E/2001/27 E/CN.6/2001/14 (c) Respect for the equal right of women to work and their reintegration in employment in all segments of the Afghan society, as well as through the United Nations system and human rights and humanitarian organizations operating within Afghanistan; (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 protect their right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; 5. Encourages the continuing efforts of the United Nations, international and non-governmental organizations and donors to ensure that all United Nationsassisted 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 assistance to the people of Afghanistan, in conformity with the Strategic Framework for Afghanistan, is based on the principle of nondiscrimination, 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. Urges States to continue to give special attention to the promotion and protection of the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and to mainstream a gender perspective in all aspects of their policies and actions related to Afghanistan; 8. Welcomes the overall efforts of the Secretary-General to address the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, including the establishment of the positions of Gender Adviser and Human Rights Adviser in the United Nations Office of the Resident Coordinator for Afghanistan, in order to ensure more effective consideration and implementation of human rights and gender concerns in all United Nations programmes within Afghanistan, taking into account the recommendations contained in the report of the inter-agency gender mission to Afghanistan conducted by the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women in November 1997; 27 9. Urges the Secretary-General to ensure that all United Nations activities in Afghanistan are carried out according to the principle of non-discrimination against women and girls, and that a gender perspective and special attention to the human rights of women and girls are fully incorporated into the work of the civil __________________ 27 See gopher://gopher. u n . o r g / 0 0 / s e c / d p c s d / d a w / 1 a c w g e / a f g h a n i s / a f g h a n r e p . e n . 5

Select target paragraph3