Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan

Urges the Afghan Transitional Administration and future Governments to ensure that provisions of new Constitution are implemented fully and that any legislative, administrative and other measures support full enjoyment by women and girls of human rights and fundamental freedoms; encourages continuing efforts of the UN and its agencies, donors and civil society to provide financial and technical assistance to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by women and girls so as to strengthen capacity of Afghan women to participate fully and effectively in conflict resolution and peace-building efforts and in civil, political, economic, cultural and social life; strongly urges the Secretary-General to ensure that the post of Senior Gender Adviser in the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan is filled immediately; requests the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan and to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its 49th session a report on progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.

Adopted without vote, 47th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2004, New York, 21 Jan., 4-6, 13 and 27 Feb. and 3 May 2004; resumed organizational session for 2004, New York, 4 May and 3 and 15 June 2004; substantive session of 2004, New York, 28 June-23 July 2004; resumed substantive session of 2004, New York, 16 Sept. and 5 and 11 Nov. 2004 - E/2004/99 - p. 29-32 - (ESCOR, 2004, Suppl. no. 1).