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100. Commends the efforts of the Government of Afghanistan in this regard,
as well as the efforts to update and carry out the National Drug Control Strategy,
including the Prioritized Implementation Plan and benchmarks, urges the
Government and the international community to take decisive action, in particular to
stop the processing of and trade in drugs, by pursuing the concrete steps set out in
the Strategy and through initiatives such as the Good Performers Initiative
established to provide incentives for governors to reduce cultivation in their
provinces, and encourages the Afghan authorities to work at the provincial level on
elaborating counter-narcotics implementation plans;
101. Calls upon the international community to continue to assist the
Government of Afghanistan in implementing its National Drug Control Strategy,
aimed at eliminating the cultivation, production, trafficking in and consumption of
illicit drugs, including through increased support for Afghan law enforcement and
criminal justice agencies, agricultural and rural development for the creation of
alternative livelihoods for farmers, demand reduction, the elimination of illicit
crops, increased public awareness and the building of the capacity of drug control
institutions and care and treatment centres for drug addicts, and reiterates its call
upon the international community to channel counter-narcotics funding through the
Government to the extent possible;
102. Recalls the need to strengthen international and regional cooperation
with Afghanistan in its sustained efforts to address drug production and trafficking,
recognizes the threat posed by illicit drug production, trade and trafficking to
international peace and stability in the region and beyond, also recognizes the
progress achieved by relevant initiatives within the framework of the Paris Pact
initiative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, stresses the importance
of further progress in the implementation of these initiatives, and welcomes the
results of the ministerial meeting of the Paris Pact initiative, held in Vienna on
16 February 2012, in continuation of the “Paris-Moscow” process, as one of the
most important frameworks in the fight against opiates, underscores the importance
of the effective implementation of the Vienna Declaration 17 by its partner countries,
working in consultation with the Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime, encourages further sustained efforts of the Government
of Afghanistan in this regard, as well as the intent of the Government to strengthen
international and regional cooperation in this regard, and welcomes the progress
made in the Heart of Asia process in this regard;
103. Pays homage to all those who have innocently lost their lives in the fight
against drug traffickers, in particular members of the security forces of Afghanistan
and its neighbours;
104. Welcomes initiatives to enhance border management cooperation between
Afghanistan and its neighbours in ensuring comprehensive measures for drug control,
including the financial dimension, emphasizes the importance of pursuing such
cooperation, especially through bilateral arrangements and those launched by the
Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Conference on Interaction and
Confidence-building Measures in Asia, the Economic Cooperation Organization, the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Central Asian Anti-Drug Quartet and
others, and welcomes the intention of the Government of Afghanistan to strengthen
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