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Reading a joint press statement, Japan’s ambassador Yamazaki Kazuyuki said, “The Taliban’s ban on the Special Rapporteur to enter Afghanistan is disturbing, and he should be able to fully carry out his mandate.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / AFGHANISTAN SITUATION
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 06 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters

06 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Pan left, ambassadors walking to stakeout
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yamazaki Kazuyuki, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Japan:
“We, the Security Council members that have a strong interest in the human rights situation in Afghanistan -Ecuador, France, Guyana, Malta, Mozambique, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and my own country Japan- have come together today to express our deep concern about the so-called “morality law” which was announced by the Taliban recently.”
4. Pan right, ambassadors at stakeout
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Yamazaki Kazuyuki, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Japan:
“We condemn in the strongest terms the Taliban’s continued systemic gender discrimination and oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan. On top of the existing edicts, this new directive confirms and extends wide-ranging and far-reaching restrictions on personal conduct and provides inspectors with broad powers of enforcement.”
6. Close up, cameraman, camera
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Yamazaki Kazuyuki, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Japan:
“We once again urge the Taliban to swiftly reverse all the policies and practices that restrict the enjoyment by women and girls of their human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Taliban need to listen and respond to the voices of Afghan women and girls by respecting their rights to education and for women, to work as well as the freedoms of expression and movement.”
8. Close up, cameraman, camera
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Yamazaki Kazuyuki, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Japan:
“We also urge all States and organizations to use their influence, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations, to promote an urgent reversal of these policies and practices. We would like to stress that the Taliban’s actions of this kind only undermine the international community’s efforts to engage with them.”
10. Wide shot, ambassadors at stakeout
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Yamazaki Kazuyuki, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Japan:
“Afghanistan has committed to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is a party to a number of human rights treaties, particularly the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Afghanistan’s obligations under international law must be fulfilled.”
12. Wide shot, ambassadors at stakeout
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Yamazaki Kazuyuki, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Japan:
“The Taliban’s ban on the Special Rapporteur to enter Afghanistan is disturbing, and he should be able to fully carry out his mandate.”
14. Pan right, ambassadors leaving stakeout

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Reading a joint press statement, Japan’s ambassador Yamazaki Kazuyuki said, “The Taliban’s ban on the Special Rapporteur to enter Afghanistan is disturbing, and he should be able to fully carry out his mandate.”

Ambassador Yamazaki Kazuyuki, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, joined by Ecuador, France, Guyana, Malta, Mozambique, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, deliver today (6 Sep) a statement on the situation in Afghanistan.

He expressed “deep concern about the so-called “morality law” which was announced by the Taliban recently.”

He continued, “We condemn in the strongest terms the Taliban’s continued systemic gender discrimination and oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan. On top of the existing edicts, this new directive confirms and extends wide-ranging and far-reaching restrictions on personal conduct and provides inspectors with broad powers of enforcement.”

He stressed, “We once again urge the Taliban to swiftly reverse all the policies and practices that restrict the enjoyment by women and girls of their human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Taliban need to listen and respond to the voices of Afghan women and girls by respecting their rights to education and for women, to work as well as the freedoms of expression and movement.”

He added, “We also urge all States and organizations to use their influence, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations, to promote an urgent reversal of these policies and practices. We would like to stress that the Taliban’s actions of this kind only undermine the international community’s efforts to engage with them.”

He also said, “Afghanistan has committed to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is a party to a number of human rights treaties, particularly the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Afghanistan’s obligations under international law must be fulfilled.”

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