A/RES/71/9
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
6 December 2016
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 36
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 November 2016
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/71/L.13 and Add.1)]
71/9.
The situation in Afghanistan
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 70/77 of 9 December 2015 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
2189 (2014) of 12 December 2014, 2210 (2015) of 16 March 2015 and 2274 (2016)
of 15 March 2016,
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial
integrity and national unity of Afghanistan, and respecting its multicultural,
multi-ethnic and historical heritage,
Welcoming the efforts by Afghanistan in the framework of the Transformation
Decade (2015–2024) to consolidate its sovereignty through strengthening a fully
functioning, sustainable State in the service of its people, with the goal of becoming
fully self-reliant,
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 Self-reliance through Mutual Accountability Framework, as agreed
upon at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan on 5 October 2016, and recalling
the long-term commitment of the international community to Afghanistan, reaffirmed
at the Conference, with the aim of strengthening national ownership and leadership,
taking into account the evolving nature of the presence of the international
community,
Reaffirming also the commitment of the international community to continue
to support the training, equipping, financing and development of the capacity of the
Afghan National Defence and Security Forces, including as agreed in the Chicago
Summit Declaration on Afghanistan in 2012, in the Wales Summit Declaration on
Afghanistan in 2014 and in the Warsaw Summit Declaration on Afghanistan in 2016,
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 the urgent need to tackle the challenges facing Afghanistan, in
particular the region-based violent extremist activities of the Taliban, including the
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