A/RES/49/207 Page 2 ensuring full protection of the human rights of the inhabitants of the country before, during and after the withdrawal of all foreign forces, Recalling also all its resolutions adopted on the question, as well as the resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the decisions of the Economic and Social Council, Taking note, in particular, of Commission on Human Rights resolution 1994/84 of 9 March 1994, 5/ in which the Commission decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan for one year and to request him to report to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session, and of Economic and Social Council decision 1994/268 of 25 July 1994, in which the Council approved the Commission’s decision, Recalling further its resolution 48/152 of 20 December 1993, and noting with concern that in 1994 the situation of human rights in Afghanistan has further deteriorated owing to the outbreak of large-scale fighting, Recalling the Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, adopted on 14 November 1970, 6/ Noting that, following the demise of the former Afghan Government, a transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan was established, Noting with deep concern that in spite of the various efforts and initiatives taken towards ensuring complete peace and stability, including those taken by the Afghan Government, a situation of armed confrontation, affecting mainly the civilian population, which is still the target of indiscriminate military attacks by rival groups and of food blockades, continues to exist in parts of the territory of Afghanistan, and in particular in Kabul, and has also caused a dramatic rise in the number of persons displaced inside the country, Concerned that the prevailing situation in the country is affecting the security of members of all ethnic and religious groups, including minorities, Concerned in particular that armed confrontation in Afghanistan has brought about a situation where a unified judicial system cannot be established throughout the country, Noting with concern reports of violations of rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2/ such as the right to life, liberty and security of person and to freedom of opinion, expression and association, Deeply concerned about the recurring violations of human rights specific to or primarily directed against women by some members of warring factions in Afghanistan, and about the lack of respect towards them and their physical integrity and dignity, as reported by the Special Rapporteur, 5/ Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1994, Supplement No. 4 and corrigendum (E/1994/24 and Corr.1), chap. II, sect. A. 6/ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference, Sixteenth Session, vol. 1, Resolutions, p. 135. /...