The Situation in Afghanistan and Its Implications for International Peace and Security

A/RES/52/211[B]View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 43 Situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, published in 1998.

What other versions does this mandate have?

23 versions · 1980–2005

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2005).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2005	A/RES/60/32[A]	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security	—	—
2005	A/RES/59/112[A]	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security	—	—
2004	A/RES/58/27[A]	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security	—	—
2003	A/RES/57/113[A]	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security	—	—
2002	A/RES/56/220[A]	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security	—	—

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

11 reports · 2001–2006

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2006	A/61/326	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/32[A]
2006	A/60/712	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/32[A]
2005	A/60/224	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/59/112[A]
2005	A/59/744	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/59/112[A]
2004	A/59/581	The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan : report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/58/27[A]

What’s in this document?

20 operative paragraphs

A/RES/52/211 [B]

B

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".

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545.

A/52/536.

Resolution 34/180, annex.

The Situation in Afghanistan and Its Implications for International Peace and Security

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