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The situation in Afghanistan
administrative reforms of the Ministry of the Interior, including the implementation
of its anti-corruption action plan, and leadership development, as well as to
progressively enhance the quality of the Afghan National Police, with the necessary
continued financial and technical support of the international community, recognizes
the significant contribution that has been made by international and regional
partners, including the International Police Coordination Board, to achieve that aim,
and also recognizes in this context the significant contribution of the European
Union Police Mission in Afghanistan;
12. Calls upon Member States to continue, and expresses its appreciation to
Member States for, contributing personnel, equipment and other resources to the
International Security Assistance Force and their adequate support to the provincial
reconstruction teams and their changing mission, in close coordination with the
Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations Assistance Mission;
13. Notes, in the context of the comprehensive approach and the ongoing
transition process, the continued importance of the synergies in the objectives of the
Assistance Mission and the International Security Assistance Force, and
emphasizes, in particular, the continued need to maintain, strengthen and review
civil-military relations among international actors, as appropriate, at all levels in
order to ensure complementarity of action based on the different mandates and
comparative advantages of the humanitarian, development, law enforcement and
military actors present in Afghanistan;
14. Urges the Afghan authorities, with the support of the international
community, to take all possible steps to ensure the safety, security and free
movement of all United Nations, development and humanitarian personnel and their
full, safe and unhindered access to all affected populations, and to protect the
property of the United Nations and of development or humanitarian organizations,
and notes the efforts made in regulating private security contractors operating in
Afghanistan;
15. Recognizes the efforts of the Afghan authorities, in accordance with
General Assembly resolution 60/123 of 15 December 2005 on the safety and
security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, to
bring to justice the perpetrators of attacks, and calls upon the Afghan authorities to
continue its efforts in this regard;
16. Remains deeply concerned about the persistent problem of anti-personnel
landmines and explosive remnants of war, which constitute a great danger to the
population and a major obstacle to the resumption of social and economic activities
and to the delivery of humanitarian assistance, early recovery and reconstruction
efforts, welcomes the achievements to date in the implementation of the Mine
Action Programme for Afghanistan, underscores the importance of sustained
international assistance for the implementation of the 10-year operational workplan
of the Mine Action Programme, aimed at declaring Afghanistan mine-free by 2023,
encourages the Government of Afghanistan, with the support of the United Nations
and all relevant actors, to continue its efforts to meet its responsibilities under the
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of
Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, 7 to eliminate all known or new
stock of anti-personal landmines, and to cooperate fully with the Mine Action
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