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Afghans Fear of Being Forgotten: UNAMA | Security Council Briefing | United Nations

Briefing by Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), on the situation in the Country, during the Security Council, 9515th meeting. The UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said that the key features of the human rights situation in the country are a record of systemic discrimination against women and girls, repression of political dissent and free speech, a lack of meaningful representation of minorities, and ongoing instances of extrajudicial killing, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture, and ill-treatment. Addressing the Security Council today ( 20 Dec), Otunbayeva noted that despite the recent release of two women activists, several human rights defenders and media workers continue to be arbitrarily detained. According to Otunbayeva, the lack of progress in resolving human rights issues is a key factor behind the current impasse. In the eastern and southern regions, there has been a dramatic surge in the number of Afghans returning from Pakistan following the Government of Pakistan’s announced repatriation of “illegal foreigners” from 1 November. Since then, more than 450,000 Afghans have returned, more than 85 percent of whom are women and children. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that many have been stripped of their belongings, left disorientated by days of travel, and are arriving in poor medical condition. They require both immediate attention and assistance at the border and longer-term support for reintegration. The Special Representative for Afghanistan said, “The returnees are the poorest of the poor. 80,0000 of them have nowhere in Afghanistan to go. The human rights consequences for women and girls forced to return are particularly severe.” On education, she said, “We are receiving more and more anecdotal evidence that girls of all ages can study at madrassas. It is not entirely clear, however, what constitutes a madrassa, if there is a standardized curriculum that allows modern education subjects, and how many girls are able to study in madrassas.” Otunbayeva noted that the deteriorating quality of education and access to it is a grave concern and also affects boys. She stated, “Time is passing while a generation of girls is falling behind. A failure to provide a sufficiently modern curriculum with equality of access for both girls and boys will make it impossible to implement the de facto authorities’ own agenda of economic self-sufficiency.” Otunbayeva noted that the de-facto authorities say that the ban on girls’ education and women working are internal matters despite contravention of current treaty obligations. She also said that Afghanistan is one of the most climate change-affected countries in the world, and it has contributed the least to its causes. She stressed, “Addressing Afghanistan’s climate crisis should transcend politics. The lack of water from recurring drought has reached a level of urgency that is felt across the country.” She warned, “Addressing Afghanistan’s climate crisis should transcend politics. The lack of water from recurring drought has reached a level of urgency that is felt across the country.”