A/RES/72/10
The situation in Afghanistan
Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 13 on 2 February 2017, and
encourages and supports all efforts of the Government towards the implementation
of this commitment;
52. Reaffirms its firm support for the implementation of the Solutions
Strategy for Afghan Refugees to Support Voluntary Repatriation, Sustainable
Reintegration and Assistance to Host Countries endorsed by the international
community in 2012, and acknowledges the Enhanced Voluntary Return and
Reintegration Package for Afghan Refugees as an innovative way to enhance
sustainable return and reintegration;
53. Welcomes the continued return of Afghan refugees and internally
displaced persons, in a voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable manner, while
noting with concern the security challenges of Afghanistan;
Regional cooperation
54. Stresses the crucial importance of advancing constructive regional
cooperation as an effective means to promote peace, security, stability and economic
and social development in Afghanistan, recognizing in this regard the importance of
the contribution of neighbouring and regional partners and regional organizations,
recalling the importance of the Kabul Declaration on Good -neighbourly Relations of
22 December 2002 14 and welcoming in this regard the continued commitment of the
international community to supporting the stability and development of
Afghanistan, encourages further improved relations and enhanced engagement
between Afghanistan and its neighbours, calls for further efforts in this regard,
including in the framework of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process on Regional
Security and Cooperation for a Secure and Stable Afghanistan and by regional
organizations and long-term strategic partnerships and other agreements aimed at
achieving a peaceful, stable and prosperous Afghanistan, welcomes international
and regional initiatives in this regard, such as those of the Collective Security Treaty
Organization, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Economic
Cooperation Organization, the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on
Afghanistan process, the European Union, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, the Quadrilateral Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism
in Counter-Terrorism by Afghanistan-China-Pakistan-Tajikistan Armed Forces and
the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia;
55. Welcomes the important initiatives for regional connectivity, notably in
the frameworks of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan
and the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process confidence-building measures to facilitate
increased trade throughout the region, commends the holding of the seventh
Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan, in Ashgabat on 14 and
15 November 2017, and looks forward to the forthcoming Heart of Asia Ministerial
Conference, to be held in Baku on 1 December 2017;
56. Emphasizes, in this regard, the importance of strengthening local and
regional networks of transportation that will facilitate connectivity for economic
development, stability and self-sustainability, particularly the completion and
maintenance of local railroad and land routes, the development of regional projects
to foster further connectivity and the enhancement of international civil aviation
capabilities, also emphasizes the importance of promoting qualit y infrastructure,
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