Urges all parties concerned to increase their efforts in order to achieve a comprehensive political solution based on the free exercise of the right to self-determination by the people, including free and fair elections, the cessation of armed confrontation and the creation of conditions that will permit the free return of refugees to their homeland in safety and dignity whenever they wish, and the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by all Afghans; calls upon all States and parties concerned to make all efforts for the release, as soon as possible, of all prisoners of war; requests that the International Committee of the Red Cross be given full access to all prisoners by the warring factions; calls upon the authorities in Afghanistan to investigate thoroughly the fate of those persons who have disappeared, to apply amnesty decrees equally to all detainees, to reduce the period during which prisoners await trial, to treat all prisoners, especially those awaiting trial or those in custody in juvenile rehabilitation centres, in accordance with the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners; urgently appeals to all Member States, humanitarian organizations and all parties concerned to cooperate fully, especially on the subject of mine detection and clearance and to continue to promote the implementation of the projects envisaged by the Coordinator for Humanitarian and Economic Assistance Programmes Relating to Afghanistan and the programmes of UNHCR; urges all Afghan parties to undertake the necessary measures to ensure the safety of the personnel of humanitarian organizations; urges the authorities in Afghanistan to extend their full cooperation to the Commission on Human Rights and its Special Rapporteur.

Adopted without vote, 92nd meeting

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Adopted at the 92nd plenary meeting, 18 Dec. 1992.