E/2000/27 E/CN.6/2000/9 11. 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; 12. Appeals to States and the international community to implement the recommendations of the inter-agency gender mission to Afghanistan under the leadership of the Special Adviser to the SecretaryGeneral on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women; 13. Urges all Afghan factions, in particular the Taliban, to ensure the safety and protection of all United Nations and humanitarian workers in Afghanistan and to allow them, regardless of gender, to carry out their work unhindered. 14. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan and to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-fifth session a report on progress made in the implementation of the present resolution. Draft resolution II Situation of and assistance to Palestinian women* The Economic and Social Council, Having considered with appreciation the section concerning the situation of Palestinian women and assistance provided by organizations of the United Nations system of the report of the Secretary-General 11 on follow-up to and implementation of the Beijing Declaration 12 and Platform for Action, 13 Recalling the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 14 in particular paragraph 260 concerning Palestinian women and __________________ * 11 12 13 14 For the discussion, see chap. II. E/CN.6/2000/2, sect. III. A. Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I. Ibid., annex II. Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Nairobi, 15-26 July 1985 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.85.IV.10), chap. I, sect. A. children, and the Beijing Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, Also recalling its resolution 1999/15 of 28 July 1999 and other relevant United Nations resolutions, Further recalling the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 15 as it concerns the protection of civilian populations, Stressing the need for full implementation of the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum of 4 September 1999 and full compliance with the existing agreements, as well as the need for the conclusion of the final settlement by the agreed time of September 2000, Concerned about the continuing difficult situation of Palestinian women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and about the severe consequences of continuous illegal Israeli settlement activities, as well as the harsh economic conditions and other consequences for the situation of Palestinian women and their families resulting from the frequent closures and isolation of the occupied territory, 1. Calls upon the concerned parties, as well as the entire international community, to exert all the necessary efforts to ensure the continuity and success of the peace process and its conclusion by the agreed time of September 2000 and the achievement of tangible progress in the improvement of the situation of Palestinian women and their families; 2. Reaffirms that the Israeli occupation remains a major obstacle for Palestinian women with regard to their advancement, self-reliance and integration in the development planning of their society; 3. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the provisions and principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 16 the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention of 1907 17 and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 18 in order to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families; __________________ 15 16 17 18 General Assembly resolution 48/104. General Assembly resolution 217 A (III). See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915). United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 3