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administration’ will not be discussed at a meeting on Afghanistan that the U.N. has called for next month, a U.N. spokeswoman reiterated on Thursday in response to concerns and confusion made by the deputy UN chief’s remarks.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years...is set to host a closed-door gathering in Doha on May 1-2 of special envoys on Afghanistan from various countries. On Monday, his deputy, Amina Mohammed, suggested that the gathering "could find those baby steps to put us back on the pathway to recognition."
"The Doha conference on the 1st and 2nd of May is not focusing on recognition, and we do not want any confusion about that," said deputy U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq. "The point of discussion ... is to build a more unified consensus on the challenges at hand."
The remarks came after the Taliban extended the ban on female aid workers with U.N., which has faced massive condemnation globally.
The organization reiterated that without Afghan women workers, humanitarian aid
would disrupt as most of the organization’s aid workers are female.Since August 2021, the group has implemented suppressive policies against women as a result, isolated most of the women from the public scene, education, and work.
According to the Taliban’s rigorous interpretation of Islamic law, it protects women’s rights.