The United Nations Security Council approved its recommendations this Friday. “Independent assessment” of the current political situation in AfghanistanThis will serve as a guide for the possible reintegration of the country, currently in the hands of the fundamentalist Taliban regime, into the international community.
The proposal, supported by Japan and the United Arab Emirates in March this year, was coordinated by Turkey’s UN Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioğlu and an “architecture of relationships” It includes four basic suggestions that stand out among these: “a roadmap towards full reintegration Afghanistan in the international community if it fulfills its commitments and obligations..
Since the Taliban returned to power with the capture of the capital Kabul on August 15, 2021, the new fundamentalist regime has not been recognized by any country, but the Taliban has maintained diplomatic relations with neighboring countries as follows out of necessity. Russia or China also approved it, as did Pakistan or Iran, the only two countries that abstained from Friday’s vote. Support from the other 13 countries that make up the Security Council.
Based on this approval, Security Council countries request UN Secretary-General António Guterres to appoint a special envoy to Afghanistan.
The United Nations has repeatedly condemned the lack of rapprochement with the Taliban as a result of the fundamentalists’ disdain for the implementation of Human Rights, especially the rights of women, girls and ethnic minorities in the country. Without further specification, extremists have stated many times that they are in the process of developing policies to reintegrate women into Afghan working life, and have also insisted that they will not exceed the restrictions imposed by the clergy in any way.
In fact, a week ago, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Roza Otunbayeva, stated before the UN Security Council that there was no progress on Human Rights. The country is a “key factor” in the current state of recession in the country.
“The lack of progress in resolving human rights issues is the key factor behind the current stalemate. Accepting and working to comply with international norms and standards, as set out in the UN agreements that Afghanistan has ratified, will remain a non-negotiable condition. Otunbayeva, a position at the United Nations “because it invaded,” he emphasized.