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SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN-VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR UNAMA MANDATE
RENEWAL RESOLUTION
¶1. (U) This is an action request: The Department
instructs USUN to vote in favor of and co-sponsor the
following UN Security Council resolution regarding the UN
Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), to be
considered by the Council on Monday, March 23, 2009.
Mission should seek additional guidance from the
Department if there are any additional substantive
changes
to the resolution text.
¶2. (U) Begin text:
The Security Council,
Recalling its previous resolutions on Afghanistan, in
particular its resolution 1806 (2008) extending through
23 March 2009 the mandate of the United Nations Assistance
Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) as established by
resolution 1662 (2006), and its resolution 1659 (2006)
endorsing the Afghanistan Compact, and recalling also the
report of the Security Council mission to Afghanistan, 21
to 28 November 2008 (S/2008/782),
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty,
independence, territorial integrity and national unity of
Afghanistan,
Stressing the importance of a comprehensive approach to
address the situation in Afghanistan, and recognizing
that there is no purely military solution to ensure the
stability of Afghanistan,
Reaffirming its continued support for the Government and
people of Afghanistan as they rebuild their country,
strengthen the foundations of sustainable peace and
constitutional democracy and assume their rightful place
in the community of nations,
Reaffirming in this context its support for the
implementation, under the ownership of the Afghan people,
of the Afghanistan Compact, of the Afghanistan National
Development Strategy (ANDS) and of the National Drugs
Control Strategy, and noting that sustained and
coordinated efforts by all relevant actors are required
to consolidate progress made towards their implementation
and to overcome continuing challenges,
Recalling that the Afghanistan Compact is based on a
partnership between the Afghan Government and the
international community, based on the desire of the
parties for Afghanistan to progressively assume
responsibility for its own development and security, and
with a central and impartial coordinating role for the
United Nations,
Stressing the central and impartial role that the United
Nations continues to play in promoting peace and
stability in Afghanistan by leading the efforts of the
international community, including, jointly with the Government
of Afghanistan, the coordination and monitoring of efforts
in implementing the Afghanistan Compact, and expressing its
appreciation and strong support for the ongoing efforts
of the Secretary-General, his Special Representative for
Afghanistan and the women and men of UNAMA,
Welcoming the continued commitment of the international
community to support the stability and development of
Afghanistan, and also welcoming in this regard
international initiatives including the special
conference on Afghanistan under the aegis of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization to be held in Moscow on 27 March 2009,
the International Conference on Afghanistan to be held in The
Hague on 31 March 2009 and the Outreach Session of the G8
Ministerial Meeting to be held in Trieste on 26 to 27
June
2009,
Welcoming ongoing efforts to ensure an orderly, open,
fair and democratic process that preserves stability and
security through the election period, underscoring the
challenges that the Afghan Independent Electoral
Commission (IEC) is successfully confronting, and
welcoming the announcement by the IEC to hold
presidential and provincial council elections in August 2009,
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 issue of counter-narcotics is
mutually reinforcing and welcoming the continuing efforts
of the Afghan Government and the international community
to address these challenges through a comprehensive
approach,
Stressing the importance of a comprehensive approach in
addressing the challenges in Afghanistan and noting, in
this context, the synergies in the objectives of UNAMA
and of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF),
and stressing the need for strengthened cooperation,
coordination and mutual support, taking due account of
their respective designated responsibilities,
Stressing the need of urgently addressing the
humanitarian
situation through improving the reach, quality and
quantity of humanitarian aid, ensuring efficient,
effective and timely coordination and delivery of
humanitarian assistance through enhanced coordination
among the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes
under the authority of the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General and between the United Nations and
other donors, and through the expansion and strengthening of
the United Nations' humanitarian presence in the provinces,
where it is most needed,
Condemning the increasing attacks against humanitarian
workers, and underlining the need for all parties to
ensure safe and unhindered access of all humanitarian
