text: in which the Council requested the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights to appoint a Special Rapporteur to examine the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, with a view to formulating proposals that could contribute to ensuring full protection of the human rights of the inhabitants of the country before, during and after the withdrawal of all foreign forces, -118-Recalling also its relevant resolutions as well as the resolutions of the General Assembly and the decisions of the Economic and Social Council, Emphasizing the relevance and validity for all parties concerned of the Agreements on the Settlement of the Situation relating to Afghanistan, concluded at Geneva on 14 April 1988 (S/19835, annex I), which constitute an important step towards a comprehensive political solution. Noting with deep concern that a situation of armed conflict continues to exist in Afghanistan, that acts of terrorism against civilians have significantly increased, that the treatment of prisoners detained in connection with the conflict does not conform to the humanitarian rules as set out in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977, that more than 5 million refugees are living outside Afghanistan and that many Afghans are displaced within the country. Aware that the reasons given by the refugees for not returning to Afghanistan, pending the achievement of a comprehensive political solution and the establishment of a broad-based government, include the continued fighting in some provinces, the use of very destructive arms in the conflict, the minefields that have been laid in many parts of the country, the lack of an effective authority in many provinces and other obstacles which would be encountered by refugees in returning to Afghanistan, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan (E/CN.4/1990/25) and of the
analysis: This text appears to be a report from a UN body, likely the Commission on Human Rights, discussing the human rights situation in Afghanistan. The text highlights various concerns, including armed conflict, terrorism, prisoner treatment, and refugee displacement, and expresses a desire to ensure the protection of human rights in the country. Given the focus on human rights and the political situation in Afghanistan, it is likely that this text falls under a category related to human rights or humanitarian aid.