A/RES/67/16
Welcoming also the Tokyo Declaration: Partnership for Self-Reliance in
Afghanistan – From Transition to Transformation adopted at the Tokyo Conference
on Afghanistan, held on 8 July 2012, 2 including the Tokyo Mutual Accountability
Framework, 3 which reaffirms the partnership between the Government of
Afghanistan and the international community based on their mutual commitments,
Welcoming and supporting the outcome of the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in the Heart of Asia, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2 November 2011, and
the follow-up Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference, held in Kabul on 14 June 2012,
which, respectively, launched and furthered the Istanbul Process on Regional
Security and Cooperation for a Secure and Stable Afghanistan 4 whereby Afghanistan
and its regional partners, with the support of the international community, affirmed
their commitment to strengthen regional security and cooperation for a secure and
stable Afghanistan, including through enhanced regional dialogue and confidencebuilding measures, looking forward to future meetings thereof, in particular the next
ministerial meeting, to be held in Astana in April 2013, welcoming the recent efforts
undertaken to further develop confidence-building measures in the areas of disaster
management, counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, chambers of commerce,
commercial opportunities, regional infrastructure and education, and noting that the
Istanbul Process is intended to complement and cooperate with, and not substitute
for, existing efforts of regional organizations, particularly where they relate to
Afghanistan,
Recognizing the importance of the contribution of neighbouring and regional
partners as well as regional organizations, including the European Union, the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization, the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation, to the stabilization of Afghanistan, stressing
the crucial importance of advancing regional cooperation as an effective means of
promoting security, governance and development in Afghanistan, and noting in this
regard the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan initiative, in
particular the Fifth Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan,
held in Dushanbe on 26 and 27 March 2012, and the Delhi Investment Summit on
Afghanistan, held in New Delhi on 28 June 2012, and its recommendations for
promoting foreign investment and private sector development and partnerships of
Afghanistan, as well as those initiatives being implemented within the framework of
the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the European Union, the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and other relevant initiatives
aimed at increasing regional economic cooperation with Afghanistan, such as
enhanced trade and infrastructural connectivity along historical trade routes, energy
supply, transport and integrated border management,
Underlining the significance of the agreement reached between the Government
of Afghanistan and countries contributing to the International Security Assistance
Force at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit, held in Lisbon on 19 and
20 November 2010, to gradually transfer full security responsibility in Afghanistan
to the Government country-wide by the end of 2014, welcoming the ongoing
implementation of the first three tranches of transition and looking forward to its
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2
A/66/867-S/2012/532, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
4
A/66/601-S/2011/767, annex.
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2