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the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of
Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction,12
Recalling that, as a State party to those international instruments, Afghanistan has
the obligation to report on their implementation,
Recalling also all its relevant resolutions, as well as the resolutions and
presidential statements of the Security Council, the decisions of the Economic and Social
Council, the resolutions and decisions of the Commission on Human Rights and the
resolutions of the Commission on the Status of Women,
Recalling further Security Council resolutions 1333 (2000) of 19 December 2000,
1378 (2001) of 14 November 2001, 1383 (2001) of 6 December 2001, 1401 (2002) of
28 March 2002, 1413 (2002) of 23 May 2002 and 1419 (2002) of 26 June 2002 on the
situation in Afghanistan,
Recalling Security Council resolution 1296 (2000) of 19 April 2000 on the
protection of civilians, resolution 1379 (2001) of 20 November 2001 on children and
armed conflict, resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and the statements by the
President of the Council of 31 October 200113 and 31 October 2002,14 on women and
peace and security,
Warmly welcoming the conclusion of the Agreement on Provisional Arrangements
in Afghanistan Pending the Re-establishment of Permanent Government Institutions (the
Bonn Agreement), signed by the Afghan parties at Bonn, Germany, on 5 December
2001,15 which reaffirms the independence, national sovereignty and territorial integrity
of Afghanistan and promotes national reconciliation, lasting peace, security and respect
for human rights, and stressing the important role entrusted to the United Nations in that
framework,
Warmly welcoming also the election by the Emergency Loya Jirga, in secret ballot,
of the Head of State, President Hamid Karzai, and the establishment of the Afghan
Transitional Authority,
Affirming the primary responsibility of the Afghan Transitional Authority,
supported by the United Nations, to establish, in view of the formation of a government,
an environment of good governance, democracy and the rule of law which:
(a) Should be broad-based, gender-sensitive, multi-ethnic and fully
representative of all of the Afghan people and committed to peace with all countries,
(b) Should respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all of the
Afghan people, without discrimination on grounds of race, colour, sex, language,
religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, birth,
descent or other status,
(c) Should respect the international obligations of Afghanistan, including by
cooperating fully in international efforts to combat terrorism and illicit drug trafficking
within and from Afghanistan,
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12
See CD/1478.
S/PRST/2001/31.
14
S/PRST/2002/32.
15
See S/2001/1154.
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