44. Welcomes the Afghan Government's commitment to strengthen the participati...

44. Welcomes the Afghan Government's commitment to strengthen the participation of WOMEN in all Afghan governance institutions, including elected and appointed bodies and the civil service, notes the progress in this regard, welcomes its continued efforts to protect and promote the full participation of WOMEN in the electoral process, supports efforts to accelerate full implementation of the National Action Plan for WOMEN in Afghanistan, to integrate its benchmarks into the National Priority Programmes and to develop a strategy to implement fully the Elimination of Violence Against WOMEN law, including services to victims and access to justice, recalls that the promotion and protection of WOMEN's rights are an integral part of peace, reintegration and reconciliation, recalls that WOMEN play a vital role in the peace process, welcomes the Afghan Government's commitment to developing, implementing and monitoring the National Action Plan on WOMEN, Peace and Security and identifying further opportunities to support the participation of WOMEN in the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process, notes the UNAMA report into the Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against WOMEN in Afghanistan, and the importance of its full implementation, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to include in his reports to the Sec urity Council relevant information on the process of integration of WOMEN into the political, economic and social life of Afghanistan;