UN Security Council
2020

reinvigorate their country’s standing as a platform of international cooperation, and in this regard welcoming the efforts of regional and international partners and 20-11956 (E) *2011956* S/RES/2543 (2020) organizations in advancing sustainable development, regional connectivity, and reconstruction, which is vital to ensuring stability and economic prosperity in Afghanistan, Welcoming the international community’s continued support for a peaceful, secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan and expecting a renewal of strategic consensus and commitment between the international community and the Government of Afghanistan in the forthcoming Afghanistan Donors’ Conference in Geneva, Expressing its deep concern about the continuing high level of violence and the security situation in Afghanistan, especially the number of civilian casualties, and stressing the importance of sustained efforts to reduce violence, Further expressing its deep concern about the threat posed by terrorism to Afghanistan and the region, expressing serious concern over the continuing presence of Al-Qaida, ISIL as well as other international terrorist organizations and t heir affiliated groups in Afghanistan, condemning in the strongest terms all terrorist