According to the World Health Organization, 42 cases of wild poliovirus type 1 have been recorded in Afghanistan this year.
Turkmenistan is also developing infrastructure under the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan (TAP) power transmission project.
Dujarric added that an estimated four million children and 1.3 million mothers are projected to suffer from malnutrition.
The UN also emphasized the importance of gender equality and ensuring that all countries have an equal voice on the global stage.
ARCS president said decades of hardship had left many families without guardians and contributed to psychological difficulties and stressed the need for targeted assistance.