A/RES/69/18
The situation in Afghanistan
Recognizing once again the interconnected nature of the challenges in
Afghanistan, reaffirming that sustainable progress on security, governance, human
rights, the rule of law and development, as well as on the cross-cutting issues of
counter-narcotics, anti-corruption and accountability, are mutually reinforcing and
that governance and development programmes prioritized for implementation in
transition should be consistent with the goals set forth in the Tokyo Declaration and
the national priority programmes, and underlining the importance of the continuing
efforts of the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to
address these challenges,
Welcoming and supporting the outcome of the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in the Heart of Asia, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2 November 2011,4
which launched the Istanbul Process on Regional Security and Cooperation for a
Secure and Stable Afghanistan and the follow-up Heart of Asia Ministerial
Conferences, held in Kabul on 14 June 2012, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 26 April
2013 and the recent fourth Ministerial Conference held in Beijing on 31 October
2014, and the Beijing Declaration, which furthered the Process 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 confidence-building measures, and looking forward to the
fifth Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference, to be held in Pakistan in 2015,
Stressing the crucial importance of advancing regional cooperation as an
effective means of promoting security, stability and economic and social
development in Afghanistan, recognizing in this regard the importance of the
contribution of neighbouring and regional partners, as well as regional
organizations, recalling the importance of the Kabul Declaration on Goodneighbourly Relations of 22 December 2002, 5 welcoming in this regard the
continued commitment of the international community to support stability and
development in Afghanistan, and noting international and regional initiatives, such
as those of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Regional
Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan process, the European Union and
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,
Welcoming the process by which Afghanistan and its regional and international
partners are entering into long-term strategic partnerships and other agreements
aimed at achieving a peaceful, stable and prosperous Afghanistan,
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 countrywide by the end of 2014, and looking
forward to the completion of this process by the end of 2014,
Recalling
Conference, to
capacity of the
period, taking
the decision of the international community, taken at the Bonn
support the training, equipping, financing and development of the
Afghan National Security Forces beyond the end of the transition
note of the Wales Summit Declaration on Afghanistan, which
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A/66/601-S/2011/767, annex.
S/2002/1416, annex.