According to the Human Rights Council, in response to a letter from France and the European Union requesting a meeting on the situation of Afghan women, the council will hold a meeting focusing on Afghanistan.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA), France and the European Union have written a letter to the UN Human Rights Council urging it to "pay serious attention to the significant deterioration in the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan."
 
The letter called on the UN Human Rights Council to hold an emergency meeting on Afghan women during its 50th session.
 
"Following this urgent discussion, we urge the Council to consider a resolution which we will distribute as soon as possible," the letter from France and the European Union said.
 
Since the establishment of the UN Human Rights Council in 2006, seven emergency meetings have been held during regular meetings of the Human Rights Council. The last case was in Ukraine in March.
 
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said last week that Afghan women were in a critical situation.