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Secretary-General ‘deeply disturbed’ by new Taliban order banning women from working in NGOs

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Afghanistan

24 Dec 2022

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.

24 Dec 2022

UN in Afghanistan condemns Taliban decision to suspend women from universities and calls for its immediate reversal

KABUL – The UN family and the entire humanitarian community in Afghanistan share the outrage of millions of Afghans and the international community over the decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to close univers

21 Dec 2022

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.

20 Dec 2022

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.

20 Dec 2022

Briefing by Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva to the Security Council

NEW YORK - The following is the as-delivered transcript of the briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, to the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan today.

20 Dec 2022

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