A/RES/70/77
United Nations
Distr.: General
4 February 2016
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 39
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2015
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.23 and Add.1)]
70/77.
The situation in Afghanistan
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 69/18 of 20 November 2014 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 resolution s
2189 (2014) of 12 December 2014 and 2210 (2015) of 16 March 2015,
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial
integrity and national unity of Afghanistan, and respecting its multicultural,
multi-ethnic and historical heritage,
Recalling the long-term commitment of the international community to
Afghanistan, with the aim of strengthening national ownership and leadership
consistent with the Kabul process, and taking into account the evolving nature of the
presence of the international community,
Welcoming the beginning of the transformation decade (2015–2024), in which
Afghanistan envisages consolidating its sovereignty through strengthening a fully
functioning, sustainable State in the service of its people, with the goal of becoming
fully self-reliant,
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, 1 including the Tokyo Mutual Accountability
Framework, 2 which reaffirms the partnership between the Government of
Afghanistan and the international community based on their mutual commitments,
the London Conference on Afghanistan, held on 4 December 2014, and the sixth
Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan, held in Kabul on 3 and
4 September 2015,
Reaffirming the long-term partnership between the Government of Afghanistan
and the international community based on their renewed mutual commitments, as
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2
A/66/867-S/2012/532, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
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