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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;
39. Stresses in this context the importance of further progress in the
reconstruction and reform of the prison sector in Afghanistan, in order to improve
the respect for the rule of law and human rights therein, emphasizes the importance
of ensuring access for relevant organizations, as applicable, to all prisons and places
of detention in Afghanistan, calls for full respect for relevant international law
including humanitarian law and human rights law, and notes the recommendations
contained in the report of the Assistance Mission dated 20 January 2013, and the
appointment by the Government of Afghanistan of a Commission to inquire into the
findings of the report;
40. Notes with strong concern the effects of corruption on security, good
governance, counter-narcotics efforts and economic development, welcomes the
anti-corruption commitments made by the Government of Afghanistan at the Tokyo
Conference as reinforced in the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework, welcomes
the efforts of the Government of Afghanistan in this regard, including the issuance
of the presidential decree in July 2012, calls for continued action by the
Government to fulfil those commitments in order to establish a more effective,
accountable and transparent administration at the national, provincial and local
levels of government, and also welcomes continued international support for
Afghanistan’s governance objectives;
41. Encourages all Afghan institutions, including the executive and
legislative branches, to work in a spirit of cooperation, recognizes the Afghan
Government’s continued efforts in pursuing legislative and public administration
reform in order to tackle corruption and to ensure good governance, as agreed at the
Bonn Conference, with full representation of all Afghan women and men, and
accountability at both national and subnational levels, welcoming the issuance of the
Presidential decree of July 2012, and stresses the need for further international
efforts to provide technical assistance in this area, recognizes Government of
Afghanistan efforts in this regard, and reiterates the importance of the full,
sequenced, timely, and co-ordinated implementation of the National Priority
Programme on National Transparency and Accountability;
42. Calls for full respect for and protection for all human rights and
fundamental freedoms, including those of human rights defenders, and of
international humanitarian law throughout Afghanistan, welcomes the growth in
Afghan free media, but notes with concern the continued restrictions on freedom of
media, and attacks against journalists by terrorist as well as e xtremist and criminal
groups, commends the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
(AIHRC) for its courageous efforts to monitor respect for human rights in
Afghanistan as well as to foster and protect these rights and to promote the
emergence of a pluralistic civil society, stresses the importance of full cooperation
with the AIHRC by all relevant actors and promoting their independence as well as
of ensuring their safety, and supports broad engagement across government agencies
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