UN General Assembly
2010

Estonia contributes towards the achievement of the MDGs through focused development cooperation policy and respective activities in our main partner countries, one of which is Afghanistan. Alongside with providing security through the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), we are carrying out long- term health care and education projects in Helmand province. We also offer our best practices in 10-54965 24 establishing standards of good governance, including the creation of an electronic voting system for the newly elected Parliament. Estonia supports the transition process, including the gradual transfer of security responsibilities to the Afghan authorities. This process should be term-based and irreversible, and carried out according to the agreement reached at the ISAF meeting in Tallinn last April. Ownership of the process on the part of the Afghan Government is crucial in taking forward the pledge it made at the Kabul Conference with regard to strengthening the electoral framework. This, along with the endorsed reform agenda, demonstrates the Afghans’ desire to develop their nation. For my country, Estonia, the development of information and communications technology has been