actors, including United Nations staff and associated
personnel, and comply fully with applicable international
humanitarian law,
Reiterating its concern about the security situation in
Afghanistan, in particular the increased violent and
terrorist activities by the Taliban, Al-Qaida, illegally
armed groups, criminals and those involved in the
narcotics trade, and the increasingly strong links
between
terrorism activities and illicit drugs, resulting in
threats to the local population, including children,
national security forces and international military and
civilian personnel,
Expressing also its serious concern over the harmful
consequences of violent and terrorist activities by the
Taliban, Al-Qaida and other extremist groups on the
capacity of the Afghan Government to guarantee the rule
of law, to provide security and basic services to the Afghan
people, and to ensure the improvement and protection of
their human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Recognizing the increased threats posed by the Taliban,
Al-Qaida and other extremist groups as well as the
challenges related to the efforts to address such
threats,
Recalling its resolutions 1674 (2006) and 1738 (2006) on
the protection of civilians in armed conflict, expressing
its concern at the high number of civilian casualties as
stated in the recent report of the Secretary-General on
the situation in Afghanistan, reiterating its call for
all
feasible steps to be taken to ensure the protection of
civilians, and calling for compliance with international
humanitarian and human rights law as applicable,
Expressing also concern with the serious threat that
anti-personnel mines, remnants of war and improvised
explosive devices may pose to the civilian population,
and stressing the need to refrain from the use of weapons
and devices prohibited by international law,
Welcoming the declaration addressed to the International
Narcotics Control Board (INCB) by the Government of
Afghanistan that there is no legal use for acetic
anhydride in Afghanistan for the time being and that
producing and exporting countries should abstain from
authorising the export of this substance to Afghanistan
without the request from the Afghan Government, and
encouraging, pursuant to resolution 1817 (2008), member
states to increase their cooperation with the INCB,
notably by fully complying with the provisions of article
12 of United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic
in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988,
Recalling the importance of the Kabul Declaration of 22
December 2002 on Good-Neighbourly Relations (Kabul
Declaration) (S/2002/1416), looking forward to the Third
Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan
to be held in Islamabad, and stressing the crucial
importance of advancing regional cooperation as an effective
means to promote security, governance and development in
Afghanistan,
Expressing its support for the Afghan-Pakistani Peace
Jirga process,
Recalling its resolutions 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1674
(2006), and 1738 (2006) on the protection of civilians in
armed conflict, its resolutions 1325 (2000) and
1820(2008)
on women and peace and security, and its resolution 1612
(2005) on children and armed conflict, and taking note of
the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/695) on
Children and Armed Conflict in Afghanistan,
¶1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General of 10
March 2009 (S/2009/135);
¶2. Expresses its appreciation for the United Nations?
long-term commitment to work with the Government and the
people of Afghanistan and reiterates its full support to
the work of UNAMA and the Special Representative of the
Secretary-General;
¶3. Decides to extend the mandate of UNAMA, as defined in
its resolutions 1662 (2006), 1746 (2007) and 1806 (2008),
until 23 March 2010;
¶4. Decides further that UNAMA and the Special
Representative of the Secretary-General, within their
mandate and guided by the principle of reinforcing Afghan
ownership and leadership, will continue to lead the
international civilian efforts, in accordance with their
priorities as laid out in paragraph 4 of its resolution
1806 (2008), to, namely:
(a) promote, as co-chair of the Joint Coordination and
Monitoring Board (JCMB), more coherent support by the
international community to the Afghan Government and the
adherence to the principles of aid effectiveness
enumerated in the Afghanistan Compact, including through
mobilization of resources, coordination of the assistance
provided by international donors and organizations, and
direction of the contributions of United Nations
agencies,
funds and programmes, in particular for counter-
narcotics,
reconstruction and development activities;
(b) strengthen the cooperation with ISAF at all levels
and
throughout the country, in accordance with their existing
mandates, in order to improve civil-military
coordination,
to facilitate the timely exchange of information and to
ensure coherence between the activities of national and
international security forces and of civilian actors in
support of an Afghan-led development and stabilization
process, including through engagement with provincial
