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comprehensive land titling programme, including formal registration of all property
and improved security of property rights, and welcomes the steps already taken by
the Government in this regard;
54. Welcomes the Afghanistan National Development Strategy and the first
annual progress report thereon, as well as further efforts by the Government of
Afghanistan to achieve the Millennium Development Goals;
55. Also welcomes the continuing and growing ownership of rehabilitation,
reconstruction and development efforts by the Government of Afghanistan, and
emphasizes the crucial need to achieve ownership in all fields of governance and to
improve institutional capabilities, including at the subnational level, in order to use
aid more effectively;
56. Stresses the need for a continued strong international commitment to
humanitarian assistance and for programmes, under the ownership of the
Government of Afghanistan, of recovery, rehabilitation, reconstruction and
development, while expressing its appreciation to the United Nations system and to
all States and international and non-governmental organizations whose international
and local staff continue to respond positively to the humanitarian, transition and
development needs of Afghanistan despite increasing security concerns and
difficulties of access in certain areas;
57. Expresses its appreciation for the humanitarian and development
assistance work of the international community in the reconstruction and
development of Afghanistan, recognizes the necessity for further improvement in
the living conditions of the Afghan people, and emphasizes the need to strengthen
and support the capacity of the Government of Afghanistan to deliver basic social
services, in particular education and public health services, and to promote
development;
58. Urges the Government of Afghanistan to enhance efforts to reform key
service delivery sectors, such as energy and drinking water supply, as preconditions
for progress in social and economic development, commends the Government for its
efforts to date to increase revenues and taxes collected to reach fiscal sustainability,
and urges continued commitment to revenue generation;
59.
teams;
Expresses its appreciation for the work of the provincial reconstruction
60. Urgently appeals to all States, the United Nations system and
international and non-governmental organizations to continue to provide, in close
coordination with the Government of Afghanistan and in accordance with its
national development strategy, all possible and necessary humanitarian, recovery,
reconstruction, development, financial, educational, technical and material
assistance for Afghanistan, and recalls in this regard the leading role of the Mission
in coordinating international efforts;
61. Urges the international community, in accordance with the Afghanistan
Compact, to increase the proportion of donor assistance channelled directly to the
core budget, as agreed bilaterally between the Government of Afghanistan and each
donor, as well as through other more predictable core budget funding modalities in
which the Government participates, such as the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust
Fund and the Law and Order Trust Fund;
62. Invites all States and intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations providing assistance to Afghanistan to focus on institution-building in
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