was unanimous agreement among the participants about the need to alleviate the crisis in Afghanistan, where banks are running out of money, civil servants have not been paid and food prices have soared, leaving millions at risk of severe hunger. 'Basic things are just not there': Health care collapse in Afghanistan threatens millions of lives as winter approaches Much of the aid effort will be channeled through the United Nations, but there will also be direct country-to-country assistance, despite a refusal by most states to officially recognize the hardline Taliban government. I will take the drug taqvi in Afghanistan. How do you help the people? but that does not mean recognizing them, Draghi said. He said the Taliban would be judged by their deeds, not their words, and the world was especially concerned about women's plight in the impoverished nation. At this time we don't see progress, Draghi said. The White House said that leaders discussed the critical need to maintain a focus on our enduring counterterrorism efforts, including against threats from ISIS-K. In a joint statement following the meeting, the G 20 leaders called on Taliban to confront militant groups operating out of the country. They said future humanitarian programs should focus on women and girls and that safe passage would be given to those Afghans who wished to leave the country. Ahead of the meeting, China demanded that the economic sanctions on Afghanistan be lifted and that billions of dollars of Afghan international assets be unfrozen and given back to Kabul. The United States and Britain, where many of the assets are held, are resisting this effort, and there was no mention of the matter in the final statement. Tuesday's meeting comes less than three weeks before the formal G 20 Leader Summit in Rome on 30 October 31, due to focus on climate change, the international economic recovery, tackling malnutrition and the Covid - 19 pandemic.