Monitoring Human Rights Situation In Afghanistan, Says Indian Representative at UN
Indra Mani Pandey, India's Permanent Representative in the UN, said that his country will continue to monitor human rights situation in Afghanistan.
He also called for the provision of the rights of Afghan women and girls and their participation in development and achievements of Afghanistan over the past twenty years.
At the meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Pandey added that his country has so far supplied 50,000 tonnes of wheat, 28 tonnes of relief items to the victims of natural disasters, 200 tonnes of medicines, vaccines and other sanitary items to Afghanistan.
Pandey also said that India in collaboration with the United Nations has provided 1,100 feminine hygiene kits to women rehabilitation centers.
The United Nations Human Rights Council started its 54th session on Monday. A major part of the discussion on the first day of this summit had been devoted to the situation in Afghanistan.
