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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;
32. 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;
33. 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;
34. Encourages all Afghan institutions, including the executive and
legislative branches, to work in a spirit of cooperation, calls on the Afghan
Government to pursue continued legislative and public administration reform in
order to ensure good governance, with full representation of all Afghan women and
men, and accountability at both national and subnational levels, and stresses the
need for further international efforts to provide technical assistance in this area;
35. Calls for full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and
international humanitarian law throughout Afghanistan, welcomes the growth in
Afghan free media, but notes with concern the continued restrictions on freedom of
media, and attacks against journalists, commends the Afghanistan Independent
Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) for its courageous efforts to monitor respect
for human rights in Afghanistan as well as to foster and protect these rights and to
promote the emergence of a pluralistic civil society, and stresses the importance of
full cooperation with the AIHRC by all relevant actors; and supports broad
engagement across government agencies and civil society for the realization of the
mutual commitments made, including the commitment to provide sufficient
government financing for the AIHRC;
36. Recognizes that despite progress achieved on gender equality, enhanced
efforts are necessary to secure the rights of women and girls, strongly condemns
continuing forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, in
particular violence aimed at preventing girls from attending schools, stresses the
importance of implementing Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008),
1888 (2009), 1889 (2009) and 1960 (2010), and of ensuring that women fleeing
domestic violence are able to find save and secure refuge;
37. Welcomes the Afghan Government’s commitment to strengthen the
participation of women in all Afghan governance institutions, including elected and
appointed bodies and the civil service, supports efforts to accelerate implementation
of the National Action Plan for Women in Afghanistan (NAPWA), to integrate its
benchmarks into the National Priority Programmes and to develop a strategy to
implement the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law, including
services to victims, recalls that the promotion and protection of women’s rights are
an integral part of peace, reintegration and reconciliation, and requests the
Secretary-General to continue to include in its reports to the Security Council
relevant information on the process of integration of women into the political,
economic and social life of Afghanistan;
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