Pak Sahafat – A UN spokesperson announced that due to the restrictions imposed on women in Afghanistan, the UN institutions in that country continue to investigate appropriate working methods.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson of the United Nations, added on Friday local time: The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) emphasizes its commitment to continue working in this country on behalf of the men, women and children of Afghanistan.
He stated: UNAMA asks the financial sponsors of the United Nations to continue providing financial aid to the people of Afghanistan. To achieve this goal, the United Nations needs all its employees, both men and women, to function without hindrance in the communities and offices of the United Nations.
The Deputy Spokesperson of the United Nations said: Considering the restrictions imposed on women in Afghanistan, the United Nations institutions in this country continue to examine appropriate working methods and humanitarian operations in Afghanistan continue.
Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, following the Taliban’s restrictions on the activities and education of women in Afghanistan, organized a meeting about this country with the presence of special representatives of different countries on the first and second days of May in Doha, Qatar.
The closed-door meeting of the United Nations on the issue of Afghanistan ended without recognizing the Taliban government. However, the UN Secretary General said that another meeting will be held in the future.
At the end of this meeting, Guterres told reporters: “We cannot cut off communication in order to achieve our goals.” Many wanted more effective interaction based on past experiences.
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In response to a question about the possibility of the Secretary-General meeting directly with the Taliban, the UN Secretary-General said: “Whenever there is a good time to do this, obviously I will not rule it out. But today is such a good time to do this.”
Guterres also emphasized that the United Nations will never back down to adhere to its commitments to the people of Afghanistan, and presented statistics and said: 97% of Afghan people live in poverty. Two-thirds of the country’s population, or 28 million people, will need humanitarian aid to survive this year. Six million Afghan men, women and children are on the brink of famine.
At the same time, he warned: Meanwhile, the budget is running out. Our $4.6 billion humanitarian response plan is only $294 million or 6.4 percent of the total budget.
At the same time, Sohail Shaheen, head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, told the Associated Press that the new Afghan government has rejected these negotiations. He said: If they are not ready to listen to us and do not want to know our position on the issues, how can they reach a convincing and good solution? Unilateral decisions cannot have results. Afghanistan is an independent country. It has its own voice. We want them to listen to us.
Last April 27, the members of the United Nations Security Council unanimously voted in favor of a resolution that condemned the imposition of restrictions and prohibitions on Afghan women by the Taliban government.
Although the proposed resolution was presented by the United Arab Emirates and Japan and was supported by the United States and other Western countries, more than 90 members of the United Nations supported this resolution.
The United Nations Security Council resolution condemned the restrictions on Afghan women and the ban on their work for the United Nations in Afghanistan and asked the Taliban government to stop these restrictions and bans “quickly”. The resolution states that banning Afghan women from working for the United Nations “undermines human rights and humanitarian principles.”
In response to this resolution condemning the Afghan government for banning the work of women in international organizations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban government called this ban “an internal matter”.