S/RES/2041 (2012) 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, 2 12-27286

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