A/RES/72/10 The situation in Afghanistan 31. Reiterates its unwavering commitment and that of the Government of Afghanistan to achieving the full and equal participation of women in all spheres of Afghan life, and commends the achievements and efforts of the Government aimed at countering discrimination and protecting and promoting the equal rights of women and men as guaranteed, inter alia, by its ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 4 and by the Afghan Constitution, the National Action Plan for the Women of Afghanistan and the law on the elimination of violence against women; 32. Emphasizes the need to ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of children in Afghanistan, and recalls the need for the full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 5 its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 6 and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict 7 by all States parties, as well as of Security Council resolution 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005, and all other subsequent resolutions on children and armed conflict, and Council resolutions 1998 (2011) of 12 July 2011 and 2286 (2016) of 3 May 2016 on attacks against schools and hospitals, in particular by terrorist and extremist and criminal groups, commends the Government of Afghanistan for introducing legislation banning the recruitment and use of children and for establishing local child protection units, and welcomes the progress made on the implementation of the action plan for the prevention of underage recruitment, signed in January 2011, and the annex thereto on children associated with the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces, and of the road map towards compliance; 33. Reiterates its appreciation for the anti-corruption commitment made by the Government of Afghanistan, welcomes in this respect the establishment of the High Council on Governance, Justice and Anti-Corruption, the Anti-Corruption Justice Centre and the National Procurement Commission and the adoption on 28 September 2017 of the Afghanistan National Strategy for Combating Corruption, as measures taken by the Government to implement its comprehensive reform agenda, strengthen governance and achieve a more effective, accountable and transparent administration at the national, provincial and local levels of government, welcomes in this regard the notable progress made thus far against the benchmarks of its comprehensive reform agenda presented and endorsed at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan and again at the third Senior Officials Meeting, and encourages continued decisive action by the Government to establish a more effective, accountable and transparent administration at the national, provincial and local levels of government; 34. Calls upon the international community to support the efforts of Afghanistan to meet governance objectives in this regard; Counter-narcotics 35. Welcomes the efforts of the Government of Afghanistan in fighting drug production in Afghanistan, takes note of the report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime entitled “Afghanistan Opium Survey 2017” released in November 2017, which, inter alia, notes a significant increase in the production and cultivation of drugs and stresses the need to further strengthen joint, coordinated and resolute efforts by the Government, supported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, international and regional actors, within their designated responsibilities, __________________ 4 5 6 7 8/13 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378. Ibid., vol. 1577, No. 27531. Ibid., vol. 2171, No. 27531. Ibid., vol. 2173, No. 27531. 17-20698