The UN Security Council unanimously condemned on Thursday an Afghan interim administration ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations in Afghanistan and called on Islamic Emirate’s leaders to "swiftly reverse" a crackdown on the rights of women and girls.

The resolution - drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan - describes the ban as "unprecedented in the history of the United Nations," asserts "the indispensable role of women in Afghan society" and says the ban on Afghan women working for the U.N. "undermines human rights and humanitarian principles."

UAE UN Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh said more than 90 countries co-sponsored the resolution "from Afghanistan's immediate neighbourhood, from the Muslim world and from all corners of the earth."

"This ... support makes our fundamental message today even more significant - the world will not sit by silently as women in Afghanistan are erased from society," she told the council.

The Security Council vote came days before a planned international meeting in Doha on May 1-2 on Afghanistan. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will convene behind closed doors special envoys on Afghanistan from various countries to work on a unified approach to dealing with the Taliban.

"We will not stand for the Taliban's repression of women and girls," Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Robert Wood, told the council. "These decisions are indefensible. They are not seen anywhere else in the world."

"The Taliban edicts are causing irreparable damage to Afghanistan."

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said that it welcomes the part of UNSC resolution 2681 that “reaffirms the Security Council’s strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Afghanistan; support for the Afghanistan people; a peaceful, stable, prosperous Afghanistan; and the principle of Afghan-led and Afghan-owned right to self-determination.”

The statement also said that Afghanistan has suffered from decades-long conflict, often imposed by foreign powers.

“The path to a post-conflict recovery requires the unconditional removal of sanctions and restrictions on the country, in addition to the provision of humanitarian and development assistance to the country,” the statement said, adding that Afghanistan’s ongoing humanitarian crisis is “man-made”.

The statement reads that the ongoing humanitarian crisis can only be solved by the removal of restrictions "on the country” and helping Afghanistan to address the “core climate change, economic, infrastructural, and development needs of its people.”

“While taking take note of the condemnation of the decision to restrict Afghan women from working with the UN in Afghanistan, we stress that, in line with international law and the strong commitment made by member states to respect the sovereign choices of Afghanistan, this is an internal social matter of Afghanistan that does not impact outside states,” the statement said. “We remain committed to ensuring all rights of Afghan women while emphasizing that delivery must be respected and not politicized.

Anas Haqqani, a senior member of the Islamic Emirate, reacted on Twitter, saying that the UN Security Council “shouldn’t continue the failed policy of pressure.”

“Any position adopted that is not based upon a deep understanding won’t give the desired results and will always be ineffective,” Haqqani said. “It would have been better if UNSC had assessed the removal of diplomatic & financial sanctions instead of such resolutions, which amounts to the collective punishment of Afghans. The ‘open embrace policy’ of the Islamic Emirate is a solution to the problems, not these measures.”

After the Islamic Emirate takeover of the country, the US froze Afghanistan’s Central Bank assets abroad.

"As of today, what we have seen is only that assets have been transferred from one account to another, but not a single penny returned to the Afghan people," China's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Geng Shuang told the council.

Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia also called for the return of the Afghan Central Bank assets.