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  1. “The Council should support and provide full resources for the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan and ensure he has full access to all parts of the country. It should support the establishment of a fact-finding mission or other investigative mechanism to monitor, collect evidence and regularly report on human rights violations and abuses committed by all parties. If the Council wants the Taliban, or anyone else, to take it seriously, its members must follow through on their words of support for women’s rights. The Council must hold UNAMA accountable for implementing its mandate and impose costs on the Taliban for its horrendous treatment of women. It must stop patronizing Afghan women with awards and empty words of praise. Together, and individually, the members of the Security Council have incredible power and resources.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  2. “The Council should call on UNAMA to prioritize facilitating an inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue as soon as the new Special Representative of the Secretary- Genera1 has been appointed. The Doha process, which the Security Council endorsed, was deeply flawed because it was negotiated without Afghans at the table. But an inclusive, intra-Afghan dialogue, which the Council has called for, is the only viable path to peace. UNAMA must ensure the participation of all Afghans, including women, and all ethnic groups. Leaving Afghanistan in the hands of a dangerous and incompetent dictatorship will only perpetuate poverty and violence. I also urge Council members to support all efforts to hold the Taliban accountable for its past and ongoing abuses.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  3. “Over the next 60 days, the Council should closely monitor the Taliban’s policies on women’s rights. If it fails to reverse its recent policies violating women’s rights, including the ban on girls’ education and restrictions on women’s movement, dress and right to work, or enact any further restrictions, the Council should not renew travel exemptions or lift asset freezes for any Taliban leader. The Council should also end exemptions for Abdul-Haq Wassiq, General Director of Intelligence, and Fazl Mohammad Mazloom, Deputy Minister of Defence, who are responsible for human rights violations that include the arrest, detention and repression of human rights defenders and journalists.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  4. “Under the Taliban, our country is once again fast becoming the shelter of choice for terrorist groups whose activities will not stop at our borders. I therefore call on the Council to take the following action. It should end all exemptions for sanctioned Taliban leaders if there is no progress on women’s rights in 60 days. On Monday, the Council renewed travel exemptions for 13 Taliban leaders. While removing Said Ahmed Shahidkhel and Abdul Baqi Basir Awal Shah and shortening the duration of the exemption were positive steps, Afghan civil society was deeply disappointed that the Security Council did not send a stronger message to the Taliban that their utter disregard for human rights closes the door on any further dialogue. If Afghan women cannot move freely, why should the Taliban be able to?”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  5. “Yet the Taliban continues to manipulate aid distribution, making sure that its followers and regions benefit from that assistance while households headed by women and marginalized ethnic groups do not, and demonstrating why respect for human rights cannot be secondary to humanitarian concerns. If UNAMA fails to ensure accountability for the diversion of aid, the Taliban will continue its terrorist activities using United Nations aid. While the members of Afghan civil society are deeply sceptical of the Council’s commitment, they wanted me to tell Council members that condemning the Taliban’s abuses will be successful only if it is backed up by action. It is not just the security and stability of Afghanistan that is at stake.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  6. “UNAMA should resume regular public reporting immediately, and all its reports should provide accurate and unvarnished information that reflects the realities on the ground. The Taliban has not formed a representative Government. We have so far seen no meaningful efforts by UNAMA to facilitate inclusive dialogue among Afghans, the Taliban, and the international community in order to put Afghanistan on a path to peace. In order to be credible in the eyes of Afghans, UNAMA must prioritize the participation of diverse Afghan women’s organizations and politicians in exile. It cannot engage solely with Taliban leaders in any future political process. UNAMA is required to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all Afghans without discrimination.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  7. “Despite the numerous shocking violations such as those I just detailed, UNAMA had not publicly reported those atrocities until now, and neither has it published a regular report on the protection of civilians since July 2021. In many instances, the numbers reported by UNAMA have also been vastly undercounted. For instance, UNAMA reported 10 extrajudicial killings of individuals accused of being affiliated with the National Resistance Front in the past five months, while local communities found 10 bodies in the Panjshir river in the past two weeks alone. In addition, many Afghans believe that UNAMA has lacked neutrality when engaging with the Taliban and has whitewashed their atrocities.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  8. “Hazaras were also targeted in eight explosions in April alone, but the condemnation by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) of those attacks did not even mention the victims’ ethnicity. I want to ask the Security Council how many more Hazaras must be killed for such acts to be recognized as the crime of genocide, committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part? In March, the Council took an important step by renewing UNAMA’s mandate and putting human rights, including women’s rights, at the core of its work. While UNAMA has failed us in the past, it now has the potential to meaningfully serve the Afghan people going forward.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  9. “Tajiks in Panjshir, Baghlan and Takhar provinces continue to be arbitrarily arrested, killed, tortured or forcibly displaced. On 10 June, the Taliban arrested Zamanuddin, a Tajik student, along with his brother in Panjshir. They asked him to reveal the location of the National Resistance Front’s bases. When he said he did not know, the Taliban cut off one of his ears, shot him in the eye and threw him off a mountain. His brother was also killed. That is the true face of the Taliban, which is seeking the Council’s recognition and legitimacy. According to local activists, since March the Kuchis have attacked Hazaras in Behsud, Malistan, Jaghori, and Shaikh Ali districts, killing and injuring 31 people, burning hundreds of houses and taking 21 people hostage, most of whom are still missing.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  10. “Activists and journalists have stopped working out of fear of retaliation. Since August, the Taliban has announced more than 30 policies that are systematically eliminating women from public life and only some of which have made international headlines. The Taliban is imposing these edicts through intimidation and violence. For example, in April the Taliban brutally tortured and killed a young midwife in Mazar-e-Sharif. They amputated her legs, stabbed her and then shot her 12 times, simply because she was a woman and a Hazara. Yet Afghan women continue to risk their lives by protesting against such violations of their human rights by the Taliban. In addition, hundreds of former officials, as well as anyone who resists Taliban rule, have been targeted, tortured or killed.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source

  11. “Ms. Royan: I am Yalda Royan from Afghanistan, the worst country in the world for women and the only country where girls are not allowed to attend school beyond the sixth grade. I represent VOICE Amplified, a feminist humanitarian organization, and I am a founding member of the Afghan Women’s Advocacy Group. My heart goes out to my people hit by the earthquake. The pain of digging countless graves in a single day is devastating, and we have experienced it time and again. Afghan women warned the Security Council that the Taliban’s promises to respect women’s rights were not true. We were ignored, and now we are paying the price for the negligence of the international community, including everyone sitting at this table. Under the Taliban, we have witnessed vicious atrocities, severe hunger and the suppression of our human rights.”

    2022-06-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9075 (2022) · source