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and trafficking to international peace and stability in different regions of the world,
and the important role played by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC) in this regard, and stressing the important role of the United Nations to
continue to monitor the drug situation in Afghanistan,
Supporting the Afghan Government’s continued ban of Ammonium Nitrate
fertilizer, and urging prompt action to implement regulations for the control of all
explosive materials and precursor chemicals, thereby reducing the ability of
insurgents to use them for improvised explosive devices, and calling upon the
international community to support the Afghan Government’s efforts in this regard,
Recalling the declaration addressed to the International Narcotics Control
Board (INCB) by the Government of Afghanistan that there is no legal use for acetic
anhydride in Afghanistan for the time being and that producing and exporting
countries should abstain from authorizing the export of this substance to
Afghanistan without the request from the Afghan Government, and encouraging,
pursuant to resolution 1817 (2008), Member States to increase their cooperation
with the INCB, notably by fully complying with the provisions of article 12 of the
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances, 1988,
Recalling its resolutions 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1674 (2006), 1738 (2006)
and 1894 (2009) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, its resolutions 1325
(2000), 1820 (2008) and 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009) and 1960 (2010) on women and
peace and security, and its resolution 1612 (2005), 1882 (2009) and 1998 (2011) on
children and armed conflict, and taking note of the report of the Secretary-General
(S/2011/55) on Children and Armed Conflict in Afghanistan as well as the
conclusions of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict
(S/AC.51/2011/3),
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General of 5 March 2012
1.
(S/2012/133);
2.
Expresses its appreciation for the United Nations long-term commitment
to support the Government and the people of Afghanistan and reiterates its full
support to the work of UNAMA and the Special Representative of the SecretaryGeneral;
Decides to extend until 23 March 2013 the mandate of UNAMA, as
3.
defined in its resolutions 1662 (2006), 1746 (2007), 1806 (2008), 1868 (2009), 1917
(2010), 1974 (2011) and paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 7 below;
Recognizes that the renewed mandate of UNAMA takes full account of
4.
the transition process and is in support of Afghanistan’s full assumption of
leadership and ownership in the security, governance and development areas,
consistent with the understandings reached between Afghanistan and the
international community in the London, Kabul and Bonn Conferences and the
Lisbon Summit;
Calls on the United Nations, with the support of the international
5.
community, to support the Government of Afghanistan’s National Priority
Programmes covering the issues of security, governance, justice and economic and
social development and to support the full implementation of mutual commitments
made on these issues at the Kabul and London Conferences, and reaffirmed as part
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