Security Council Resolution 1214 (1998) [on the Situation in Afghanistan]

S/RES/1214(1998)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 46 The situation in Afghanistan, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1998–2020

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/2513 (2020)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	S/RES/2513 (2020)	Security Council resolution 2513 (2020) [on the situation in Afghanistan]	—	—
2014	S/RES/2189 (2014)	Security Council resolution 2189 (2014) [on the situation in Afghanistan]	—	—
2006	S/RES/1659(2006)	Security Council resolution 1659 (2006) [on the situation in Afghanistan]	560	13%Compare
1998	S/RES/1214(1998)	Security Council resolution 1214 (1998) [on the situation in Afghanistan]	1,332	26%Compare
1998	S/RES/1193(1998)	Security Council resolution 1193 (1998) [on the situation in Afghanistan]	1,199	–

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Demands that the Taliban, as well as other Afghan factions, stop fighting, conclude a ceasefire and resume negotiations without delay and preconditions under United Nations auspices, and cooperate with the aim of creating a broad-based and fully representative government, which would protect the rights of all Afghans and observe the international obligations of Afghanistan;

Welcomes the progress made by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General in his efforts based on resolution 1193 (1998) and its relevant preceding resolutions to reduce tensions in the region and towards improving the human rights and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and calls upon all concerned to implement fully the commitments they have already entered into;

Reiterates its very strong support and appreciation for the continuing efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to secure the full implementation of its resolutions and demands that all parties, in particular the Taliban, cooperate in good faith with these efforts;

Reiterates its strong call on the Taliban to inform the United Nations without further delay about the results of the investigation into the killing of the two Afghan staff members of the World Food Programme and of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Jalalabad, and the Military Adviser to UNSMA in Kabul;

Condemns the capture by the Taliban of the Consulate-General of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the murder of the Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-e-Sharif, stresses that these acts constitute flagrant violations of international law, and calls upon the Taliban to cooperate with the United Nations in investigating these crimes with a view to prosecuting those responsible;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to despatch a mission to Afghanistan to investigate numerous reports of grave breaches and serious violations of international humanitarian law in that country, in particular mass killings and mass graves of prisoners of war and civilians and the destruction of religious sites, and urges all parties, especially the Taliban, to cooperate with this mission, and in particular to assure the safety and freedom of movement of its personnel;

Supports the Secretary-General's proposal, as contained in his letter to the President of the Security Council of 23 November 1998 (S/1998/1139), to establish within UNSMA, without prejudice to its mandate and taking into account security conditions, a civil affairs unit with the primary objective of monitoring the situation, promoting respect for minimum humanitarian standards and deterring massive and systematic violations of human rights and humanitarian law in the future, and to send an assessment mission to Afghanistan, as soon as security conditions permit, in order to determine the exact mandate, composition and location of the civilian monitors;

Encourages the initiatives of the "six plus two" group to facilitate the peace process in Afghanistan;

Encourages further the additional support of other Member States for the peace process in Afghanistan;

Reiterates its call upon all States to take resolute measures to prohibit their military personnel from planning and participating in military operations in Afghanistan and immediately to end the supply of arms and ammunition to all parties to the conflict;

Urges all Afghan factions, and in particular the Taliban, to demonstrate their full commitment to the safety and security of all international and humanitarian personnel, which is a prerequisite for their activities in Afghanistan, to facilitate their work and to ensure unimpeded access and adequate conditions for the delivery of aid to all in need of it;

Demands that the Afghan factions put an end to discrimination against girls and women and other violations of human rights, as well as violations of international humanitarian law, and adhere to the international norms and standards in this sphere;

Demands also that the Taliban stop providing sanctuary and training for international terrorists and their organizations, and that all Afghan factions cooperate with efforts to bring indicted terrorists to justice;

Demands further that the Taliban, as well as others, halt the cultivation, production and trafficking of illegal drugs;

Deplores the failure of the leadership of the Taliban, in particular, to take measures to comply with the demands made in its previous resolutions, especially to conclude a ceasefire and to resume negotiations, and in this context expresses its readiness to consider the imposition of measures, in accordance with its responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations, with the aim of achieving the full implementation of its relevant resolutions;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

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Security Council Resolution 1214 (1998) [on the Situation in Afghanistan]

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