A/RES/65/8
Friendship and Cooperation in the “Heart of Asia”, adopted at the Regional Summit
on Afghanistan held in Istanbul on 26 January 2010, 15 expresses its appreciation for
the meeting of regional organizations held in Kabul on 19 July 2010, hosted by the
Government of Afghanistan, commends the agreement by those organizations on a
plan for enhanced coordination of the regional engagement of Afghanistan within
the framework of a high-level core group, takes note of the inaugural Core Group
meeting, held in Istanbul on 4 November 2010, and notes the trilateral summits of
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey, held in Istanbul in January 2010; of Afghanistan,
the Islamic Republic of Iran and Tajikistan, held in Tehran in August 2010; and of
Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan in January 2010, and the
quadrilateral summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and the Russian
Federation, held in Sochi, Russian Federation, in August 2010, as well as efforts
made by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, including the outcome of the
special conference on Afghanistan held under the auspices of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization in Moscow on 27 March 2009, and initiatives within the
framework of the Dubai Process to promote the country’s stability and development;
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98. Expresses its appreciation for the continued commitment of the
international community to supporting the stability and development of Afghanistan,
and recalls the additional international support as pledged;
99. Encourages the Group of Eight countries to continue to stimulate and
support cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbours through mutual
consultation and agreement, including on development projects in areas such as
infrastructural connectivity, repatriation of refugees, border management and
economic development;
100. Expresses its appreciation for the efforts of the members of the Tripartite
Commission, namely, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Assistance Force, to continue to
address cross-border activities and to broaden their cooperation;
101. 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;
102. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly every
three months on developments in Afghanistan, as well as on the progress made in
the implementation of the present resolution;
103. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session the
item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”.
45th plenary meeting
4 November 2010
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