India on Friday voiced concern over the growing try in direction of eradicating ladies from public life in Afghanistan, calling for guaranteeing safety of rights of girls and ladies and that long-fought beneficial properties of the final 20 years should not reversed.
“As a contiguous neighbour and long-standing partner of Afghanistan, India has direct stakes in ensuring the return of peace and stability to the country,” Ambassador Puneet Agrawal, Deputy Permanent Representative of India, Permanent Mission of India in Geneva.
Speaking on the pressing debate on “the situation of human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan” on the fiftieth Session of the Human Rights Council, he stated given India’s sturdy historic and civilisational linkages to the Afghan individuals, “we are deeply concerned about the recent developments in Afghanistan, which directly impact the well-being of women and girls of Afghanistan. There has been an increasing attempt towards removing women from public life in Afghanistan”.
“We join others in calling for ensuring the protection of rights of women and girls, including their right to education, and to ensure that the long-fought gains of the last two decades are not reversed,” Agrawal stated.
The Taliban returned to energy in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021 after seizing the capital Kabul, bringing to a swift finish nearly 20 years of a US-led coalition’s presence within the war-torn nation. After taking energy, the hardline Islamist group has been issuing new legal guidelines, saying that ladies ought to solely go away their houses in instances of necessity after which, with their faces lined in public.
Agrawal additionally expressed India’s deepest condolences to the victims and their households, and to these impacted by the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan. He stated India shares the grief of the individuals of Afghanistan and “as a true friend of Afghanistan and first responder”, has dispatched 27 tonnes of emergency aid help in two flights for the individuals of Afghanistan.
Noting that the fundamental rights of civilians, youngsters, women and girls together with freedom of speech and opinion, entry to schooling and medical care have been drastically hampered as a result of ongoing state of affairs, Agrawal known as upon all of the events involved to permit unhindered entry to worldwide help for all those that are within the want of it.
“In order to closely monitor and coordinate the efforts of various stakeholders for the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance and in continuation of our engagement with the Afghan people, an Indian technical team has been deployed in our Embassy there,” he stated.
He recalled the UN Security Council’s Resolution on Afghanistan and stated that expectations of the worldwide group on the way in which ahead in Afghanistan have been clearly outlined within the Security Council’s Resolution 2593, which underlines that the territory of Afghanistan isn’t used to launch terrorist assaults towards different nations; formation of a really inclusive and consultant authorities; combating terrorism and drug trafficking; and preserving the rights of girls, youngsters and minorities.
“We join others in their call for ensuring the protection of rights of women and girls in Afghanistan,” Agrawal stated, including that India additionally urges the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan to make all efforts to make sure that the rights of girls, youngsters and minorities are revered and preserved.
