Strengthening of the Coordination of Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance of the United Nations, Including Special Economic Assistance Emergency International Assistance for Peace, Normalcy and Reconstruction of War-Stricken Afghanistan : The Situation in Afghanistan and Its Implications for International Peace and Security

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 20dEmergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and 54Situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, published in 1996.

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1996A/RES/50/88Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan : the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security :

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

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;

Also requests the Secretary-General to continue efforts to develop plans for national reconstruction and rehabilitation beginning in areas of peace and security, on the basis of the recommendations set out in his report;

Calls upon all Afghan parties not to hinder in any way efforts by the United Nations and associated organizations to transport and distribute emergency humanitarian assistance to the Afghan population, particularly to the city of Kabul, and urges them to ensure full freedom of movement for the United Nations Special Mission;

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 the basic services and the reconstruction of Afghanistan and the voluntary, safe and secure return of refugees and internally displaced persons, 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 launched by the Secretary-General for the period from 1 October 1995 to 30 September 1996, bearing in mind the availability also of the Afghanistan Emergency Trust Fund;

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

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first 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 and endorses the observations and recommendations set out therein;

Expresses its support for the decision of the Secretary-General to strengthen the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan by stationing four additional political counsellors in Afghanistan, and urges the Secretary-General to initiate the necessary arrangements as soon as possible;

Supports the Secretary-General in his efforts to pursue all possible means of cooperation with the Afghan parties and with the Organization of the Islamic Conference and regional States with a view to achieving national reconciliation in Afghanistan;

Requests the Secretary-General to authorize the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan, established under resolution 48/208 and supported by the Office of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan, to continue its efforts to facilitate national reconciliation and reconstruction in Afghanistan, in particular by ensuring transfer of power through the urgent establishment of a fully representative and broad-based authoritative council with authority, inter alia:

To negotiate and oversee an immediate and durable cease-fire;

To create and control a national security force to provide for security throughout the country and oversee the collection and safeguarding of all heavy weapons in the country, and to stop the flow of arms and of equipment related to arms production to the parties;

To form an acceptable transitional government which could, inter alia, control the national security force until conditions for free and fair elections are established throughout the country, possibly utilizing traditional decision-making structures, such as a grand assembly, to help establish those conditions;

Reiterates its call upon all Afghans, especially the leaders of warring parties, to cooperate fully with the broad-based authoritative council, priority being given to the implementation of the steps referred to in paragraph 4 of the present resolution;

Urges the leaders of all Afghan parties to renounce the use of force and to settle their political differences by peaceful means;

Urgently calls upon all parties strictly to respect all provisions of international humanitarian law;

Calls upon all warring parties in Afghanistan to refrain from detaining foreign nationals, and urges the captors of the members of the crew of the Russian aircraft in Kandahar to release them immediately;

Calls upon all States:

To respect Afghanistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity, strictly to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and to respect the right of the Afghan people to determine their own destiny;

To take all steps necessary to promote peace in Afghanistan, to stop the flow of arms and of equipment related to arms production to all parties and to put an end to this destructive conflict;

Calls upon the international community to promote stability in Afghanistan and, without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 9 (a) of the present resolution, urges all States, including Afghanistan, to strengthen cooperation against the use of the Afghan territory for international terrorism, which, if not curtailed, extends beyond the region with detrimental consequences;

Supports the intention of the Secretary-General to move the Office of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan to Kabul as soon as the situation permits;

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

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

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