A/RES/75/90
The situation in Afghanistan
protection of all human rights in full compliance with Afghanistan’s obligations under
international law, including the rights of women and girls, interfaith and intrafaith
tolerance and the advancement of economic and social development,
Reaffirming the long-term partnership between the Government of Afghanistan
and the international community based on their strategic consensus and mutual
commitments, as revised and renewed with the Afghanistan Partnership Framework,
adopted at the 2020 Afghanistan Conference, held in Geneva on 23 and 24 November
2020, with the aim of continuing to strengthen national ownership and leadership, and
welcoming the 2020 Afghanistan Conference, which offered international partners an
opportunity to signal to both sides in the ongoing Afghanistan peace negotiations that,
while the nature of the future political settlement is for the Afghan people to decide,
the outcome of peace negotiations, which must protect the rights of all Afghans,
including women, youth and minorities, will shape the future of international support
and assistance,
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 upon in the
Summit Declarations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Afghanistan, 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 its serious concern about the security situation in Afghanistan and
the urgent need to tackle the challenges facing the country, in particular the region based violence, attacks and all forms of terrorist and criminal activities and all violent
and unlawful attacks and killings of the Taliban, including the Haqqani Network, as
well as Al-Qaida, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh) and their
affiliates, in particular ISIL-Khorasan Province, and other terrorist groups, and
foreign terrorist fighters,
Expressing its deep concern about the threat posed by terrorism to Afghanistan
and the region, expressing serious concern over the continuing presence of Al -Qaida,
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh) as well as other international
terrorist organizations and their affiliated groups in Afghanistan, condemning in the
strongest terms all terrorist activity and all terrorist attacks, and reaffirming the
importance of ensuring that the territory of Afghanistan should not be used by
Al-Qaida, ISIL or other international terrorist groups and their affiliates to threaten
or attack any country, and that neither the Taliban nor any other Afghan entities or
individuals should support terrorists operating on the territory of any country,
Condemning with deep concern the continuing high level of violence in
Afghanistan, especially the number of civilian casualties and targeted assassinations,
including the continuing high number of women and children killed and maimed,
urging an immediate reduction in current levels of violence, condemning in the
strongest terms all terrorist activity and all violent and unlawful attacks and killings,
recalling that the Taliban, including the Haqqani Network, as well as Al-Qaida,
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) (Da’esh) and their affiliates, in particular
ISIL-Khorasan Province, and other terrorist groups, and foreign terrorist fighters, are
responsible for the significant majority of the civilian casualties, including those
involving humanitarian and medical personnel, in Afghanistan, calling for
compliance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law,
as applicable, calling upon all parties to armed conflict to take all measures necessary
and appropriate to ensure respect for the protection of humanitarian aid and medical
facilities, and urging that credible reports of civilian casualties be thoroughly
investigated and all necessary steps taken to avoid such incidents and ensure
accountability,
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