S/RES/2096 (2013)
Welcoming the International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn on 5 December
2011 and its Conference Conclusions (S/2011/762), as well as the declaration in
Bonn that the Process of Transition, to be completed by the end of 2014, should be
followed by a Decade of Transformation (2015-2024),
Welcoming also the process by which Afghanistan and its regional and
international partners are entering into long-term strategic partnership and other
agreements, aimed at achieving a peaceful, stable and prosperous Afghanistan,
Welcoming further the strategic consensus between the Government of
Afghanistan and the International Community on a renewed and enduring
partnership for this Transformation Decade based on firm mutual commitments, and
welcoming the conclusions of the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan (S/2012/532)
and the adoption of the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework to support the
sustainable economic growth and development of Afghanistan, in which the
Government of Afghanistan and the International Community reaffirmed their
mutual commitments,
Reaffirming that sustainable progress on security, governance, human rights,
rule of law and development as well as 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 welcoming the continuing efforts of the Government of
Afghanistan and the international community to address these challenges through a
comprehensive approach,
Reaffirming specifically in this context its support for the implementation,
under the leadership and ownership of the Afghan people, of the commitments set
out in the London (S/2011/65) and Kabul Conference Communiqués, of the
Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) and of the National Drugs
Control Strategy, as part of the comprehensive implementation strategy to be taken
forward by the Government of Afghanistan with the support of the region and the
international community and with a central and impartial coordinating role for the
United Nations, consistent with the Kabul Process and in line with the National
Priority Programmes,
Stressing the crucial importance of advancing regional cooperation as an
effective means to promote security, stability and economic and social development
in Afghanistan, recalling the importance of the Kabul Declaration of 22 December
2002 on Good-Neighbourly Relations (Kabul Declaration) (S/2002/1416),
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 the Istanbul Process on Regional
Security and Cooperation for a Secure and Stable Afghanistan, the quadrilateral
Summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and the Russian Federation as well as
the Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, the Trilateral Summit of
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey and the Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan,
Pakistan and the UK, as well those as by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO), the Collective Security Organization (CSTO) and the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the Regional Economic
Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA) process,
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