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36. 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;
37. 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;
38. 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 25 February 2015, and the
announcement by the Government of Afghanistan of a na tional plan on elimination
of torture;
39. 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 Afghanista n 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;
40. 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 coordinated implementation of the National Priority
Programme on National Transparency and Accountability;
41. 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 extremist and criminal
groups, commends the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
(AIHRC) for its courageous efforts to monitor respect for human rights in
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