A/HRC/RES/51/20 arising from international treaties that Afghanistan has ratified, and to offer support and advice to civil society; 14. Underscores the need for and calls for further improvement in the living conditions of the Afghan people, and emphasizes the need for providing basic social services at the national, provincial and local levels, in particular education, clean water, sanitation, digital connectivity and public health services, with special attention to the needs of women, girls, disadvantaged and marginalized groups, including persons belonging to minority groups and persons with disabilities; 15. 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 situations of vulnerability, and to respect the independence of humanitarian agencies and guarantee the protection of humanitarian personnel, including female workers; 16. 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; 17. Reiterates its call for the reinstatement of an independent national human rights institution in line with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), to protect and promote all human rights, receive complaints from the public, monitor places of detention and bring issues to the attention of the de facto authorities, and also for the reinstatement of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs; 18. Calls for the provision of an enabling environment for civil society actors and the media to carry out their activities without hindrance or fear of reprisal, the investigation of cases of intimidation and attacks against members of civil society, including women’s rights organizations, and journalists, bringing perpetrators to justice, and for measures to promote respect for freedom of expression and access to information and support; 19. Acknowledges the specific access provided to the Special Rapporteur; 20. Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan for a period of one year, and to include in his mandate a child’s rights perspective and the responsibility to document and preserve information relating to human rights violations and abuses, and to present a report to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-second session, to provide an oral update at its fifty-fourth session, and to present a report to the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session, in accordance with their respective programmes of work; 21. Requests the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, with the support of other relevant special procedure mandate holders, to prepare a report on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, and to present it to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-third session, to be followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue; 22. Decides that, in order to provide the support necessary to the mandate holder, the mandate holder shall continue to benefit from additional dedicated and specific resources and expertise to be provided by the Office of the High Commissioner, in particular in the areas of fact-finding, legal analysis, forensics, the human rights of women and girls and of persons belonging to minorities, the right to education, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and additional resources for children’s rights, translation, documentation, information- and evidence-gathering and preservation; 23. Calls upon all relevant actors in Afghanistan to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies, and other international bodies seized with the situation in Afghanistan, to grant them unhindered access to the country without delay, and to provide them with all necessary information and 6