Thank you, Madam President,
The United Kingdom welcomes recent steps taken by the Government of Burundi that reaffirm its stated commitments on human rights, including the sentencing of policemen for killing civilians, the release of the four Iwacu journalists and engagement with banned media outlets.
However the presentation demonstrates that further reforms are required to restore respect for human rights and other fundamental freedoms in Burundi.
The UK remains particularly concerned by reports of continuing violations by the Imbonerakure and security forces. Impunity continues for numerous perpetrators of human rights violations, and political prisoners and human rights defenders remain imprisoned. We remain concerned about the erosion of the spirit of the Arusha Accords by the current composition of the cabinet.
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Kabul is a city under siege. It may not be besieged in the way that Berlin was in April 1945, but the daily lives of its residents are overshadowed by a pervasive sense of fear as car bombs and magnetic mines are detonated on what seems a daily basis, some indiscriminate in their impact, others directly targeting proponents of pluralism, human rights and democracy. The ‘new Afghanistan’ that has developed over the last two decades is facing an unprecedented attack.
These atrocities have come in the midst of a so-called ‘peace process’. Yet if the aim of the process was to bring peace and security, something has plainly gone horribly wrong. To find agreements as flawed as the 29 February US-Taliban deal, one has to go to the Munich Agreement of September 1938, the January 1973 Paris Agreement on Vietnam, or the Arusha Accords on Rwanda of August 1993, which were hailed as triumphs at the time but now have few if any defenders. With the Afghan proce
Afghanistan cannot achieve peace if Pak continues to meddle, says Australian professor
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30th December, 2020 10:11:41
Peace and security will not come to Afghanistan until the issue of Pakistan s relentless disposition to meddle in Afghanistan s affairs is properly addressed, said Australian professor William Maley on Monday. A key issue to pursue the real elephant in the room - remains the critical support that the Afghan Taliban receive from Pakistan and specifically from the Pakistan military, Maley said.
This comes after a series of videos surfaced showing senior Taliban leaders meeting their followers and Taliban fighters in Pakistan.
In the videos, it was seen that Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the Taliban political office, was holding a briefing with the Taliban cadre on the ongoing peace negotiations in Doha and acknowledging the presence of the Taliban s top leadership in Pakistan.