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“(d) The equal right of women and girls to education without
discrimination, the reopening of schools and the admission of women and girls
to all levels of education;
“(e) Respect for the right of women and girls to security of person, and
that those responsible for physical attacks on women and girls are brought to
justice;
“(f) Respect for freedom of movement for women and girls;
“(g) Respect for the effective and equal access of women and girls to the
facilities necessary to achieve the highest attainable standard of physical and
mental health;
“3. Welcomes the establishment of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs,
and encourages the international community to continue to provide funding
and technical assistance so that the Ministry can develop the capacity to act as
a catalyst for gender mainstreaming throughout the Government;
“4. Calls upon the international community to continue to provide
financial and technical assistance to protect women’s human rights and support
initiatives to end violence against them, as well as to strengthen the capacity of
Afghan women to participate effectively in political and economic life and in
conflict resolution and peace-building efforts and to increase their economic
security;
“5. Encourages the continuing efforts of the United Nations,
international and non-governmental organizations and donors to ensure that all
United Nations-assisted programmes in Afghanistan are formulated and
coordinated in such a way as to promote and ensure the participation of women
in those programmes, and that women benefit equally with men from such
programmes, and to that end, encourages such measures as the establishment
of culturally sensitive programmes to sensitize Afghan officials, ministry staff
and technical departments concerning international principles of human rights
and gender equality;
“6. Appeals to all States and to the international community to ensure
that all humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to the people of
Afghanistan is based on the principle of non-discrimination, integrates a
gender perspective and actively attempts to promote the participation of both
women and men and to promote peace and respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms;
“7. Encourages United Nations agencies to intensify their efforts to
employ more women in their programmes in Afghanistan, particularly at the
decision-making level, to ensure, inter alia, the functioning of all programmes
in order to better address the needs of the female population;
“8. Stresses the importance of the Special Rapporteur of the
Commission on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
giving special attention to the human rights of women and girls and fully
incorporating a gender perspective in his work;
“9. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation
of women and girls in Afghanistan and to submit to the Commission on the
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