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(e) support regional cooperation, with a view to assisting Afghanistan utilize
its role at the heart of Asia to promote regional cooperation, and to work towards a
stable and prosperous Afghanistan, building on the achievements made;
Also reaffirms that UNAMA and the Special Representative, leveraging
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the competencies of the United Nations country team and taking into account the
transition process, will continue to lead international civilian efforts with an
emphasis on enabling and strengthening the role of Afghan institutions to perform
their responsibilities in the following priority areas:
(a) promote through an appropriate UNAMA presence, to be determined in
full consultation and cooperation with the Government of Afghanistan, and in
support of the Afghan Government’s efforts, implementation of the Kabul Process
throughout the country including through enhanced cooperation with the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and facilitate inclusion in and understanding of
the Government’s policies;
(b) support the efforts of the Afghan Government, in fulfilling its
commitments as stated at the London, Kabul and Bonn Conferences, to improve
governance and the rule of law including transitional justice, budget execution and
the fight against corruption, throughout the country in accordance with the Kabul
Process, with a view to helping bring the benefits of peace and the delivery of
services in a timely and sustainable manner;
(c) continue, with the support of the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, to cooperate with and build capacity of the
Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), to cooperate also with
the Afghan Government and relevant international and local non-governmental
organizations to monitor the situation of civilians, to coordinate efforts to ensure
their protection, to promote accountability, and to assist in the full implementation
of the fundamental freedoms and human rights provisions of the Afghan
Constitution and international treaties to which Afghanistan is a State party, in
particular those regarding the full enjoyment by women of their human rights;
(d) coordinate and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance, in
support of the Afghan Government and in accordance with humanitarian principles,
with a view to building the capacity of the Government so it can assume the central
and coordinating role in the future, including by providing effective support to
national and local authorities in assisting and protecting internally displaced persons
and to creating conditions conducive to the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable
return of refugees from neighbouring and other countries and internally displaced
persons;
Calls upon all Afghan and international parties to coordinate with
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UNAMA in the implementation of its mandate and in efforts to promote the security
and freedom of movement of United Nations and associated personnel throughout
the country;
Reiterates the need to ensure security of United Nations staff and its
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support for the measures already taken by the Secretary-General in this regard;
10. Stresses the importance of a continued presence of UNAMA and other
United Nations agencies, funds and programmes in the provinces, consistent with
the transition process, in support of and in cooperation with the Afghan
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