A/RES/69/18. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2014

• Resolution Number: A/RES/69/18
• Session: 69th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/69/18

General Assembly Distr.: General

23 December 2014

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 37

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 November 2014

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/69/L.20 and Add.1)]

69/18. The situation in Afghanistan

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolution 68/11 of 20 November 2013 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

2120 (2013) of 10 October 2013 and 2145 (2014) of 17 March 2014,

Reaffirming its strong commitment

to the sovereignty, independence, territorial

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

multi-ethnic and historical heritage,

Recalling

the long-term commitment of the international community to

Afghanistan with the aim of strengthening national ownership and leadership

consistent with the Kabul process, and taking into account the evolving nature of the

presence of the international community,

Welcoming

the conclusions of the International Afghanistan Conference on

Afghanistan and the International Community: From Transition to the

Transformation Decade, held in Bonn, Germany, on 5 December 2011,

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in which it

was declared that the process of transition, to be completed by the end of 2014,

should be followed by a transformation decade (2015–2024) in which Afghanistan

consolidates its sovereignty through strengthening a fully functioning, sustainable

State in the service of its people,

Welcoming also

the Tokyo Declaration: Partnership for Self-Reliance in

Afghanistan — From Transition to Transformation adopted at the Tokyo Conference

on Afghanistan, held on 8 July 2012,

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including the Tokyo Mutual Accountability

Framework,

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which reaffirms the partnership between the Government of

Afghanistan and the international community based on their mutual commitments,

and looking forward to the London Conference on Afghanistan,

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1 A/66/597-S/2011/762, annex.

2 A/66/867-S/2012/532, annex I.

3 Ibid., annex II.

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Recognizing once again

the interconnected nature of the challenges in

Afghanistan, reaffirming that sustainable progress on security, governance, human

rights, the rule of law and development, as well as on the cross-cutting issues of

counter-narcotics, anti-corruption and accountability, are mutually reinforcing and

that governance and development programmes prioritized for implementation in

transition should be consistent with the goals set forth in the Tokyo Declaration and

the national priority programmes, and underlining the importance of the continuing

efforts of the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to

address these challenges,

Welcoming and supporting

the outcome of the Conference on Security and

Cooperation in the Heart of Asia, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2 November 2011,

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which launched the Istanbul Process on Regional Security and Cooperation for a

Secure and Stable Afghanistan and the follow-up Heart of Asia Ministerial

Conferences, held in Kabul on 14 June 2012, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 26 April

2013 and the recent fourth Ministerial Conference held in Beijing on 31 October

2014, and the Beijing Declaration, which furthered the Process whereby

Afghanistan and its regional partners, with the support of the international

community, affirmed their commitment to strengthen regional security and

cooperation for a secure and stable Afghanistan, including through enhanced

regional dialogue and confidence-building measures, and looking forward to the

fifth Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference, to be held in Pakistan in 2015,

Stressing

the crucial importance of advancing regional cooperation as an

effective means of promoting security, stability and economic and social

development in Afghanistan, recognizing in this regard the importance of the

contribution of neighbouring and regional partners, as well as regional

organizations, recalling the importance of the Kabul Declaration on Good-

neighbourly Relations of 22 December 2002,

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welcoming in this regard the

continued commitment of the international community to support stability and

development in Afghanistan, and noting international and regional initiatives, such

as those of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Collective Security Treaty

Organization, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the Regional

Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan process, the European Union and

the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,

Welcoming

the process by which Afghanistan and its regional and international

partners are entering into long-term strategic partnerships and other agreements

aimed at achieving a peaceful, stable and prosperous Afghanistan,

Underlining

the significance of the agreement reached between the

Government of Afghanistan and countries contributing to the International Security

Assistance Force at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit, held in Lisbon

on 19 and 20 November 2010, to gradually transfer full security responsibility in

Afghanistan to the Government countrywide by the end of 2014, and looking

forward to the completion of this process by the end of 2014,

Recalling

the decision of the international community, taken at the Bonn

Conference, to support the training, equipping, financing and development of the

capacity of the Afghan National Security Forces beyond the end of the transition

period, taking note of the Wales Summit Declaration on Afghanistan, which

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4 A/66/601-S/2011/767, annex.

5 S/2002/1416, annex.