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facilitate and expedite requests for travel ban exemptions in support of the peace
and reconciliation process, introduced in Security Council resolution 2082 (2012),
welcomes the continuation of, the cooperation of the Afghan Government, the High
Peace Council and UNAMA with the Committee including its Analytical Support
and Sanctions Monitoring Team, including by providing relevant information for
updating the 1988 List, and by identifying individuals, groups, undertakings and
entities associated with the Taliban in constituting a threat to the peace, stability and
security of Afghanistan, as per the designation criteria set out in Security Council
resolution 2160 (2014), notes that means of financing or supporting these
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities includes but is not limited to proceeds
derived from illicit cultivation, production and trafficking of narcotic drugs
originating in and transiting through Afghanistan, the trafficking of precursors into
Afghanistan, the illegal exploitation of natural resources in Afghanistan, kidnap for
ransom, extortion and other criminal activities, and notes with concern the
increasing cooperation of the Taliban with other organisations involved in criminal
activities;
16. Stresses the role of UNAMA in supporting, if requested by and in close
consultation with the government of Afghanistan, an inclusive Afghan -led and
Afghan-owned process of peace and reconciliation, including the Afghan Peace and
Reintegration Programme, while continuing to assess, including in collaboration
with the AIHRC, its human rights and gender implications, including the promotion
and protection of human rights, and encourages the international community to
assist the efforts of the Government of Afghanistan in this regar d including through
continued support to the Peace and Reintegration Trust Fund;
17. Reaffirms support to the ongoing Afghan-led regional effort within the
framework of the “Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process on Regional Security and
Cooperation for a Secure and Stable Afghanistan”, looks forward to the next
Ministerial Conference to be held in Pakistan in 2015, calls on Afghanistan and its
regional partners to keep up the momentum and continue their efforts to enhance
regional dialogue and confidence through the Istanbul Process, and notes that the
Istanbul Process is intended to complement and cooperate with, and not substitute
for, existing efforts of regional organizations, particularly where they relate to
Afghanistan;
18. Welcomes ongoing efforts by the Government of Afghanistan, its
neighbouring and regional partners and international organizations, including the
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to foster trust and cooperation with
each other as well as recent cooperation initiatives develope d by the countries
concerned and regional organizations, including Trilateral, Quadrilateral, SCO and
SAARC Summits;
19. Calls for strengthening the process of regional cooperation, including
measures to facilitate regional trade and transit, including t hrough regional and
bilateral transit trade agreements, expanded consular visa cooperation and
facilitation of business travel, to expand trade, to increase foreign investments and
to develop infrastructure, including infrastructural connectivity, energy s upply,
transport and integrated border management, with a view to strengthening
Afghanistan’s role in regional economic cooperation, promoting sustainable
economic growth and the creation of jobs in Afghanistan;
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