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Security Council Resolution 2082 (2012), and notes that means of financing or
supporting these individuals, groups, undertakings and entities includes but is not
limited to proceeds derived from illicit cultivation, production and trafficking of
narcotic drugs and their precursors originating in and transiting through
Afghanistan, and encourages the continuation of such cooperation;
16. Stresses the role of UNAMA in supporting, if requested by the
Government of Afghanistan, an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan-owned process of
peace and reconciliation, including the Afghan Peace and Reintegration Programme,
while continuing to assess, including in collaboration with the AIHRC, its human
rights and gender implications, including the promotion and protection of human
rights, and encourages the international community to assist the efforts of the
Government of Afghanistan in this regard including through continued support to
the Peace and Reintegration Trust Fund;
17. Reaffirms support to the ongoing Afghan-led regional effort within the
framework of the “Istanbul Process on Regional Security and Cooperation for a
Secure and Stable Afghanistan”, welcomes the outcomes of the Kabul Ministerial
Conference on 14 June 2012, as follow-up to the Istanbul Conference for
Afghanistan, held in November 2011, welcomes the endorsement of the
implementation plans of all six confidence building measures prioritized for
implementation, commends the significant progress of the Process since its
inception, looks forward to the next Ministerial Conference to be held on 26 April
2013 ‘Heart of Asia’ Ministerial Meeting in Almaty, and calls on Afghanistan and its
regional partners to keep up the momentum and continue their efforts to enhance
regional dialogue and confidence through the Istanbul Process, and notes that the
Istanbul Process is intended to complement and cooperate with, and not substitute
for, existing efforts of regional organizations, particularly where they relate to
Afghanistan;
18. Welcomes ongoing efforts by the Government of Afghanistan, its
neighbouring and regional partners and international organizations, including the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to foster trust and cooperation with each
other as well as recent cooperation initiatives developed by the countries concerned
and regional organizations, including the Trilateral Summits of Afghanistan,
Pakistan and Turkey, the Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, the
Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the UK as well as SCO and SAARC;
19. Calls for strengthening the process of regional cooperation, including
measures to facilitate regional trade and transit, including through regional and
bilateral transit trade agreements, expanded consular visa cooperation and
facilitation of business travel, to expand trade, to increase foreign investments and
to develop infrastructure, including infrastructural connectivity, energy supply,
transport and integrated border management, with a view to promoting sustainable
economic growth and the creation of jobs in Afghanistan, noting the historic role of
Afghanistan as a land bridge in Asia, and welcomes the outcome of the Fifth
Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA), held in
Tajikistan in March 2012, to further develop and consolidate cooperation and
partnership towards promoting peace and prosperity in Afghanistan and in the
region;
20. Emphasizes in this regard, the importance of strengthening local and
regional networks of transportation that will facilitate connectivity for economic
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