A/RES/63/18
United Nations
Distr.: General
27 January 2009
General Assembly
Sixty-third session
Agenda item 17
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 November 2008
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/63/L.17 and Add.1)]
63/18.
The situation in Afghanistan
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 62/6 of 5 November 2007 and all its previous relevant
resolutions,
Recalling also all relevant Security Council resolutions and statements by the
President of the Council on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular resolutions
1659 (2006) of 15 February 2006, 1806 (2008) of 20 March 2008, 1817 (2008) of
11 June 2008 and 1833 (2008) of 22 September 2008, as well as the statement by
the President of the Council of 11 July 2008, 1
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Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial
integrity and national unity of Afghanistan, and respecting its multicultural, multiethnic and historical heritage,
Reaffirming its continued support for the implementation of the Afghanistan
Compact of 31 January 2006, 2 which provides the framework for the partnership
between the Government of Afghanistan and the international community, and
recalling in this regard the spirit and the provisions of the Bonn Agreement of
5 December 2001 3 and the Berlin Declaration, including the annexes thereto, of
1 April 2004, 4
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Recognizing once again the interconnected nature of the challenges in
Afghanistan, reaffirming that sustainable progress on security, governance and
development, as well as the cross-cutting theme of counter-narcotics, is mutually
reinforcing, and welcoming the continuing efforts of the Government of Afghanistan
and the international community to address these challenges in a coherent manner,
Reiterating the urgent need to tackle the challenges in Afghanistan, in
particular the increased violent criminal and terrorist activities by the Taliban,
Al-Qaida, illegal armed groups and those involved in the narcotics trade, in
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1
S/PRST/2008/26; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2007–31 July 2008.
S/2006/90, annex.
3
Agreement on Provisional Arrangements in Afghanistan Pending the Re-establishment of Permanent
Government Institutions (see S/2001/1154).
4
Available from www.unama-afg.org.
2
08-47187