The situation in Afghanistan - Security Council, 9875th meeting

Taliban must uphold international obligations, restore women’s ‘non-negotiable’ rights, Security Council told.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:08:00
• Production Date: 10 March 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: TALIBAN; UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN - UNAMA
• Subject Topical: WOMEN'S RIGHTS; AID PROGRAMMES; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; BANKING; COUNTER-TERRORISM; HUMAN RIGHTS; ECONOMICS; GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE; DISCRIMINATION; AFGHANISTAN SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 3348626
• Parent Id: 3347125

Description

Pointing to growing frustration over the lack of progress in political engagement with Afghanistan’s de facto authorities — compounded by cuts to humanitarian-aid funding that are placing additional pressure on the Afghan people — the top UN official there told the Security Council today that the Taliban must clearly demonstrate their commitment to Afghanistan’s international reintegration. 

“The de facto authorities have, so far, treated [Afghanistan’s] international obligations selectively,” noted Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). However, she underscored that these international obligations “affect not only the possibility of progress along the political pathway, but, most crucially, the well-being of Afghanistan’s entire population”. 

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