A/RES/65/8 procedures for senior civil servants, and continues to encourage the Government to make active use of the Senior Appointments Panel; 51. Encourages the international community, including all donor nations as well as international institutions, to assist the Government of Afghanistan in making capacity-building and human resources development a cross-cutting priority and to align with efforts by the Government, including the work of the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission, to build administrative capacity at the national and subnational levels; 52. Recalls the ratification by Afghanistan of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 11 welcomes the anti-corruption commitments made by the Government of Afghanistan at the London and Kabul Conferences, calls for further action by the Government to fulfil those commitments in order to establish a more effective, accountable and transparent administration at the national, provincial and local levels of Government, welcomes continued international support to that end, and notes with deep concern the effects of corruption with regard to security, good governance, the combating of the narcotics industry, and economic development; 10F 53. Welcomes the Subnational Governance Policy, underscores the importance of more visible, accountable and capable subnational institutions and actors in reducing the political space for insurgents, emphasizes the importance of the Kabul process being accompanied by the implementation of national programmes at the subnational level, encourages the capacity-building of local institutions in a phased and fiscally sustainable manner, and calls for the allocation of more resources to provincial authorities, including continued support from the international community; 54. Urges the Government of Afghanistan to address, with the assistance of the international community, the question of claims for land property through a comprehensive land titling programme, including formal registration of all property and improved security of property rights, and welcomes the steps already taken by the Government in this regard; 55. Welcomes the Afghanistan National Development Strategy and the progress report thereon, as well as further efforts by the Government of Afghanistan to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, and expresses appreciation for the establishment of the interministerial coordination mechanism under the cluster approach and its role in prioritizing and implementing the Strategy and the national priority programmes as presented at the Kabul Conference; 56. Also welcomes the continuing and growing ownership of rehabilitation, reconstruction and development efforts by the Government of Afghanistan, and emphasizes the crucial need to achieve ownership in all fields of governance and to improve institutional capabilities, including at the subnational level, in order to use aid more effectively; 57. Stresses the need for a continued strong international commitment to humanitarian assistance and for programmes, under the ownership of the Government of Afghanistan, of recovery, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development, while expressing its appreciation to the United Nations system and to all States and international and non-governmental organizations whose international and local staff continue to respond positively to the humanitarian, transition and _______________ 11 10 Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146.