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provided to the Afghan National Police by international partners, in particular by the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization through its training mission in Afghanistan, the
European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan and the European Gendarmerie
Force, as well as other bilateral training programmes, and, in the light of the
transition process, encourages further coordination where appropriate;
18. Further welcomes the commitment of the Government of Afghanistan,
with a view to ensuring stability and providing conditions for the effective rule of
law, to continue the implementation of the Afghan National Police Strategy and the
National Police Plan underpinning it, together with the work of the Afghan Ministry
of the Interior and the International Police Coordination Board to create a ten-year
blueprint plan for Afghan policing, focusing, inter alia, on community-based policing
(Police-e Mardumi) to increase police accountability and responsiveness,
strengthening crime detection and prevention, safeguarding human rights and
combating violence against women and children to build a strong, professional
police force evolving towards a sustainable, credible and accountable civilian law
enforcement force that will be capable of providing policing services to the Afghan
population as part of the broader rule of law system, with a focus on the ongoing
institutional and administrative reforms of the Ministry of the Interior, including the
implementation of its anti-corruption action plan, and leadership development, as
well as to progressively enhance the quality of the Afghan National Police, with the
necessary continued financial and technical support of the international community;
19. Calls upon Member States to continue, and expresses its appreciation to
Member States for, contributing personnel, equipment and other resources to the
Assistance Force and their adequate support to the evolution of the provincial
reconstruction teams, in close coordination with the Government of Afghanistan and
the Assistance Mission;
20. Notes, in the context of the comprehensive approach and the ongoing
transition process, the continued importance of the synergies in the objectives of the
Assistance Mission and the Assistance Force, and emphasizes, in particular, the
continued 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;
21. Urges the Afghan authorities, with the support of the international
community, to take all possible steps to ensure the safety, security and free
movement of all United Nations, development and humanitarian personnel and their
full, safe and unhindered access to all affected populations, and to protect the
property of the United Nations and of development or humanitarian organizations,
and notes the efforts made in regulating private security contractors operating in
Afghanistan;
22. Recognizes the efforts of the Afghan authorities, in accordance with
General Assembly resolution 60/123 of 15 December 2005 on the safety and
security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, to
bring to justice the perpetrators of attacks, and calls upon the Afghan authorities to
continue its efforts in this regard;
23. Expresses its appreciation for the progress achieved by the Government
of Afghanistan in the Afghan Peace and Reintegration Programme throughout the
country and under Afghan ownership, while ensuring coordination and coherence
with other relevant efforts, welcomes the continued commitment of the Government
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