A/RES/48/152 Page 4 4. Welcomes all the efforts towards reaching a comprehensive, peaceful political solution to the conflict in Afghanistan; 5. Urges all the disarmament process which conflict, as decided also parties at Islamabad on 7 parties to carry out, as soon as possible, a constitutes a prerequisite of a solution to the in the Afghan Peace Accord signed by the Afghan March 1993; 8/ 6. Invites the United Nations to offer, upon the request of the Government of Afghanistan and with due regard to the Afghan tradition, advisory services and technical assistance concerning the drafting of a Constitution, which should embody internationally accepted human rights principles, and the holding of direct elections; 7. Recognizes that the promotion and protection of human rights should be an essential element in the achievement of a comprehensive solution to the crisis in Afghanistan, and calls upon all the Afghan parties to respect human rights; 8. Urges all the Afghan parties to respect accepted humanitarian rules, as set out in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto, of 1977, to halt the use of weapons against the civilian population, to protect all civilians from acts of reprisal and violence, including ill-treatment, torture and summary executions, and to expedite the simultaneous release of prisoners wherever they may be held; 9. Strongly urges all Afghan parties to ensure respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women, so that their honour and dignity would be ensured in accordance with the provisions of international human rights instruments and humanitarian law; 10. Calls upon all States and parties concerned to make all efforts for the realization of its decision 47/428 of 16 December 1992 entitled "Prisoners of war and persons missing as a result of war in Afghanistan", and calls upon them to make all efforts for the immediate release of all prisoners of war, and in particular of former Soviet prisoners of war, as provided for under article 118 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, of 12 August 1949, 9/ considering that the hostilities in which the former Soviet Union was involved have legally and effectively ended, and also in particular for the tracing of the many Afghans still missing as a result of the war; 11. Urges the unconditional release of all prisoners detained without trial on the Afghan territory by rival groups, and calls for the abolition of prisons run by political parties; ____________ 8/ S/25435, annex I. 9/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 972. /...