Afghanistan: Repression of Women and Girls - Joint Media Stakeout | United Nations

Commission on the Status of Women · March 9, 2026

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Opening salutation

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A speaker opens the session with formal greetings: "Good afternoon, excellencies, colleagues." The remark frames the statement as an intergovernmental address at the Commission on the Status of Women.

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A representative of Panama delivered a joint statement at the opening of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, condemning the Taliban's recent penal code and other measures that curtail the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and urging restoration of access to education, work, and UN workplaces and renewal of UNAMA's mandate.

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