A/RES/52/211 Page 5 Stressing the importance of non-intervention and non-interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, and deeply concerned at all forms of continued support which have caused or may cause the prolongation of the conflict, inter alia, the supply of weapons, military equipment and ammunition to the Afghan parties, Expressing its grave concern about actions undermining the security of State frontiers, including the growing illicit traffic in arms by criminal elements and groups from certain areas of Afghanistan and about the use of Afghan territory for the training and harbouring of terrorists, which create a threat to peace and stability in the entire region, including Afghanistan, Deeply concerned at the continued growth in production and trafficking of illicit drugs from Afghanistan, which threatens regional stability and damages the health and well-being of the populations of neighbouring States and elsewhere, Bearing in mind that Afghanistan, as a State party to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage5 of 16 November 1972, has recognized its primary duty to ensure, inter alia, the protection of the cultural heritage situated on its territory, Stressing that a cessation of armed hostilities between the warring parties in Afghanistan and political stability are indispensable if reconstruction measures are to have a lasting effect, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General, 6 and endorses the observations and recommendations set out therein; 2. Stresses that the main responsibility for finding a political solution to the conflict lies with the Afghan parties, and urges all of them to respond to the repeated United Nations calls for peace; 3. Calls upon all Afghan parties to cease immediately all armed hostilities, to renounce the use of force and to engage, without preconditions, in a political dialogue aimed at achieving a lasting political settlement of the conflict; 4. Calls upon all States to respect the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Afghanistan and strictly to refrain from any outside interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan; 5. Condemns the fact that foreign military support to the Afghan parties continued unabated through 1997, and calls upon all States concerned immediately to end the supply of arms, ammunition, military equipment, training or any other military support to all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan, including the presence and involvement of foreign military personnel; 6. Encourages the Secretary-General to pursue the question of preliminary studies on the imposition of an effective arms embargo and how such an embargo could be implemented in a fair and verifiable manner; 7. Supports the call by the Secretary-General for the establishment of a solid international framework in order to address the external aspects of the Afghan question, and calls upon all interested States and international organizations to use any influence they have in a constructive manner, in support of and in close coordination with the United Nations, to promote peace in Afghanistan; 5 Ibid., vol. 1037, No. 15511. 6 A/52/682-S/1997/894; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-second Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1997, document S/1997/894. /...