reconstruction teams and engagement with non-governmental
organizations;
(c) through a strengthened and expanded presence
throughout the country, provide political outreach,
promote at the local level the implementation of the
Compact, of the ANDS and of the National Drugs Control
Strategy, and facilitate inclusion in and understanding
of
the Government?s policies;
(d) provide good offices to support, if requested by the
Afghan Government, the implementation of Afghan-led
reconciliation programmes, within the framework of the
Afghan Constitution and with full respect for the
implementation of measures introduced by the Security
Council in its resolution 1267 (1999) and other relevant
resolutions of the Council;
(e) support and strengthen efforts to improve governance
and the rule of law and to combat corruption at the local
and national levels, and to promote development
initiatives at the local level with a view to helping
bring the benefits of peace and deliver services in a
timely and sustainable manner;
(f) play a central coordinating role to facilitate the
delivery of humanitarian assistance in accordance with
humanitarian principles and with a view to building the
capacity of the Afghan Government, including by providing
effective support to national and local authorities in
assisting and protecting internally displaced persons and
to creating conditions conducive to the voluntary, safe,
dignified and sustainable return of refugees and
internally displaced persons;
(g) continue, with the support of the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to
cooperate with the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
(AIHRC), to cooperate also with relevant international
and
local non-governmental organizations, to monitor the
situation of civilians, to coordinate efforts to ensure
their protection and to assist in the full implementation
of the fundamental freedoms and human rights provisions
of the Afghan Constitution and international treaties to
which Afghanistan is a state party, in particular those
regarding the full enjoyment by women of their human
rights;
(h) support, at the request of the Afghan authorities,
preparations for the crucial upcoming presidential
elections, in particular through the IEC, by providing
technical assistance, coordinating other international
donors, agencies and organizations providing assistance
and channeling existing and additional funds earmarked to
support the process;
(i) support regional cooperation to work towards a stable
and prosperous Afghanistan;
¶5. Calls upon all Afghan and international parties to
coordinate with UNAMA in the implementation of its
mandate
and in efforts to promote the security and freedom of
movement of United Nations and associated personnel
throughout the country;
¶6. Stresses the importance of strengthening and
expanding
the presence of UNAMA and other United Nations agencies,
funds and programmes in the provinces, encourages the
Secretary-General to continue his current efforts to take
necessary measures to address the security issues
associated with such strengthening and expansion, and
underlines the authority of the Special Representative of
the Secretary-General in the coordination of all
activities of United Nations agencies, funds and
programmes in Afghanistan;
¶7. Underscores the importance of the upcoming
presidential and provincial council elections to
Afghanistan's democratic development, calls for all
efforts to be made to ensure the credibility, safety and
security of the elections, recognizes UNAMA's key role,
at the request of the Afghan Government, in supporting the
electoral process, and calls upon members of the
international community to provide the necessary
assistance to these ends;
¶8. Calls on the Afghan Government, and the international
community and international organizations, to implement
the Afghanistan Compact and its annexes in full, and
stresses in this context the importance of meeting the
benchmarks and timelines of the Compact for progress on
security, governance, the rule of law and human rights,
and economic and social development, as well as the
cross-cutting issue of counter-narcotics;
¶9. Reaffirms the central role played by the JCMB in
coordinating, facilitating and monitoring the
implementation of the Compact and calls upon all relevant
actors to cooperate with the JCMB in this regard;
¶10. Calls on international donors and organizations and
the Afghan Government to adhere to their commitments made
at the International Conference in Support of
Afghanistan,
held in Paris on 12 June 2008 and reiterates the
importance of further efforts in improving aid
coordination and effectiveness, including by ensuring
transparency, and combating corruption;
¶11. Calls upon the Afghan Government, with the
assistance
of the international community, including ISAF and
Operation Enduring Freedom coalition, in accordance with
their respective designated responsibilities as they
evolve, to continue to address the threat to the security
and stability of Afghanistan posed by the Taliban,
Al-Qaida, illegally armed groups, criminals and those
involved in the narcotics trade;
¶12. Condemns in the strongest terms all attacks,
