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followed by a Decade of Transformation (2015-2024) and welcoming further the
strategic consensus between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the
International Community on a renewed and enduring partnership for this
Transformation Decade based on firm mutual commitments,
Looking forward to the ministerial conference on Afghanistan to be held in
Tokyo in July 2012, which will address the international community’s commitments
and support towards Afghanistan’s sustainable economic development through the
Transition period and beyond, built upon the firm mutual commitments within the
Bonn Conference Conclusions, which also recognized the need for the Government
of Afghanistan to take forward governance and economic reforms,
Reaffirming specifically in this context its support for the implementation,
under the leadership and ownership of the Afghan people, of the commitments set
out in the London (S/2011/65) and Kabul Conference Communiqués, of the
Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS) and of the National Drugs
Control Strategy, as part of the comprehensive strategy to be taken forward by the
Government of Afghanistan with the support of the region and the international
community and with a central and impartial coordinating role for the United
Nations, consistent with the Kabul Process and in line with the National Priority
Programmes,
Welcoming the “Third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact on Combating
the Illicit Traffic in Opiates Originating in Afghanistan”, held in Vienna on
16 February 2012, taking note of the Vienna Declaration and emphasizing the aim of
the Paris Pact to establish a broad international coalition to combat illicit traffic in
opiates, as part of a comprehensive approach to peace, stability, and development in
Afghanistan, the region and beyond,
Stressing the crucial importance of advancing regional cooperation as an
effective means to promote security, stability and economic and social development
in Afghanistan, recalling the importance of the Kabul Declaration of 22 December
2002 on Good-Neighbourly Relations (Kabul Declaration) (S/2002/1416),
welcoming, in this regard, the continued commitment of the international
community to support stability and development in Afghanistan, noting international
and regional initiatives such as the Istanbul “Heart of Asia” Summits, the
quadrilateral Summits of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and the Russian
Federation as well as the Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan in
February 2012 in Islamabad, as well those as by the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO), the Collective Security Organization (CSTO) and the South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and looking forward to the
Fifth Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA) to be
held in Tajikistan on 26-27 March 2012,
Commending the outcome of the Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan held on
2 November 2011, where Afghanistan and its regional partners, with the support of
the international community, affirmed their commitment to strengthen regional
security and cooperation for a secure and stable Afghanistan, including through
enhanced regional dialogue and confidence-building measures, and looking forward
to the first follow-up on the Istanbul Conference, scheduled to convene at the
ministerial level in Kabul on 14 June 2012, and welcomes also, in this regard, the
first Senior Officials Preparatory Meeting of 29 February 2012 in Kabul,
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