The International Conference in Support of Afghanistan was held on June 12, 2008 in Paris, the capital of France, under the chairmanship of the three co-chairs: H.E Nicolas Sarkozy,President of France, H.E Hamid Karzai,President of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and H.E Ban Ki-moon,UN Secretary-General.
This conference marked a new commitment of the international community to work in closer cooperation under the Afghan leadership to support Afghanistan’s first five year National Development Strategy (ANDS). GoIRA and the international community agreed to retain the Afghanistan Compact as the foundation of future activities. The agreed priority was to strengthen institutions and economic growth, particularly in agriculture and energy sectors. The other key elements identified in the Declaration of this conference were the importance of holding free, fair and secure elections in 2009 and 2010; ensuring protection of human rights and the provision of humanitarian assistance; and the need to improve effective utilization of aid in order to ensure concrete and tangible development benefits for all Afghans.
At the end of the conference the international community announced a generous financial pledge of USD 20 billion, of which only USD 14 billion was confirmed to be new pledges.
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