President Karzai Inaugurates the JCMB
Office of the Spokesman to the President
04/30/2006
Arg, Kabul - H.E. Hamid Karzai, President
of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, today inaugurated the
Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) for the implementation
of the commitments and benchmarks set forth in the Afghanistan
Compact. On the occasion of the first meeting of the JCMB, the
President hosted a luncheon for all members of the board.
The President said, “This is a very important
step towards the implementation of the Afghanistan Compact.”
“I am happy that through the Afghanistan
Compact, the International community will continue to work with
the Afghan people to continue to build Afghanistan.”
The Afghan Government and the international community
have agreed to establish a Joint Coordination and Monitoring
Board (JCMB) for overall strategic coordination of the implementation
of the Afghanistan Compact after the endorsement of the Afghanistan
Compact and the interim Afghanistan National Development Strategy
(I-ANDS) at the London Conference and the ensuing Security Council
Resolution No. 1659.
The JCMB will ensure greater coherence of efforts
by the Afghan Government and international community to implement
the Compact and provide regular and timely public reports on
its execution.
The Board has three specific objectives which
are:
Provide high-level oversight of progress in the
implementation of the Afghanistan Compact.
Provide direction to address significant issues
of coordination, implementation, financing for the benchmarks
and timelines in the Compact, and any other obstacles and bottlenecks
identified either by the government or the international community.
Finally, to report on the implementation of the
Compact to the President, National Assembly, the UN Secretary
General, the donors, and the public
The JCMB will comprise of 28 members, 7 representatives
of the government and 21 representatives of the International
Community.
For further information, please contact:
Khaleeq Ahmad, Deputy Spokesman on International Affairs
Tel.: (00) (93) 70 286 853
