A/RES/67/16 international and regional cooperation with relevant partners in the field of border control; 105. Stresses the importance of further, effective cooperative support by relevant international and regional actors, including the United Nations and the Assistance Force, within its designated responsibilities, to Afghan-led sustained efforts to address the threat posed by the illicit production of and trafficking in drugs, welcomes in this regard the regional programme on Afghanistan and neighbouring countries of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and encourages the respective countries to continue to participate; 106. Acknowledges the regional activities carried out by Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan within the framework of their triangular initiative to counter narcotics; 107. Stresses the need for coordinated regional efforts to combat the drug problem, and in this regard welcomes the holding of the Regional Ministerial Conference on Counter-Narcotics in Islamabad on 12 and 13 November 2012, aimed at enhancing regional cooperation to counter narcotics; Coordination 108. Expresses its appreciation for the work of the Assistance Mission as mandated by the Security Council in resolution 2041 (2012), and stresses the continued importance of the central and impartial coordinating role of the United Nations in promoting a more coherent international engagement; 109. Welcomes the evolving presence of the Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, which ensures that the United Nations can fulfil its essential coordinating and support role, as requested by the Government of Afghanistan, security conditions permitting; 110. Stresses the need to ensure that the Assistance Mission is adequately resourced and protected by the Afghan authorities, with international support, as appropriate, to fulfil its mandate; 111. Acknowledges the central role played by the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board, stresses that the role of the Board is to support Afghanistan by, inter alia, monitoring and supporting the Kabul process and coordinating international assistance and development programmes, and welcomes further efforts to provide appropriate guidance and promote a more coherent international engagement; 112. Expresses its appreciation for and emphasizes the importance of the continued and long-term commitment of the international community to support the stability and development of Afghanistan, recalls the additional international support as pledged, and welcomes in this context the decisions taken at the Tokyo Conference; 113. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly every three months on developments in Afghanistan, as well as on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution; 114. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”. 41st plenary meeting 27 November 2012 21