including Improvised Explosive Device attacks, suicide
attacks and abductions, targeting civilians and Afghan
and
international forces and their deleterious effect on the
stabilization, reconstruction and development efforts in
Afghanistan, and condemns further the use by the Taliban
and other extremist groups of civilians as human shields;
¶13. Welcomes the achievements to date in the
implementation of the Mine Action Programme of
Afghanistan, and encourages the Government of
Afghanistan,
with the support of the United Nations and all the
relevant actors, to continue its efforts toward the
removal of anti-personnel landmines, anti-tank landmines
and explosive remnants of war in order to reduce the
threats posed to human life and peace and security in the
country;
¶14. Recognizes the efforts taken by ISAF and other
international forces to minimize the risk of civilian
casualties, and calls on them to continue to take robust
efforts in this regard, notably by the continuous review
of tactics and procedures and the conduct of after-action
reviews and investigations in cooperation with the Afghan
Government in cases where civilian casualties have
occurred and when the Afghan Government finds these joint
investigations appropriate;
¶15. Emphasizes the importance of ensuring access for
relevant organizations, as applicable, to all prisons and
places of detention in Afghanistan, and calls for full
respect for relevant international law including
humanitarian law and human rights law;
¶16. Expresses its strong concern about the recruitment
and use of children by Taliban forces in Afghanistan as
well as the killing and maiming of children as a result
of the conflict, reiterates its strong condemnation of the
recruitment and use of child soldiers in violation of
applicable international law and all other violations and
abuses committed against children in situations of armed
conflict, in particular attacks against schools, calls
for those responsible to be brought to justice, stresses the
importance of implementing Security Council resolution
1612 (2005), in this context, and requests the
Secretary-General to strengthen the child protection
component of UNAMA, in particular through the appointment
of child protection advisers;
¶17. Reiterates the importance of increasing, in a
comprehensive framework, the functionality,
professionalism and accountability of the Afghan security
sector through training, mentoring and empowerment
efforts, in order to accelerate progress towards the goal
of self-sufficient and ethnically balanced Afghan
security
forces providing security and ensuring the rule of law
throughout the country;
¶18. Welcomes in this context the continued progress in
the development of the Afghan National Army and its
improved ability to plan and undertake operations, and
encourages sustained training efforts, including through
the Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams, and advice
in
developing a sustainable defence planning process as well
as assistance in defence reform initiatives;
¶19. Takes note with appreciation of the recent serious
efforts of the Afghan authorities to enhance the
capabilities of the Afghan National Police, calls for
further efforts toward that goal, including through the
Focused District Development, and stresses the
importance,
in this context, of international assistance through
financial support and provision of trainers and mentors,
including the contribution of the European Union through
its police mission (EUPOL Afghanistan);
¶20. Welcomes the progress in the implementation by the
Afghan Government of the programme of disbandment of
illegal armed groups, and calls for accelerated efforts
for further progress, with support from the international
community;
¶21. Takes note of the recent progress in addressing
opium production, remains concerned at the serious harm that
opium cultivation, production and trafficking continue to
cause to the security, development and governance of
Afghanistan as well as to the region and internationally,
calls on the Afghan Government, with the assistance of
the
international community, to accelerate the implementation
of the National Drug Control Strategy, including through
alternative livelihood programmes, and to mainstream
counter-narcotics throughout national programmes, and
encourages additional international support for the four
priorities identified in that Strategy;
¶22. Calls upon States to strengthen international and
regional cooperation to counter the threat to the
international community posed by the illicit production
and trafficking of drugs originated in Afghanistan,
including through border management cooperation in drug
control and cooperation for the fight against the illicit
trafficking in drugs and precursors and against
money-laundering linked to such trafficking, taking into
account the outcome of the Second Ministerial Conference
on Drug Trafficking Routes from Afghanistan organized by
the Government of the Russian Federation in cooperation
with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime held in
Moscow from 26 to 28 June 2006 (S/2006/598), within the
framework of the Paris Pact initiative, and, in this
regard, calls for full implementation of its resolution
