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an important role in increasing the integration of the programmes of United Nations
agencies, their partners and the Transitional Authority;
8.
Welcomes the establishment of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust
Fund and the Law and Order Trust Fund as mechanisms for mobilizing international
support to Afghanistan;
9.
Encourages the international community to actively participate and
financially contribute to these rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, and also
encourages the international community to channel assistance through the national
development budget of the Afghan Transitional Authority and to focus attention on
building the capacity of Afghans;
10. Strongly condemns all acts of violence and intimidation directed against
humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, and regrets
the loss of life and physical harm suffered among the staff;
11. Urges the Transitional Authority and local authorities to ensure the
safety, security and free movement of all United Nations and humanitarian
personnel, as well as their safe and unimpeded access to all affected populations,
and to protect the property of the United Nations and of humanitarian organizations,
including non-governmental organizations;
12. Strongly condemns continuing discrimination against women and girls as
well as ethnic and religious groups, including minorities, wherever such
discrimination takes place;
13. Emphasizes the importance of actively involving all elements of Afghan
society, in particular women, in the development and implementation of relief,
rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes;
14. Reminds all Afghan groups of their commitment to the Bonn Agreement, 2
and calls upon them to respect fully the human rights and fundamental freedoms of
all, without discrimination of any kind, including on the basis of gender, ethnicity or
religion, and in accordance with their obligations under international law, and to
protect and promote the equal rights of women and men;
15. Calls upon the international community to assist the Transitional
Authority in demobilizing and reintegrating war-affected children and in providing
Afghan children with educational and health facilities in all parts of the country, and
urges all Afghan groups to refrain from the recruitment or use of children contrary
to international standards;
16. Calls upon the Transitional Authority to facilitate the provision of
efficient and effective remedies to the victims of grave violations of international
human rights and international humanitarian law and to bring the perpetrators to
justice in accordance with international law;
17. Appeals to the Transitional Authority and the international community to
mainstream gender issues into all humanitarian assistance and future rehabilitation
and reconstruction programmes, and to actively attempt to promote the full and
equal participation and benefit to both women and men of those programmes;
18. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments that continue to host
Afghan refugees, and reminds them of their obligations under international refugee
law with respect to the protection of refugees and the right to seek asylum;
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