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Statement from Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNAMA
KABUL – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is concerned by the promulgation by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities of a morality law which imposes wide-ranging and far-reaching restrictions on personal conduct and provides morality police with broad powers of enforcement…
Statement from Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNAMA
KABUL - Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) issued a statement today marking the International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism (21 August) and the International Day Commemorating the…
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations statement on the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden
NEW YORK - The High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Mr. Miguel Moratinos expresses his unequivocal condemnation of the burning of pages of the holy Quran on Wednesday in front of a mosque in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. He notes that such a vile act is…
Statement of the UN in Afghanistan on de facto authorities’ decision to ban Afghan women from working for the UN
Last month’s discriminatory decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations (UN) in Afghanistan seriously undermines our work, including our ability to reach all people in need. We reiterate our condemnation of the decision, which is unlawful…
Statement and update from the United Nations in Afghanistan
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of a decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to ban Afghan women from working for the UN in Afghanistan. It is the latest in a series of discriminatory measures implemented by the Taliban de facto authorities with…
UN Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan
The members of the Security Council are deeply alarmed by reports that the Taliban have suspended access to universities for women and girls, and reiterated their deep concern of the suspension of schools beyond the sixth grade, and their call for the full, equal, and meaningful participation of…
UN OCHA STATEMENT: UN condemns reported ban on women working for NGOs and International Organizations
KABUL - The United Nations is profoundly concerned by reports that the Taliban de facto authorities today issued an order barring all female employees of national and international organizations from going to work with immediate effect. Any such order would violate the most fundamental rights of…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General – on Afghanistan
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by news reports that the Taliban have suspended access to universities to women and girls. The Secretary-General reiterates that the denial of education not only violates the equal rights of women and girls, but will have a devastating impact on the…
Statement of UN Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA Roza Otunbayeva - on Taliban banning women from universities
NEW YORK - I am very saddened by the news that was widely reported this morning that the Taliban Minister of Higher Education has banned women from attending universities. This is detrimental for women but also for Afghanistan more widely. As I said earlier, this decision, if true, is devastating. I…
Security Council press statement on attack against educational centre in Kabul
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the horrendous terrorist attack against the Kaaj Educational Centre in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul, Afghanistan, on 30 September 2022. The attack, which follows many recent attacks against civilians and civilian…