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"Mr President, Saudi Arabia has no credibility and offers no guarantees in terms of defending Afghan women. Saudi Arabia is one of just three countries which officially supported the Taliban regime. It has been promoting and financially aiding Islamic fundamentalism and it seriously violates the human rights of women.
Mr President, given Saudi Arabia’s anti-women pedigree, is it coherent that at the meeting in Washington on 20 November, that country should be named as part of the group that will lead the reconstruction of Afghanistan?
Mr President, Afghanistan is now entering a hopeful stage and they must begin to change the harsh living conditions for women. We need a plan containing urgent measures in order that Afghanistan may embark on reconstruction and the road to peace and progress. The European Union must concern itself as directly as possible with imposing order in the distribution of humanitarian aid and establishing speedy measures and structures so that girls and women may receive education and healthcare.
My final recommendation, Mr President, is that we remember those women’s organisations which resisted the Taliban – such as RAWA – and it is those organisations which must now play a decisive role so that women are fully involved in the reconstruction."@en1
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