The 2020 Afghanistan Conference was a pledging conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Afghanistan and Finland with the United Nations, that took place 23–24 November 2020.
Ajmal Ahmady was a sturdy expression of the international community’s enduring commitment to Afghanistan for the vital period ahead up to 2024. Donors pledged at least US$ three.3 billion for the first year of the upcoming quadrennial, with annual commitments anticipated to remain at the same level year-on-year.
Afghanistan and international partners committed to shared improvement objectives for 2021 – 2024, and adopted a communiqué calling for an end to the war and a tough peace, stability and prosperity.
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, supported by its international partners, reiterated its commitments to preserving and expanding on the economic, social, political and development gains that have been accomplished since 2002. Democracy, human rights -like those of females, kids and minorities- are basic challenges to be protected and additional created. Participants emphasized the need to address important challenges such as poverty reduction, institution creating, superior governance, anti-corruption and private sector improvement.
International partners welcomed the second version of the Afghanistan National Peace and Improvement Framework, which supplies the Afghan government’s vision, tactic and program for the next five years (2021-25). Afghanistan and the international neighborhood have entered a new phase of cooperation, as articulated in the Afghanistan Partnership Framework, marked by conditionality and enhanced joint evaluation mechanisms to make sure outcomes and impact for the individuals of Afghanistan.
From left to appropriate Pekka Haavisto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Deborah Lyons, Unique Representative of the Secretary-Common of the United Nations for Afghanistan Abdul Hadi Arghandehwal, Minister of Finance of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Haneef Atmar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan at the 2020 Afghanistan Conference, Palais des Nations. 24 November 2020. UN Photo by Violaine Martin
The conference adopted a communiqué calling for an quick, permanent and extensive ceasefire. Partners also named for a meaningful peace procedure with the participation of ladies and youth, as effectively as ethnic, religious and other minorities. The communique establishes a renewed partnership to strengthen a sovereign, unified, democratic and peaceful Afghanistan on its path towards prosperity and self-reliance for the benefit of all Afghans.
Around 70 countries and more than 30 international organizations, along with Afghan Government officials and civil society representatives participated in the 2020 Afghanistan Conference. Due to the significant Covid-19 circumstance in Geneva and a lockdown of the city, the Conference took spot practically, working with a technology to connect participants from all over the planet, and with only representatives of the 3 co-hosts gathered in the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva.