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(c) Respect for the right of women to work and their reintegration in employment;
(d) The 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 to security of person and that those responsible for physical attacks
on women are brought to justice;
(f)
Respect for freedom of movement for women;
(g) Reinstatement of full access to health care for women and girls;
13. Invites the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to
proceed without delay to investigate fully reports of mass killings of prisoners of war and civilians, rape and
other cruel treatment in Afghanistan, and calls upon the United Front and the Taliban to fulfil their stated
commitment to cooperate with such investigations;
14. Also invites the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
to give consideration to the proposal to deploy human rights observers in Afghanistan and to make detailed
recommendations to that effect to the General Assembly;
15. Appeals to all States, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system, specialized
agencies and other international organizations to resume the provision of humanitarian assistance to all in
need as soon as the situation on the ground permits;
16. Expresses its deep concern at reports of attacks on and looting of cultural artifacts in Afghanistan,
emphasizes that all parties share the responsibility to protect their common heritage, and requests all Member
States to take appropriate measures to prevent the looting of cultural artifacts and to ensure their return to
Afghanistan;
17. Urges all the Afghan parties to extend their cooperation to the Commission on Human Rights and
its Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and to all those Special Rapporteurs
who are seeking invitations;
18. Requests the Secretary-General to give all necessary assistance to the Special Rapporteur;
19. Decides to keep the situation of human rights in Afghanistan under consideration at its fifty-fourth
session, in the light of additional elements provided by the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic
and Social Council.
85th plenary meeting
9 December 1998