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Programmes Relating to Afghanistan and the programmes of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees, especially the pilot projects for the
repatriation of refugees;
20.
Reiterates its appeals to all Member States, humanitarian
organizations and all parties concerned to cooperate fully on the subject of
mine detection and clearance, in order to facilitate the return of refugees
and displaced persons to their homes in safety and dignity;
21.
Strongly urges all the parties to the conflict to undertake all
necessary measures to ensure the safety of the personnel of humanitarian
organizations involved in the implementation of the United Nations
humanitarian and economic assistance programmes relating to Afghanistan and
programmes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in order to
avoid further deplorable incidents such as those which have caused loss of
life among that personnel;
22.
Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization to entrust the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the
Return of Cultural Property to Its Countries of Origin or Its Restitution in
Case of Illicit Appropriation with the mandate, upon the invitation and with
the cooperation of the Afghan authorities, of examining ways and means to
restore the Kabul Museum, including through the tracing of the country’s
stolen articles, to propose measures aimed at preventing the illicit import,
export and transfer of ownership of artefacts belonging to the Kabul Museum
and to report thereon to the Executive Board of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization;
23.
Recommends the translation of the report of the Special Rapporteur
into the Dari and Pashtu languages;
24.
Urges the authorities in Afghanistan to continue to extend their
full cooperation to the Commission on Human Rights and its Special Rapporteur;
25.
Calls upon the Special Rapporteur to continue to gather
information about specific instances of grave human rights violations and to
broaden and intensify efforts in addressing human rights violations that are
specific to or primarily directed against women, in order to assure the
effective protection of their human rights;
26.
Requests the Secretary-General to give all necessary assistance to
the Special Rapporteur;
27.
Decides to keep under consideration at its fiftieth session the
situation of human rights in Afghanistan, in the light of additional elements
provided by the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social
Council.
94th plenary meeting
23 December 1994