A/RES/57/234 (e) To treat all suspects and convicted or detained persons in accordance with relevant international law and to refrain from acts of arbitrary detention in violation of international law; (f) To facilitate the voluntary and orderly return in safety and dignity of Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons and their reintegration; 12. Welcomes the establishment of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and encourages the Transitional Authority to provide the necessary support and resources to enable the Ministry to function effectively; 13. Urges the Transitional Authority to give high priority to the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,9 to end, without delay, all violations of the human rights of women and girls and to take urgent measures to ensure fully: (a) The repeal of any legislative, institutional and other measures in place that discriminate against women and girls and those that impede the realization of their human rights and fundamental freedoms; (b) The full, equal and effective participation of women in civil, cultural, economic, political and social life throughout the country at all levels; (c) Respect for the equal right of women to work and their reintegration into employment in all sectors and at all levels of Afghan society; (d) The equal right of women and girls to education without discrimination, the effective functioning of schools throughout the country and the admission of women and girls to educational programmes at all levels; (e) Respect for the equal right of women and girls to security of person, including in the private sphere, and to ensure that those responsible for physical attacks on women are brought to justice; (f) The equal right of women and girls to access to health care; 14. Notes with deep concern the severity of the humanitarian crisis that still affects the country and the existence of millions of Afghan internally displaced persons and refugees; 15. Recognizes the huge burden shouldered by neighbouring countries, especially the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan, expresses its appreciation of the efforts made in those host countries to ease the plight of Afghan refugees, and encourages them to continue cooperating with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to that end; 16. Welcomes the contributions of donors to meet the requirements of the Immediate and Transitional Assistance Programme for the Afghan People 2002, urges them to fulfil promptly the funding commitments made at the International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan, held at Tokyo on 21 and 22 January 2002, and invites them to provide additional resources beyond those pledged at that Conference; 17. Urges the international community to provide continuing assistance to ensure an effective transition, consistent with the National Development Framework, from humanitarian assistance to the establishment of a longer-term social and economic recovery, with a view to meeting, in particular, the needs of internally displaced persons and returnees; 5