Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan

Urges the Taliban and other Afghan parties to recognize, protect, promote and act in accordance with all human rights and fundamental freedoms, regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion, in accordance with international human rights instruments, and to respect international humanitarian law; urges all the Afghan parties, in particular the Taliban, to bring to an end without delay all human rights violations against women and girls; urges States to continue to give special attention to the promotion and protection of human rights of women in Afghanistan and to mainstream a gender perspective into all aspects of their policies and actions related to Afghanistan; urges all Afghan factions, in particular the Taliban, to ensure the safety and protection of all UN and humanitarian workers in Afghanistan and to allow them, regardless of gender, to carry out their work unhindered.

Adopted without vote, 43rd plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1999, New York, 20 Jan. and 2-5 Feb. 1999; resumed organizational session for 1999, New York, 25 March, 6 and 7 May and 23 June 1999; substantive session of 1999, Geneva, 5-30 July 1999; resumed substantive session of 1999, New York, 16 Sept., 26 Oct., 15 Nov. and 16 Dec. 1999 - E/1999/99 - p. 33-34 - (ESCOR, 1999, Suppl. no. 1).