A/RES/65/8 65. Urgently encourages all States as well as intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to expand agricultural cooperation with Afghanistan, within the National Agricultural Development Framework and in line with the Afghanistan National Development Strategy; 66. Expresses its appreciation for all efforts to increase regional economic cooperation, in particular through the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan, aimed at promoting economic cooperation between Afghanistan, regional neighbours, international partners and financial institutions, welcomes in this regard the Fourth Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2 and 3 November 2010, and recognizes the important role of the Economic Cooperation Organization and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in promoting the development of Afghanistan; 67. Welcomes and urges further efforts to strengthen the process of regional economic cooperation, including measures to facilitate regional trade and transit, including through finalizing bilateral transit trade agreements, to increase foreign investments and to develop infrastructure, including infrastructural connectivity, energy supply and integrated border management, noting the historic role of Afghanistan as a land bridge in Asia; 68. Reiterates the necessity of providing Afghan children, especially Afghan girls, with educational and health facilities in all parts of the country, welcomes the progress achieved in the sector of public education, recalls the National Education Strategic Plan as a promising basis for further achievements, and reiterates further the need to provide vocational training for adolescents; 69. Recognizes the special needs of girls, strongly condemns terrorist attacks on educational facilities, especially on those for Afghan girls, and encourages the Government of Afghanistan, with the assistance of the international community, to expand those facilities, train professional staff and promote full and equal access to them by all members of Afghan society, including in remote areas; 70. Welcomes the continuous return of refugees and internally displaced persons, in a voluntary and sustainable manner, while noting with concern that conditions in parts of Afghanistan are not yet conducive to a safe and sustainable return to some places of origin; 71. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments that continue to host Afghan refugees, acknowledging the huge burden they have so far shouldered in this regard, and reminds the host countries and the international community of their obligations under international refugee law with respect to the protection of refugees, the principle of voluntary return and the right to seek asylum and to ensure unhindered access for humanitarian relief agencies in order to provide protection and assistance to the refugees; 72. Urges the Government of Afghanistan, acting with the support of the international community, to continue to strengthen its efforts to create the conditions for the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return and reintegration of the remaining Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons; 73. Notes, in this regard, the continued constructive work between the countries of the region, as well as the tripartite agreements between the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Government of Afghanistan and the Governments of countries hosting refugees from Afghanistan, in particular Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran; 12