‘Erosion of human rights’: UN Security Council denounces college ban on Afghan ladies

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday denounced the ban on Afghan ladies from universities and stated it represents “increasing erosion for the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 28, 2022 08:53 IST

Afghan feminine college students stroll close to Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan (Photo: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: The United Nations Security Council has denounced a ban by the Taliban-led administration on ladies attending universities or working for humanitarian assist teams in Afghanistan.

It additionally known as for the complete, equal and significant participation of ladies and women in society.

In an announcement agreed by consensus, the 15-member council stated the ban on ladies and women attending highschool and universities in Afghanistan “represents an increasing erosion for the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms”.

The college ban on ladies was introduced because the Security Council in New York met on Afghanistan final week.

Girls have been banned from highschool since March.

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The council stated a ban on feminine humanitarian employees, introduced on Saturday, “would have a significant and immediate impact on humanitarian operations in the country,” together with these of the United Nations.

“These restrictions contradict the commitments made by the Taliban to the Afghan people as well as the expectations of the international community,” stated the Security Council, which additionally expressed its full help for the UN political mission in Afghanistan.

Four main world assist teams, whose humanitarian efforts have reached tens of millions of Afghans, stated they had been suspending operations as a result of they had been unable to run their packages with out feminine workers.

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UN assist chief Martin Griffiths advised the Security Council final week that 97 per cent of Afghans lived in poverty and two-thirds of the inhabitants wanted assist to outlive.

He additionally stated 20 million folks confronted acute starvation and 1.1 million teenage women had been banned from college.

The Islamist Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan in August final 12 months.

It had largely banned schooling of women when final in energy twenty years in the past however had stated its insurance policies had modified.

The Taliban-led administration has not been recognised internationally.

(With company enter)

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Dec 28, 2022