The situation in Afghanistan A/RES/72/10 and recognizes that regional cooperation and connectivity initiatives and projects shall respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of State ; 57. Welcomes and urges further efforts to strengthen the process of regional economic cooperation, including measures to facilitate regional connectivity, trade and transit, including through regional development initiatives, such as the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road (the Belt and Road) Initiative, and regional development projects, such as the TurkmenistanAfghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, the Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000), the Chabahar agreement between Afghanistan, India and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Lapis Lazuli Transit, Trade and Transport Route agreement and the Turkmenistan -Aqina railway segment, and bilateral transit trade agreements, expanded consular visa cooperation and facilitation of business travel, to expand trade, increase foreign investments and develop infrastructure, including infrastructural connectivity, energy supply, transport and integrated border management, with a view to promoting sustainable economic growth and the creation of jobs in Afghanistan and the r egion, noting the historical role of Afghanistan as a land bridge in Asia, recalls that such regional economic cooperation plays an important role in achieving stability and development in Afghanistan and, in this regard, urges all relevant stakeholders to ensure a secure environment for these development initiatives and trade agreements to be fully implemented, and welcomes the progress made by these initiatives and projects in enhancing regional connectivity, trade and transit, including the transport of the first consignment from India to Afghanistan through the Chabahar port and the establishment of the Afghanistan-India direct air freight corridor; United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board 58. Expresses its appreciation for the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, as mandated by the Security Council in its resolution 2344 (2017), stresses the continued importance of the central and impartial coordinating role of the United Nations in promoting a more coherent international engagement, and acknowledges the central role played by the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board in this regard; 59. Takes note of the outcome of the strategic review of the mandated tasks, priorities and related resources of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 15 and calls for the implementation of the recommendations of the Secretary-General, with a view to ensuring greater coordination, coherence and efficiency among relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, based on the ”One United Nations” approach, in line with the reform agenda and national priority programme of the Government of Afghanistan; 60. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to report every three months on developments in Afghanistan, as well as on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution; 61. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session the item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”. 58th plenary meeting 21 November 2017 __________________ 15 17-20698 See A/72/312-S/2017/696. 13/13