Emergency International Assistance for Peace, Normalcy and Reconstruction of War-Stricken Afghanistan and the Situation in Afghanistan and Its Implications for International Peace and Security Resolutions

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 20c Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and 43 Situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1997–2005

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/59/112A-B

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2005	A/RES/59/112A-B	Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security	3,930	17%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/27A-B	Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security	4,000	53%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/113A-B	Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security resolutions	3,136	34%Compare
2002	A/RES/56/220A-B	Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security resolutions	2,871	21%Compare
2001	A/RES/55/174	Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security resolutions	4,474	44%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Afghanistan Afghanistan Situation Emergency Relief Human Rights Humanitarian Assistance International Security Reconstruction

What’s in this document?

33 operative paragraphs

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,³ and endorses the observations contained therein;

³A/52/536.

Requests the Secretary-General to continue efforts to develop plans for national reconstruction and rehabilitation, beginning in areas of peace and security;

Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations to coordinate closely their humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, in particular to ensure a consistent approach to human rights;

Calls upon the leaders of all Afghan parties to place the highest priority on national reconciliation, acknowledging the war-weariness of the Afghan people and their desire for rehabilitation, reconstruction and economic and social development;

Demands that all Afghan parties fulfil their obligations and honour their commitments regarding the safety and full freedom of movement of United Nations personnel and other humanitarian personnel, as well as the security of their premises in Afghanistan, and cooperate fully with the United Nations and associated bodies as well as with other humanitarian organizations and agencies in their efforts to respond to the humanitarian needs of the people of Afghanistan;

Urges all parties to prevent the looting of United Nations premises and food supplies, not to hamper the delivery of humanitarian assistance and to facilitate the work of organizations in implementing humanitarian assistance, in particular the supply of food, medicines, shelter and health care, for which access to those in need is essential;

Expresses grave concern at the indiscriminate use of landmines in Afghanistan, which seriously impedes the delivery of humanitarian assistance;

Urgently appeals to all States, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system, specialized agencies and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to continue to provide, on a priority basis and as far as conditions on the ground permit, all possible financial, technical and material assistance for the restoration of basic services and the reconstruction of Afghanistan and the voluntary, safe and secure return of refugees and internally displaced persons with dignity and honour, and appeals to the international financial and development institutions to assist in the planning of the reconstruction of Afghanistan;

Calls upon the international community to respond to the inter-agency consolidated appeal for emergency humanitarian and rehabilitation assistance for Afghanistan to be launched by the Secretary-General for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1998, bearing in mind the availability also of the Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund;

Denounces the continuing discrimination against girls and women and other violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Afghanistan, notes with deep concern their adverse effects on international relief and reconstruction programmes in Afghanistan, and calls upon all Afghan parties to respect fully the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, in particular of women and girls, in accordance with all human rights instruments and standards, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;⁴

⁴Resolution 34/180, annex.

Calls upon the organizations of the United Nations system to cooperate fully in the implementation of policies and measures recommended by the Executive Committee on Humanitarian Affairs, as mentioned in paragraph 7 of the report of the Secretary-General;2

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session a report on the actions taken pursuant to the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session, under the cluster of items on coordination of humanitarian assistance, the item entitled "Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan".

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,⁷ and endorses the observations and recommendations set out therein;

⁷A/52/682-S/1997/894; see Official Records of the Security Council, Fifty-second Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1997, document S/1997/894.

Stresses that the main responsibility for finding a political solution to the conflict lies with the Afghan parties, and urges all of them to respond to the repeated United Nations calls for peace;

Calls upon all Afghan parties to cease immediately all armed hostilities, to renounce the use of force and to engage, without preconditions, in a political dialogue aimed at achieving a lasting political settlement of the conflict;

Calls upon all States to respect the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national unity of Afghanistan and strictly to refrain from any outside interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan;

Condemns the fact that foreign military support to the Afghan parties continued unabated through 1997, and calls upon all States concerned immediately to end the supply of arms, ammunition, military equipment, training or any other military support to all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan, including the presence and involvement of foreign military personnel;

Encourages the Secretary-General to pursue the question of preliminary studies on the imposition of an effective arms embargo and how such an embargo could be implemented in a fair and verifiable manner;

Supports the call by the Secretary-General for the establishment of a solid international framework in order to address the external aspects of the Afghan question, and calls upon all interested States and international organizations to use any influence they have in a constructive manner, in support of and in close coordination with the United Nations, to promote peace in Afghanistan;

Also supports the Secretary-General in his continuing efforts, undertaken in cooperation with the Afghan parties and with interested States and international organizations, in particular the Organization of the Islamic Conference, to promote the political process aimed at achieving a lasting political settlement of the conflict, with the participation of all Afghan parties and all segments of Afghan society, and reaffirms its full support for the efforts of the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan and the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan in this regard;

Requests the Secretary-General to authorize the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan, established under resolution 48/208, to continue its efforts to facilitate national reconciliation and reconstruction in Afghanistan, specifically to bring about an immediate and durable ceasefire among the Afghan parties and to institute a negotiating process leading to the formation of a fully representative, broad-based transitional government of national unity;

Calls upon all Afghan parties to cooperate fully with the Special Mission, and demands that all Afghan parties fulfil their obligations and honour their commitments regarding the safety and full freedom of movement of United Nations personnel, in particular the personnel of the Special Mission, as well as the security of their premises in Afghanistan;

Welcomes recent exchanges of prisoners between the Afghan parties, and urges them to take further confidence-building measures;

Deplores the civilian casualties inflicted by the indiscriminate use of landmines, and calls upon all Afghan parties to desist from such use;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to investigate fully reports about mass killings of prisoners of war and civilians and incidents of rape in Afghanistan and to include his findings in his next report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph 19 below;

Denounces the continuing discrimination against girls and women and other violations of human rights in Afghanistan, and calls upon all Afghan parties to respect the human rights of every individual, regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion;

Denounces also violations of international humanitarian law in Afghanistan, and urgently calls upon all parties strictly to respect all its provisions;

Calls upon all Afghan parties to take appropriate steps to prohibit, prevent and, if necessary, put a stop to any form of theft, pillage or misappropriation of and any acts of vandalism directed against cultural property of the Afghan nation and humankind;

Reiterates that the continuation of the conflict in Afghanistan provides a fertile ground for terrorism and drug-trafficking which destabilize the region and beyond, and calls upon the leaders of the Afghan parties to halt such activities;

Commends the efforts of the Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, and takes note of communications received by the Programme with regard to the banning of the cultivation, use of and trade in opium in Afghanistan, and calls for full compliance with these commitments;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly every three months during its fifty-second session on the progress of the Special Mission and to report to the Assembly at its fifty-third session on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session the item entitled "The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security".

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