[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 173 (Thursday, December 13, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S13155]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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 SENATE RESOLUTION 191--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE COMMENDING 
    THE INCLUSION OF WOMEN IN THE AFGHAN INTERIM ADMINISTRATION AND 
  COMMENDING THOSE WHO MET AT THE HISTORIC AFGHAN WOMEN'S SUMMIT FOR 
                         DEMOCRACY IN BRUSSELS

  Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Wellstone, and Ms. 
Mikulski) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
agreed to:

                              S. Res. 191

       Whereas the U.N. sponsored talks in Bonn included the 
     participation of three women delegates and three women 
     advisers;
       Whereas women will serve in the Afghan Interim 
     Administration, including in the position of Vice-Chair;
       Whereas on December 4-5, 2001, the Afghan Women's Summit 
     for Democracy met at the European Commission in Brussels, 
     Belgium;
       Whereas fifty Afghan women leaders, broadly representative 
     of women in Afghanistan, took part in the Summit, ensuring 
     that the voices of Afghan women are heard;
       Whereas the Afghan Women's Summit supports the 
     implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 
     1325 on Women and Peace and Security;
       Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 
     reaffirms the importance of the equal participation and full 
     involvement of women in all efforts for the maintenance and 
     promotion of peace and security, and the need to increase 
     their role in decision-making with regard to conflict 
     prevention and resolution;
       Whereas women under the rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan 
     were denied their basic human rights;
       Whereas the Senate has previously adopted a resolution 
     insisting that Afghan women must be included in planning the 
     future reconstruction of Afghanistan: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that,
       (1) it is critically important for the future of 
     Afghanistan that women participated at the United Nations 
     sponsored talks in Bonn and will be included in the Afghan 
     interim administration; and
       (2) the Afghan Women's Summit for Democracy recommendations 
     for health, education, political participation, and refugee 
     programs for women should be strongly considered when shaping 
     the future of Afghanistan.

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