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96. Welcomes ongoing efforts by the Government of Afghanistan and its
neighbouring and regional partners to foster trust and cooperation with each other,
as well as recent cooperation initiatives developed by the countries concerned and
regional organizations, including the ministerial meeting in La Celle-Saint-Cloud,
France, in December 2008, the trilateral summits of Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Turkey in Ankara in April 2009, of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States of
America in May 2009, of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran in
May 2009 and of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan in June 2009 and the
quadrilateral summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and the Russian
Federation, also in June 2009, as well as efforts made by the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization and initiatives within the framework of the Dubai Process to promote
the country’s stability and development; these efforts are essential to foster
cooperation in the economic and development sectors as a means to achieve the full
integration of Afghanistan into the regional and global economy;
97. Appreciates the continued commitment of the international community to
supporting the stability and development of Afghanistan, recalls the additional
international support as pledged, welcomes the special conference on Afghanistan
held under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Moscow on
27 March 2009 and the International Conference on Afghanistan held in The Hague
on 31 March 2009, and welcomes the relations between the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe and Afghanistan;
98. Welcomes the outreach session of the meeting of Group of Eight
Ministers for Foreign Affairs held in Trieste, Italy, on 26 and 27 June 2009, and
encourages the Group of Eight countries to continue to stimulate and support
cooperation between Afghanistan and its neighbours through mutual consultation
and agreement, including on development projects in areas such as repatriation of
refugees, border management and economic development;
99. Appreciates the efforts of the members of the Tripartite Commission,
namely Afghanistan, Pakistan and the International Security Assistance Force, to
continue to address cross-border activities and to broaden their cooperation;
100. Emphasizes the need to maintain, strengthen and review civil-military
relations among international actors, as appropriate, at all levels in order to ensure
complementarity of action based on the different mandates and comparative
advantages of the humanitarian, development, law enforcement and military actors
present in Afghanistan, bearing in mind the central and impartial coordinating role
of the United Nations;
101. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly every
three months during its sixty-fourth session on developments in Afghanistan, as well
as on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution;
102. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fifth session the
item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan”.
40th plenary meeting
9 November 2009
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