A/RES/72/10
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 November 2017
Seventy-second session
Agenda item 39
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 21 November 2017
[on the report of the First Committee (A/72/L.8 and A/72/L.8/Add.1)]
72/10.
The situation in Afghanistan
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 71/9 of 17 November 2016 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, 2274 (2016) of
15 March 2016 and 2344 (2017) of 17 March 2017,
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 continuing
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
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