FNs Sikkerhedsråd har enstemmigt vedtaget at forlænge mandatet for FNs sikkerhedsstyrke i Afghanistan, ISAF, med et år.
NEW YORK, 12 October, 2011: The UN Security Council Wednesday extended the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for another year.
In an unanimous resolution, the Council urged United Nations Member States to contribute personnel, equipment and other resources to ISAF, and to continue to support security and stability in Afghanistan.
The 15-member UN body encouraged ISAF and other partners to continue training, mentoring and empowering the Afghan national security forces to accelerate progress towards “self-sufficient, sustainable, accountable and ethnically balanced Afghan security forces providing security and ensuring the rule of law throughout the country.”
The Council called upon ISAF and NATO’s senior civilian representative to continue to work in close consultation with the Afghan Government and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, in accordance with a Security Council resolution earlier this year, as well as with the Operation Enduring Freedom coalition in the implementation of the ISAF mandate.
It expressed serious concern over the security situation in the country and voiced concern over the high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, particularly women and children, the majority of which it said were caused by Taliban, Al-Qaida and other violent and extremist groups.
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