New York [US], April 29 (ANI): The UN Security Council unanimously condemned the Taliban’s ban on Afghan ladies working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and known as to “swiftly reverse” a crackdown on the rights of ladies and women, reported UN News.
The decision handed unanimously by the 15-member physique in New York on Thursday urged all nations and organisations with affect on the Taliban, “to promote an urgent reversal” of insurance policies which have in impact erased ladies from public life.
The decision – drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan – described the ban as “unprecedented in the history of the United Nations,” asserting “the indispensable role of women in Afghan society” and mentioned that the ban on Afghan ladies working for the UN “undermines human rights and humanitarian principles,” reported UN News.
Since the Taliban takeover in July 2021, it has rolled again a variety of human rights of ladies and women, together with a ban on attending highschool and college, restrictions on motion and work, and in December, a decree banning feminine nationals from working from most NGOs.
The decision additionally stresses the pressing must preserve addressing Afghanistan’s “dire economic and humanitarian situation” and assist the nation restore self-reliance, recognizing the significance of permitting the Central Bank to make use of belongings which can be at the moment frozen exterior the nation, “for the benefit of the Afghan people,” reported UN News.
A document 28.3 million folks in Afghanistan are in want of help this yr, making Afghanistan the world’s largest help operation, with the UN asking for USD 4.6 billion to totally fund reduction efforts this yr.
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator warned this month that Afghanistan was additionally the world’s least well-funded operation, with lower than 5 per cent of funding pledged thus far.
The Security Council decision lays out ambassadors’ “deep concern” over the ban on ladies working on the UN, saying that – together with the opposite erosions of fundamental rights – “will negatively and severely impact” the UN help operations all through the nation, “including the delivery of life-saving assistance and basic services to the most vulnerable,” reported UN News.
It harassed that the UN Assistance Mission within the nation, UNAMA, may also be unable to implement its humanitarian mandate till the ban ends. The decision emphasised that the ban “is unprecedented in the history of the United Nations.”The Council backed the continued work of UNAMA reiterating its “full support”, and known as on all with a stake in Afghanistan, together with Taliban authorities, “to ensure the safety, security and freedom of movement of the United Nations and associated personnel throughout the country,” reported UN News. (ANI)