United Nations Human Rights Council is to hold a Special Session next week on the situation in Afghanistan to address serious human rights concerns after the Taliban takeover, a United Nations statement said yesterday.<br />'' <br />''The Geneva Forum is set to convene on 24th of this month at the request of nearly 90 other countries supporting the move, it said. Convening a Special Session requires support from one-third of the Council's 47 member states. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Backers so far include members Britain and France – but not China or Russia – while the United States was not among supporting countries with observer status, a provisional U.N. list showed.</span><br />