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domestic violence are able to find safe and secure re fuge, strongly condemns
discrimination and violence against women and girls, in particular violence aimed at
preventing girls from attending schools, and stresses the importance of
implementing Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2 009),
1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), 2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015) noting the
mainstreaming commitments introduced therein, and welcomes in this regard the
establishment in January 2016 of a new Trust Fund for Victims of Violence against
Women by the Government of Afghanistan to support victims of violence against
women;
52. Welcomes the Afghan Government’s commitment to strengthen the
participation of women in the Afghan political life and in all Afghan governance
institutions including elected and appointed bodies and the civil service and notes
the progress in this regard, welcomes its continued efforts to protect and promote the
full participation of women in the electoral processes and requests the SecretaryGeneral to continue to include in his reports to the Security Council relevant
information on the process of integration of women into the political, economic and
social life of Afghanistan, notes the UNAMA report on the Implementation of the
Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan, and calls on the
Government of Afghanistan to urgently develop a strategy to fully implement it,
including services to victims and access to justice, welcomes in this regard the
launch in November 2014 by the Ministry of Public Health of the Gen der-based
Violence Treatment Protocol for Healthcare Providers, recalls that the promotion
and protection of women’s rights are an integral part of development, peace,
reintegration and reconciliation and that women play a vital role in the peace
process, welcomes the Afghan Government’s commitment to developing,
implementing and monitoring the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and
Security and identifying further opportunities to support participation of women in
the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, and welcomes the commitment of
the Government of Afghanistan to develop a Women’s Economic Empowerment
Action Plan;
53. Expresses its concern over the recent increase in the number of internally
displaced persons in and refugees from Afghanistan, stresses that stability and
development of Afghanistan require that its citizens can see a future for themselves
within their country, welcomes the commitment of the Government of Afghanistan
in making repatriation and reintegration of Afghan refugees amon g its highest
national priorities including their voluntary, safe and dignified return and their
sustainable reintegration in the national development planning and prioritization
processes, encourages all efforts of the Government of Afghanistan towards the
implementation of this commitment, and calls for continued and enhanced
international assistance in this regard;
54. Strongly supports the Government of Afghanistan in its commitment to
create the necessary conditions for the repatriation and sustaina ble reintegration of
Afghan refugees in the country with emphasis on youth empowerment, education,
livelihoods, social protection and infrastructure, and stresses in this regard the key
importance of attaining peace and stability for solving the refugee cr isis as well as
of advances in social and economic welfare leading to the improvement of the living
conditions inside Afghanistan through the coordinated efforts of the Government of
Afghanistan with the support of the international community;
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