A/RES/74/9
The situation in Afghanistan
rights of women and girls, interfaith and intrafaith to lerance and the advancement of
economic and social development,
Reaffirming the long-term partnership between the Government of Afghanistan
and the international community based on their renewed mutual commitments, as laid
down in the Geneva Mutual Accountability Framework, as agreed upon at the Geneva
Conference on Afghanistan held on 27 and 28 November 2018, and recalling the longterm commitment of the international community to Afghanistan, reaffirmed at the
Geneva Conference, with the aim of continuing to strengthen national ownership and
leadership,
Reaffirming also the commitment of the international community to continuing
to support the training, equipping, financing and development of the capacity of the
Afghan National Defence and Security Forces, including as agreed upon in the
Summit Declarations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Afghanistan, and
honouring the memory of the men and women of the Afghan and international security
forces who have given their lives in the course of duty,
Reiterating its serious concern about the security situation in Afghanistan and
the urgent need to tackle the challenges facing the country, in particular the region based violence, attacks and all forms of terrorist and criminal activities and violent
extremist activities of the Taliban, including the Haqqani Network, as well as
Al-Qaida, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da ’esh) and their affiliates, in
particular ISIL-Khorasan Province, and other terrorist groups, and foreign terror ist
fighters,
Expressing its deep concern about the continuing high level of violence in
Afghanistan, especially the number of civilian casualties, including the continuing
high number of women and children killed and maimed, urging an immediate
reduction in current levels of violence, condemning in the strongest terms all terrorist
activity and all violent and unlawful attacks and killings, recalling that the Taliban,
including the Haqqani Network, as well as Al-Qaida, Islamic State in Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh) and their affiliates, in particular ISIL-Khorasan Province, and
other terrorist groups, and foreign terrorist fighters, are responsible for the significant
majority of the civilian casualties, including those involving humanitarian and
medical personnel, in Afghanistan, calling for compliance with international
humanitarian law and international human rights law, as applicable, calling upon all
parties to armed conflict to take all measures necessary and appropriate to ensure
respect for and the protection of civilians and humanitarian and medical personnel,
as well as aid and humanitarian and medical facilities, and urging that credible reports
of civilian casualties be thoroughly investigated and steps taken to avoid such
incidents,
Welcoming the efforts made by the Government of Afghanistan to promote an
Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, and calling upon the Taliban to respond
to the call for peace from the people and the Government of Afghanistan,
Welcoming also the achievements of the National Unity Government in political,
economic, governance and social reforms and in the management of the transition,
underlining the need to preserve past achievements, and urging further improvement
in this regard, in particular to address poverty and the delivery of services, stimulate
economic growth, create employment opportunities, tackle corruption, enhance
transparency, increase domestic revenue and promote and implement commitments
on human rights, especially women’s full and equal enjoyment of these rights, the
rights of the child, the rights of persons belonging to minorities and the freedom of
expression and opinion, as envisaged in the Constitution of Afghanistan, including
for journalists and in accordance with obligations under international law,
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