A/RES/63/18. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2008

• Resolution Number: A/RES/63/18
• Year: 2008
• Session: 63rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/63/18

General Assembly Distr.: General

27 January 2009

Sixty-third session

Agenda item 17

08-47187

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 November 2008

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/63/L.17 and Add.1)]

63/18. The situation in Afghanistan

The General Assembly

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Recalling

its resolution 62/6 of 5 November 2007 and all its previous relevant

resolutions,

Recalling also

all relevant Security Council resolutions and statements by the

President of the Council on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular resolutions

1659 (2006) of 15 February 2006, 1806 (2008) of 20 March 2008, 1817 (2008) of

11 June 2008 and 1833 (2008) of 22 September 2008, as well as the statement by

the President of the Council of 11 July 2008,

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Reaffirming

its strong commitment

to the sovereignty, independence, territorial

integrity and national unity of Afghanistan, and respecting its multicultural, multi-

ethnic and historical heritage,

Reaffirming its continued support

for the implementation of the Afghanistan

Compact of 31 January 2006,

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which provides the framework for the partnership

between the Government of Afghanistan and the international community, and

recalling in this regard the spirit and the provisions of the Bonn Agreement of

5 December 2001

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and the Berlin Declaration, including the annexes thereto, of

1 April 2004,

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Recognizing once again

the interconnected nature of the challenges in

Afghanistan, reaffirming that sustainable progress on security, governance and

development, as well as the cross-cutting theme of counter-narcotics, is mutually

reinforcing, and welcoming the continuing efforts of the Government of Afghanistan

and the international community to address these challenges in a coherent manner,

Reiterating

the urgent need to tackle the challenges in Afghanistan, in

particular the increased violent criminal and terrorist activities by the Taliban,

Al-Qaida, illegal armed groups and those involved in the narcotics trade, in

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1 S/PRST/2008/26; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2007–31 July 2008.

2 S/2006/90, annex.

3 Agreement on Provisional Arrangements in Afghanistan Pending the Re-establishment of Permanent

Government Institutions (see S/2001/1154).

4 Available from www.unama-afg.org.