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Force and to further develop the provincial reconstruction teams in close
coordination with the Government of Afghanistan and the Assistance Mission;
8.
Welcomes the progress made since the commencement of the
disarmament, demobilization and reintegration process in October 2003, in
particular the completion of the disarmament and demobilization of the Afghan
Military Forces, and stresses the need to reintegrate former combatants for the
success of the programme;
Stresses the importance of advancing the disbandment of illegal armed
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groups throughout the country, while ensuring further coordination and coherence
with other relevant efforts regarding security sector reform and community
development;
10. Welcomes the development of the new professional Afghan national army
and Afghan national police and the progress made in the creation of a fair and
effective justice system as important steps towards the goal of strengthening the
Government of Afghanistan, providing security, ensuring the rule of law and
eliminating corruption throughout the country, and urges the international
community to continue to support the efforts of the Government of Afghanistan in
these areas in a coordinated manner;
11. Calls upon the Government of Afghanistan, with the assistance of the
international community, including through the Operation Enduring Freedom
coalition and the Assistance Force, in accordance with their respective designated
responsibilities, to continue to address the threat to the security and stability of
Afghanistan posed by Al-Qaida operatives, the Taliban and other terrorist or
extremist groups as well as by criminal violence, in particular violence involving
the drug trade;
12. Calls for full respect for human rights and international humanitarian law
throughout Afghanistan and, with the assistance of the Afghan Independent Human
Rights Commission and of the Assistance Mission, full implementation of the
human rights provisions of the new Afghan Constitution, including those regarding
the full enjoyment by women of their human rights, and commends the commitment
of the Government of Afghanistan in this respect;
13. Welcomes the efforts to date of the Afghan authorities to carry out their
comprehensive counter-narcotics implementation plan presented on 16 February
2005, and urges the Government of Afghanistan to take decisive action, in particular
to stop the processing of and trade in drugs, by pursuing the concrete steps set out in
the work plan of the Government of Afghanistan, presented at the International
Conference on Afghanistan, held in Berlin on 31 March and 1 April 2004; 7
14. Calls upon the international community to assist the Government of
Afghanistan in carrying out its comprehensive counter-narcotics implementation
plan, aimed at eliminating illicit poppy cultivation, including through support for
increased law enforcement, interdiction, demand reduction, eradication of illicit
crops, crop substitution and other alternative livelihood and development
programmes, increasing public awareness and building the capacity of drug control
institutions, and encourages the channelling of increased counter-narcotics funding
through the Government of Afghanistan’s counter-narcotics trust fund;
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Berlin Declaration, annex 1. Available from www.unama-afg.org.