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STORY: UN / HUMAN RIGHTS AFGHANISTAN
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 JULY 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
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20 JULY 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Despite an overall, significant reduction in armed violence, between mid-August 2021 and mid-June 2022, the UN Mission recorded 2,106 civilian casualties - 700 killed and 1,406 wounded.
The report notes that the majority of civilian casualties were attributed to targeted attacks by the armed group self-identified as “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province” against ethnic and religious minority communities in places where they go to school, worship and go about their daily lives.”
4. Close up, journalist asking question
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“According to the report, while the de facto authorities have taken some steps seemingly aimed at the protection and promotion of human rights - such as the amnesty for former government officials and security force members, the 3 December decree on women’s rights and a code of conduct relating to prisoners - they also bear responsibility for a broad range of human rights violations. The UN Mission points out that the erosion of women’s rights has been one of the most notable aspects of the de facto administration to date.”
6. Close up, journalist asking question
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN Mission is also concerned about the impunity with which members of the de facto authorities appear to have carried out human rights violations.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report outlining the human rights situation in Afghanistan over the 10 months since the Taliban takeover, a UN spokesperson informed.
Briefing journalists on Wednesday (20 July) in New York, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said that, despite an overall, significant reduction in armed violence, between mid-August 2021 and mid-June 2022, the UN Mission recorded 2,106 civilian casualties - 700 killed and 1,406 wounded.
According to the Spokesperson, the report notes that “the majority of civilian casualties were attributed to targeted attacks by the armed group self-identified as “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province” against ethnic and religious minority communities in places where they go to school, worship and go about their daily lives.”
The report also found that “while the de facto authorities have taken some steps seemingly aimed at the protection and promotion of human rights - such as the amnesty for former government officials and security force members, the 3 December decree on women’s rights and a code of conduct relating to prisoners - they also bear responsibility for a broad range of human rights violations.”
“The UN Mission points out that the erosion of women’s rights has been one of the most notable aspects of the de facto administration to date”, Farhan Haq noted.
The spokesperson also said that that the UN Mission is concerned about the impunity with which members of the de facto authorities appear to have carried out human rights violations.
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