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Security Council signatories condemn Taliban restrictions on Afghan women, urge UN presence
Summary
Representatives of Security Council member states issued a joint statement at the United Nations condemning recent Taliban measures that curtail the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and called for renewed UN engagement, including the full renewal of UNAMA’s mandate.
A United Nations Security Council representative read a joint statement at UN headquarters condemning the Taliban’s “continued and systematic gender discrimination” and urging the Taliban to reverse measures that have barred women and girls from public life, the statement said.
The statement, delivered by representatives of Denmark, France, Greece, Guyana, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and the United Kingdom, said the measures — including more than 80 Taliban decrees — aim to institutionalize gender-based discrimination and urged accountability for gender-based crimes.
The statement noted that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the…
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