A/HRC/RES/48/1 7. Calls for the establishment of a government that is united, inclusive and representative, including with regard to gender and all ethnic and religious minorities, and ensuring the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and youth in decision-making positions; 8. Urges the international community to adjust further its engagement with any future Government of Afghanistan with regard to respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Afghans, including women, girls, children and persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities, and respect for the rule of law, freedom of expression, including for members of the media, with specific attention to human rights defenders, as well as respect for the obligations of Afghanistan under international human rights law; 9. Underscores the need for and calls for further improvement in the living conditions of the Afghan people, and emphasizes the need for basic social services at the national, provincial and local levels, in particular education, clean water, sanitation, digital connectivity and public health services; 10. Expresses deep concern at the humanitarian situation, calls upon the international community to offer greater support, including in the context of the food security situation and the ongoing protection crisis, and urges all parties to allow immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarian access, including across conflict lines, to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches all those in need, particularly internally displaced persons and those in vulnerable situations, and to respect the independence of humanitarian agencies and guarantee the protection of humanitarian personnel, including female workers; 11. Encourages any future Government of Afghanistan to continue engagement and cooperation with the United Nations, including with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and other relevant United Nations entities; 12. Decides to appoint, for a period of one year, a special rapporteur to monitor the situation of human rights as it develops in Afghanistan, with the following mandate: (a) To report on the developing situation of human rights, and to make recommendations to improve it; (b) To assist in fulfilling the human rights obligations arising from international treaties that Afghanistan has ratified; (c) To offer support and advice to civil society; (d) To seek, receive, examine and act on information from all relevant stakeholders pertaining to the situation of human rights in Afghanistan; (e) To integrate a gender perspective and a survivor-centred approach throughout the work of the mandate; (f) To present a written report to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-first session and to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session, in accordance with their respective programmes of work; 13. Also decides that, in order to provide the support necessary to the new mandate holder to initiate the mandate in the current particular circumstances, the mandate holder shall benefit from additional dedicated and specific expertise to be provided by the Office of the High Commissioner, in particular in the areas of fact-finding, legal analysis, the rights of women and girls and of persons belonging to minorities, the right to education, forensics, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; 14. Calls upon all relevant parties to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, to grant unhindered access to the country without any delay and to provide the mandate holder with all information necessary to allow for the proper fulfilment of the mandate; 15. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide the Special Rapporteur with the assistance and resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandate; 4