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02/04/2004
UN envoy welcomes Afghan aid donations
The UN's top envoy to Afghanistan has hailed the success of this week's international conference on the country, which closed with donors pledging to give $8.2 billion over the next three years for the reconstruction effort.
Jean Arnault, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, described the two-day meeting in Berlin as "very encouraging".
In a final declaration adopted by the forum, donors pledged contributions totalling $8.2 billion, with $4.4 billion set aside for the first year.
Mr Arnault said that there had been a "candid assessment" of what achievements had been made since a previous international conference on Afghanistan, held in Bonn in late 2001. That meeting created a framework for the country's short to medium-term future, shortly after the US ousted the Taliban in its war on terror.
The problems caused by factionalism and the illicit drug industry were highlighted at the conference, and much of the stabilisation effort will require significant progress on both issues.
Mr Arnault said the Berlin conference showed the Afghan leadership that it had the "full backing" of the international community during its difficult transition to a "functioning, stable democracy".
Afghanistan's national presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for September.
(gmcg)
Jean Arnault, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, described the two-day meeting in Berlin as "very encouraging".
In a final declaration adopted by the forum, donors pledged contributions totalling $8.2 billion, with $4.4 billion set aside for the first year.
Mr Arnault said that there had been a "candid assessment" of what achievements had been made since a previous international conference on Afghanistan, held in Bonn in late 2001. That meeting created a framework for the country's short to medium-term future, shortly after the US ousted the Taliban in its war on terror.
The problems caused by factionalism and the illicit drug industry were highlighted at the conference, and much of the stabilisation effort will require significant progress on both issues.
Mr Arnault said the Berlin conference showed the Afghan leadership that it had the "full backing" of the international community during its difficult transition to a "functioning, stable democracy".
Afghanistan's national presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for September.
(gmcg)
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