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Mr President, the Spanish Presidency is going to continue with the current Union policy, which is aimed at systematically improving the human rights situation in Afghanistan, particularly in relation to Afghan women.
In its sitting of 10 December, the Council expressed its support for the Petersberg Agreement, which defined the provisional agreements applicable in Afghanistan and repeated its promise to play an important role in the international effort to contribute to the reconstruction of the Afghan society and economy. On that occasion, the Ministers also stressed the particular need to promote the role of women within Afghan society.
During the ministerial conference on the reconstruction of Afghanistan which took place recently in Tokyo – on 20 and 22 January – the Presidency of the European Commission, in its capacity as co-presidents of the Union in the steering group for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, set out the Union’s position to the other international donors and the provisional Afghan authority.
The Union’s delegation stated, amongst other things, that the European Union’s assistance would be conditional upon all the Afghan groups unreservedly applying the spirit and the letter of the Petersburg Agreement, the objective of which is the creation of a broad-based, multi-ethnic, fully-representative government committed to acting in favour of sex equality and improving the situation of women.
Also in Tokyo, the European Union stressed the importance of Afghanistan taking on the work of emergency aid, rehabilitation and development, and that people of all regions, ethnic groups, and in particular women should participate in it. The Council will continue to closely monitor compliance with these criteria over the coming months and years.
In this regard, the Council wishes to point out that the European Union’s special representative in Afghanistan, Ambassador Kleiber, has begun his work in Kabul, assisted by a special representative of the Presidency, Ambassador López Nadal. The Council will take special care to ensure that women may participate, and participate fully, in building the country’s future. In this same context, the Council would also cite the reply given to oral question."@en1
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