A/RES/56/220 A-B 6. Strongly supports the enhanced role of the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan in helping the interim authority to implement the Bonn agreement until it is integrated in a new United Nations mission in Afghanistan; 7. Supports the efforts of groups of interested States and international organizations, underlines the importance of ensuring complementarity among these efforts, and towards this end calls upon all parties to coordinate closely with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General; 8. Strongly urges all Afghan groups to refrain from acts of reprisal, to respect human rights and to adhere to their obligations under international humanitarian law; 9. Stresses the importance of the full, equal and effective participation of women in civil, cultural, economic, political and social life and decision-making processes throughout the country at all levels, and calls upon all Afghan groups to protect and promote the equal rights of men and women, especially in the fields of education, work and health care; 10. Calls upon the international community to reinforce assistance to alleviate the urgent humanitarian needs of Afghanistan and, as long as the interim authority fulfils its commitments, to support generously post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction; 11. Calls upon all concerned countries to continue to provide assistance and protection to Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons in need of it and to work with the United Nations to facilitate their orderly return and effective reintegration, in safety and dignity, as soon as conditions permit; 12. Calls upon the interim authority to respect fully the international obligations of Afghanistan with regard to narcotic drugs, and calls upon the international community to increase its assistance for programmes aimed at reducing poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, including capacity-building for drug control, drug control monitoring systems and crop substitution programmes, as part of a comprehensive food security strategy and drug demand reduction support; 13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly every three months during its fifty-sixth session on the progress of the United Nations and the efforts of his Special Representative to promote peace in Afghanistan, and to report to the Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution; 14. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security”. 91st plenary meeting 21 December 2001 3