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55. Commends the continuing efforts of the signatories of the Kabul
Declaration on Good-neighbourly Relations of 22 December 2002 15 to implement
their commitments under the Declaration, and furthermore calls upon all other
States to respect and support the implementation of those provisions and to promote
regional stability;
56. Welcomes efforts by the Governments of Afghanistan and its
neighbouring partners to foster trust and cooperation with each other, and looks
forward, where appropriate, to increasing cooperation between Afghanistan and all
its neighbouring and regional partners against the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other
extremist groups and in promoting peace and prosperity in Afghanistan, in the
region and beyond;
57. Also welcomes the holding of the Afghan-Pakistani Joint Peace Jirga in
Kabul, from 9 to 12 August 2007, and the collective determination expressed at the
Jirga to bring sustainable peace to the region, including by addressing the terrorist
threat;
58. Further welcomes the Ankara Declaration issued following the trilateral
summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey, held in Ankara on 29 and 30 April
2007, 16 and expresses its support to the continuation of this process;
59. Welcomes the joint statement adopted by the Ministers for Foreign
Affairs of the Group of Eight countries with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of
Afghanistan and Pakistan at their meeting in Potsdam, Germany, on 30 May 2007 on
the promotion of cooperation and assistance through mutual consultation and
agreement, including follow-up projects in areas such as refugees repatriation and
economic development;
60. Appreciates the efforts of the members of the Tripartite Commission,
namely Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States of America and the Assistance
Force, to continue to address cross-border activities and to broaden its cooperation,
welcomes the participation of the Assistance Force, and calls upon the international
community to support those efforts;
61. Emphasizes the need to maintain, strengthen and review civil-military
relations among international actors, as appropriate, at all levels in order to ensure
complementarity of action based on the different mandates and comparative
advantages of the humanitarian, development, law enforcement and military actors
present in Afghanistan, bearing in mind the central and impartial coordinating role
of the United Nations;
62. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly every
six months during its sixty-second session on developments in Afghanistan, as well
as on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution;
63. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the
item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”.
45th plenary meeting
5 November 2007
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A/61/898-S/2007/266, annex.