From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Thu Feb 16 2006 - 12:10:11 EST
UN SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES 'AFGHANISTAN COMPACT'
In a unanimous resolution adopted in New York on 15 February, the UN Security Council endorsed the "Afghanistan Compact" as providing the framework for partnership between Afghanistan and the international community, a UN press release indicated. The compact, launched in London on 31 January, sets out a five-year agenda for creating conditions for sustainable economic growth and development; strengthening state institutions and civil society; combating the remaining terrorist threat and meeting the challenge of counternarcotics; rebuilding the country's capacity and infrastructure; reducing poverty; and meeting basic human needs in Afghanistan (see "RFE/RL Afghanistan Report," 8 February 2006). AT
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