The Coalition of Afghan Women’s Protest Movements has criticized the Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for its inactive performance and claimed that this office’s activity has not been effective for the people and has only given human rights violators more courage.
On Tuesday, the 22nd of Hamel, this alliance of groups released a statement in which they criticized UNAMA’s inaction and its attempts to communicate with the Moq administration, saying that “the Taliban’s ban on women working for the UN was predictable.”
The statement claims that the international community’s unwavering interaction with the Taliban and their flexibility and leniency towards the Taliban’s violations of the rights of Afghan citizens have made the Taliban’s continued suppression of the Afghan people possible.
The protest community in Afghanistan and the coalition of protest movements have urged the United Nations to close the office of political transactions under the name of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNMA) because it cannot even protect and support the human rights of its employees. Therefore, the activation of this address is not affecting the people of Afghanistan.
The Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, has been working in this nation since 2013 to monitor human rights and assist the Afghan people in establishing a lasting peace. Recently, however, UNAMA’s performance has shifted to ignore “serious violations of human rights.” Also raising doubts is the “reckless” contact with the Taliban.
3.300 people work for this office in Afghanistan as of 2023, and the majority of their duties involve monitoring human rights, recording human rights abuses to promote more transparency, give humanitarian help, and take into account the urgent needs of the community.
However, after August 15, 2021, UNAMA did not only fall short of its obligations to uphold human rights, but it also made little effort to conceal its intention to meet with the Taliban’s top officials. The UNAMA’s reports on the state of human rights in Afghanistan after August 15, 2021, demonstrate that this office is either concealing and/or whitewashing the truth or is not dedicated to its responsibilities, as they noticeably diverge from those of other organizations and the media.
Salahuddin Rabbani, the head of the Islamic Jamiat Party of Afghanistan, has labelled the UNAMA personnel dubious, inactive, and unable to carry out its tasks. Protesting women have demanded the UN to dismantle its office in Kabul.