A/RES/68/11
The situation in Afghanistan
in this regard, expressing its appreciation also for the work of the United Nations
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in accordance with Security Council resolution
2096 (2013), and stressing the leading and coordinating role of the Assistance
Mission in seeking to further improve the coherence and coordination of
international civilian efforts, guided by the principle of reinforcing Afghan
ownership and leadership,
Welcoming the reports of the Secretary-General 6 and the recommendations
contained therein,
1.
Pledges its continued support to the Government and people of
Afghanistan as they rebuild a stable, secure, economically self-sufficient State, free
of terrorism and narcotics, and strengthen the foundations of a constitutional
democracy as a responsible member of the international community;
2.
Encourages all partners to support constructively the Kabul process,
building upon a deep and broad international partnership towards further increased
Afghan responsibility and ownership in security, governance and development,
aiming at a secure, prosperous and democratic Afghanistan, focusing on
strengthening the constitutional checks and balances that guarantee citizens’ rights
and obligations and implementing structural reform to enable an accountable and
effective Government to deliver concrete progress to its people;
Supports the continuing and growing ownership of reconstruction and
3.
development efforts by the Government of Afghanistan, emphasizes the crucial need
to achieve ownership and accountability in all fields of governance and to improve
institutional capabilities, including at the subnational level, in order to use aid more
effectively, and underscores in this regard the importance of the commitments of the
international community, as reiterated in the Tokyo Declaration: Partnership for
Self-Reliance in Afghanistan — From Transition to Transformation;2
Security and transition
4.
Reiterates once again its serious concern about the security situation in
Afghanistan, stresses the need to continue to address the threat to the security and
stability of Afghanistan caused by the ongoing violent and terrorist activity by the
Taliban, Al-Qaida and other violent and extremist groups and other illegal armed
groups and criminals, including those involved in the narcotics trade, and reiterates
in this regard its call for the full implementation of measures and the application of
procedures introduced in relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular
resolutions 1267 (1999), 1988 (2011), 1989 (2011), 2082 (2012) and 2083 (2012);
5.
Condemns in the strongest terms all unlawful acts of violence,
intimidation and attacks, including improvised explosive device attacks, suicide
attacks, assassinations, including of public figures, abductions, indiscriminate
attacks against civilians, attacks against individuals, groups and organs of society
engaged in the promotion and protection of universally recognized human rights,
attacks against humanitarian workers and the targeting of Afghan and international
forces, which have a deleterious effect on stabilization and development efforts in
Afghanistan, and also condemns the use, by the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other violent
and extremist groups and illegal armed groups, of civilians as human shields;
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A/67/619-S/2012/907, A/67/778-S/2013/133, A/67/889-S/2013/350 and A/68/609-S/2013/535.