UNSC unanimously condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN in Afghanistan while China joins Russia in calling on US to return frozen Afghan assets
UNSC unanimously approves resolution calling on Taliban to swiftly reverse its curbs on women while Moscow's envoy criticises the text, calling on US to return $7 billion assets "you've stolen" from Afghanistan."The world will not sit by silently as women in Afghanistan are erased from society," says UAE ambassador to UN Lana Zaki Nusseibeh. / Photo: AP
More broadly, the Council called on the Taliban to"swiftly reverse the policies and practices that restrict the enjoyment by women and girls of their human rights and fundamental freedoms." The body stressed"the dire economic and humanitarian situation," and the"critical importance of a continued presence" of the UN mission in Afghanistan and other UN agencies.
"If you're so sincere, why not return the assets you've stolen from the country and without any preconditions," he said, referencing the $7 billion in Afghan central bank assets frozen by the United States after the Taliban took over the country in 2021.
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