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for drug addicts, and reiterates its call upon the international community to channel
counter-narcotics funding through the Government, to the extent possible;
99. Recalls the need to strengthen international and regional cooperation
with Afghanistan in its sustained efforts to address drug production, trade and
trafficking, recognizes the threat they pose, encourages further sustained efforts by
the Government of Afghanistan in this regard, as well as the intent of the
Government to strengthen international and regional cooperation in this regard, and
welcomes the progress made in the Heart of Asia process in this regard;
100. Welcomes initiatives to enhance border management cooperation between
Afghanistan and its neighbours in ensuring comprehensive measures for drug
control, including the financial dimension, e mphasizes the importance of pursuing
such cooperation, especially through bilateral arrangements and those launched by
the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Conference on Interaction and
Confidence-building Measures in Asia, the Economic Cooperation Organization, the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Central Asian Anti-Drug Quartet and
others, and welcomes the intention of the Government of Afghanistan to strengthen
international and regional cooperation with relevant partners in the field o f border
control;
101. Stresses the importance of further, effective cooperative support by
relevant international and regional actors, including the United Nations, within its
designated responsibilities, to Afghan-led sustained efforts to address the threat
posed by the illicit production of and trafficking in drugs, welcomes in this regard
the regional programme on Afghanistan and neighbouring countries of the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and encourages the respective countries to
continue to participate;
102. Welcomes and supports the joint regional activities carried out by
Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan within the framework of
their triangular initiative to counter narcotics;
103. Pays homage to all those who have innocently lost their lives in the fight
against drug traffickers, in particular members of the security forces of Afghanistan
and its neighbours;
Coordination
104. Expresses its appreciation for the work of the Assistance Mission, as
mandated by the Security Council in its resolution 2210 (2015), stresses the
continued importance of the central and impartial coordinating role of the United
Nations in promoting a more coherent international engagement, including the role
played by the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board in this re gard, and looks
forward to the next meeting of the Board in early 2016;
105. Welcomes the evolving presence of the Assistance Mission in
Afghanistan, which ensures that the United Nations can fulfil its essential
coordinating and support role, as requested by the Government of Afghanistan,
security conditions permitting;
106. Also welcomes the outcome of the Tripartite Review Commission on the
United Nations in Afghanistan, which was established in accordance with Security
Council resolution 2210 (2015), with a view to fully examining the role, structure
and activities of all United Nations entities in Afghanistan, in accordance with the
principles of Afghan national sovereignty, national leadership and national
ownership, in the light of the completion of the security transition and the beginning
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