1817(2008);
¶23. Welcomes the launch of the National Justice
Programme , and reiterates the importance of its full, sequenced,
timely and coordinated implementation 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;
¶24. 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;
¶25. Notes with strong concern the effects of widespread
corruption on security, good governance, counter-
narcotics
efforts and economic development, and urges the Afghan
Government, with the assistance of the international
community, to vigorously lead the fight against
corruption , and to enhance its efforts to establish a more
effective, accountable and transparent administration;
¶26. Encourages all Afghan institutions, including the
executive and legislative branches, to work in a spirit
of
cooperation, calls on the Afghan Government to pursue
continued legislative and public administration reform in
order to ensure good governance, full representation and
accountability at both national and subnational levels,
and stresses the need for further international efforts
to
provide technical assistance in this area;
¶27. Encourages the international community to assist the
Government of Afghanistan in making capacity-building and
human resources development a cross-cutting priority;
¶28. Calls for full respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms and international humanitarian law
throughout Afghanistan, notes with concern the increasing
restrictions on freedom of media, commends the AIHRC for
its courageous efforts to monitor respect for human
rights
in Afghanistan as well as to foster and protect these
rights and to promote the emergence of a pluralistic
civil
society, and stresses the importance of full cooperation
with the AIHRC by all relevant actors;
¶29. Recognizes the significant progress achieved on
gender equality in Afghanistan in recent years, strongly
condemns continuing forms of discrimination and violence
against women and girls, in particular violence aimed at
preventing girls from attending schools, stresses the
importance of implementing Security Council resolutions
1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008), and requests the
Secretary-General to continue to include in its reports
to
the Security Council relevant information on the process
of integration of women into the political, economic and
social life of Afghanistan;
¶30. Welcomes the efforts of the Afghan Government to
promote dialogue with those elements in opposition to the
Government who are ready to renounce violence, denounce
terrorism and accept the Afghan Constitution, and calls
for enhanced efforts to ensure the full implementation of
the Action Plan on Peace, Justice and Reconciliation in
accordance with the Afghanistan Compact, without
prejudice
to the implementation of measures introduced by the
Security Council in its resolution 1267 (1999) of 15
October 1999 and other relevant resolutions of the
Security Council;
¶31. Welcomes the cooperation of the Afghan Government
and
UNAMA with the Security Council Committee established
pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) with the
implementation
of resolution 1822 (2008), including by identifying
individuals and entities participating in the financing
or
support of acts or activities of Al-Qaida and the Taliban
using proceeds derived from illicit cultivation,
production and trafficking of narcotic drugs and their
precursors, and encourages the continuation of such
cooperation;
¶32. 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
Second Trilateral Summit of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey
held in Istanbul in December 2008 and the ministerial meeting
in La Celle Saint-Cloud, France in December 2008, and
stresses the importance of increasing cooperation between
Afghanistan and the partners against the Taliban, Al-
Qaida and other extremist groups, in promoting peace and
prosperity in Afghanistan and in fostering cooperation in
the economic and development sectors as a means to
achieve the full integration of Afghanistan into regional
dynamics and the global economy;
¶33. Calls for strengthening the process of regional
economic cooperation, including measures to facilitate
regional trade, to increase foreign investments and to
develop infrastructure, noting Afghanistan?s historic
role
as a land bridge in Asia;
¶34. Recognizes the importance of voluntary, safe,
orderly
return and sustainable reintegration of the remaining
Afghan refugees for the stability of the country and the
region, and calls for continued and enhanced
international
assistance in this regard;
¶35. Affirms also the importance of voluntary, safe,
orderly return and sustainable reintegration of the
internally displaced persons;
¶36. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the
Council every three months on developments in
Afghanistan, and to develop, for inclusion in his next report,
benchmarks for measuring and tracking progress in the
implementation of UNAMA's mandate and priorities as set
out in paragraph 4 of this resolution, and calls on all
actors concerned to cooperate with UNAMA in this process;
¶37. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.
CLINTON