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34. Remains concerned at the serious harm that opium cultivation,
production and trafficking and consumption continue to cause to the security,
development and governance of Afghanistan as well as to the region and
internationally, takes note of the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2011 released
in October 2011, calls on the Afghan Government, with the assistance of the
international community, to accelerate the implementation of the National Drug
Control Strategy, including through alternative livelihood programmes, and to
mainstream counter-narcotics throughout national programmes, and encourages
additional international support for the four priorities identified in that Strategy,
commends the support provided by the UNODC to the Triangular Initiative and the
Central Asian Regional Coordination and Information Centre (CARICC) within the
framework of the Paris Pact Initiative and the Rainbow Strategy and the UNODC
regional programme for Afghanistan and neighbouring countries; as well as the
contribution of the Domodedovo Police Academy of Russia;
35. Calls upon States to strengthen international and regional cooperation to
counter the threat to the international community posed by the production,
trafficking, and consumption of illicit drugs originating in Afghanistan, with a view
to its progressive elimination, in accordance with the principle of common and
shared responsibility in addressing the drug problem of Afghanistan, including
through strengthening the law enforcement capacity and cooperation against the
trafficking in illicit drugs and precursor chemicals and money-laundering and
corruption linked to such trafficking, and calls for full implementation of its
resolution 1817 (2008);
36. Appreciates the work of the Paris Pact initiative and its “Paris-Moscow”
process in countering the production, trafficking and consumption of opium and
heroin from Afghanistan and the elimination of poppy crops, drug laboratories and
stores as well as the interception of drug convoys, underlines the importance of
border management cooperation and welcomes the intensified cooperation of the
relevant United Nations institutions with the OSCE and the CSTO in this regard;
37. Reiterates the importance of the full, sequenced, timely and coordinated
implementation of the National Priority Programme on Law and Justice for All, by
all the relevant Afghan institutions and other actors in view of accelerating the
establishment of a fair and transparent justice system, eliminating impunity and
contributing to the affirmation of the rule of law throughout the country;
38. Stresses in this context the importance of further progress in the
reconstruction and reform of the prison sector in Afghanistan, in order to improve
the respect for the rule of law and human rights therein, emphasizes the importance
of ensuring access for relevant organizations, as applicable, to all prisons and places
of detention in Afghanistan, and calls for full respect for relevant international law
including humanitarian law and human rights law, noting the recommendations
contained in the report of the Assistance Mission dated 10 October 2011;
39. Notes with strong concern the effects of widespread corruption on
security, good governance, counter-narcotics efforts and economic development, and
urges the Afghan Government, with the assistance of the international community,
to vigorously lead the fight against corruption, and to enhance its efforts to establish
a more effective, accountable and transparent administration and notes the
commitments and efforts of the Government of Afghanistan in this regard;
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