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Government’s commitment to preventing violations of the rights of the child dated
6 July 2011, welcomes the establishment of the Afghan Inter-Ministerial Steering
Committee on Children and Armed Conflict and the subsequent signing by the
Afghan Government of the action plan, and its annex, on children associated with
national security forces in Afghanistan, and calls for the full implementation of the
provisions of the plan, in close cooperation with UNAMA, and requests the
Secretary-General to continue to give priority to the child protection activities and
capacity of UNAMA and continue to include in his future reports the matter of
children and armed conflict in the country in line with the relevant Security Council
resolutions;
34. Remains concerned at the serious harm that opium cultivation,
production and trafficking and consumption continue to cause to the security,
development and governance of Afghanistan as well as to the region and
internationally, takes note of the UNODC Afghanistan Opium Survey 2012 released
in November 2012, calls on the Afghan Government, with the assistance of the
international community, to accelerate the implementation of the National Drug
Control Strategy, including through alternative livelihood programmes, and to
mainstream counter-narcotics throughout national programmes, encourages
additional international support for the four priorities identified in that Strategy, and
commends the support provided by the UNODC to the Triangular Initiative and the
Central Asian Regional Coordination and Information Centre (CARICC) within the
framework of the Paris Pact Initiative and the Rainbow Strategy and the UNODC
regional programme for Afghanistan and neighbouring countries; as well as the
contribution of the Domodedovo Police Academy of Russia;
35. Welcomes the continued efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime in empowering the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics-led
implementation of the Afghan National Drug Control Strategy, including through the
JCMB’s Counter Narcotics Monitoring Mechanism;
36. Calls upon States to strengthen international and regional cooperation to
counter the threat to the international community posed by the production,
trafficking, and consumption of illicit drugs originating in Afghanistan, with a view
to its progressive elimination, in accordance with the principle of common and
shared responsibility in addressing the drug problem of Afghanistan, including
through strengthening the law enforcement capacity and cooperation against the
trafficking in illicit drugs and precursor chemicals and money-laundering and
corruption linked to such trafficking, and calls for full implementation of its
resolution 1817 (2008);
37. Appreciates the work of the Paris Pact initiative and its “Paris-Moscow”
process in countering the production, trafficking and consumption of opium and
heroin from Afghanistan and the elimination of poppy crops, drug laboratories and
stores as well as the interception of drug convoys, underlines the importance of
border management cooperation, and welcomes the intensified cooperation of the
relevant United Nations institutions with the OSCE and the CSTO in this regard;
38. Reiterates the importance of completing the National Priority Programme
on Law and Justice for All, by all the relevant Afghan institutions and other actors in
view of accelerating the establishment of a fair and transparent justice system,
eliminating impunity and contributing to the affirmation of the rule of law
throughout the country;
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