Resolution nº S/RES/2405 (2018) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 2018
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/RES/ 2405 (2 018)

Security Council

Distr. : Genera l

8 Ma rch 2018

18-036 27 (E)

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Resolution 2405 (2018)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 8199 th mee ting, on

8 March 2018

The S ecurity Counci l,

Reca llin g its previ ous resolut ions on Af ghanist an, in p articula r it s r esolutio n

2344 (201 7) e xtending thr ough 17 M arch 2018 the mandate of the United Nat ions

Assi stance M ission i n Afghani stan (U NAMA),

Stres sing the import ant role that the Unite d N ations will con tinue to play in

promo ting pe ace and stabili ty in Afgh anistan,

Reca llin g i ts rece nt visi t to Ka bul fr om 13–15 Janua ry as an affir mation of the

inter nationa l c ommunit y’s contin ued and stead fast suppo rt for a peacef ul, secure,

stabl e and p rosperou s Afghani stan,

Reaf firm ing its stro ng comm itment to the s overeign ty, indep endence, territor ial

integ rity and na tional unity of Afg hanista n, as well as i ts con tinued suppor t for the

Gove rnment and p eople of Afgha nistan as th ey reb uild t heir co untry and st rengthe n

demo cratic i nstituti ons,

Stres sing the central impor tance of a compre hensive and inclusiv e Afgha n-led

and Afghan- owned politi cal p rocess to support reco nciliati on fo r all thos e who are

prep ared to reconci le as la id forth in the Kabul C onferen ce Comm uniqué a nd furt her

elabo rated in the Bonn Con ference Con clusions , a imed at creatin g a peac eful and

pros perous f uture for all the people o f Afgh anistan and welc oming ef forts to a dvance

the p eace pr ocess, i ncludin g via t he High Peace Co uncil,

Emph asiz ing the vital role of the Kabul Proce ss a nd we lcoming the str ategic

cons ensus b etween the Gov ernment of Afgh anistan and the intern ational commun ity

on t he Self- Relianc e throug h Mutua l Account ability Framewo rk (SMA F),

Welcomi ng the start of t he fo urth year o f the Natio nal U nity Governm ent a nd

emph asizing the impor tance of all p arties in Afgh anistan worki ng withi n i ts

frame work i n order to ach ieve a peacef ul and prospero us fut ure for all the peopl e of

Afgh anistan,

Reca llin g the ann ounceme nt b y the Ind ependen t Ele ction Com mission of

Afgh anistan that par liament ary and district counci l electio ns will take pl ace in 2018,

emph asizing t he imp ortanc e of ac celerate d pro gress on el ectoral re form in

Afgh anistan an d t owards the h olding of cre dible and inc lusive parl iamentar y and

distr ict coun cil elec tions in 2018 and preside ntial el ections i n 2019, and stre ssing th e