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15. Notes the establishment of the Committee pursuant to Security Council
resolution 1988 (2011), its methods and procedures, welcomes, in this context, the
cooperation of the Afghan Government and UNAMA with the Committee 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 1988 (2011), and 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 and their precursors originating in and
transiting through Afghanistan, and encourages the continuation of such
cooperation;
16. Stresses the role of UNAMA in supporting, if requested by 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 regard including through continued support to
the Peace and Reintegration Trust Fund;
17. Commends the outcome of the Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan held
on 2 November 2011 and welcomes the ongoing Afghan-led regional effort within
the framework of the Istanbul Process on Regional Security and Cooperation for a
Secure and Stable Afghanistan and calls on Afghanistan and its regional partners to
continue to enhance regional dialogue and confidence;
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 developed by the countries concerned
and regional organizations, including the Trilateral Summits of Afghanistan,
Pakistan and Turkey, the Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan in
February 2012 in Islamabad as well as SCO and SAARC, and further welcomes the
reaffirmation in the outcome documents of the Istanbul and Bonn Conferences of
the principles set out in the Good Neighbourly Relations Declaration of 2002;
19. Stresses the importance of increasing cooperation between Afghanistan
and its international and regional partners against the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other
violent and extremist groups and illegal armed groups, in promoting peace and
prosperity in Afghanistan and in fostering cooperation in the economic and
development sectors as a means to achieve the full integration of Afghanistan into
regional dynamics and the global economy;
20. Calls for strengthening the process of regional cooperation, including
measures to facilitate regional trade and transit, including through 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 supply,
transport and integrated border management, with a view to promoting sustainable
economic growth and the creation of jobs in Afghanistan, noting the historic role of
Afghanistan as a land bridge in Asia and looks forward to the Fifth Regional
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