United Nations Strategic Framework for Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR AFGHANISTAN
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4. United Nations Priorities, Outcomes, and Partnerships
In close consultations with our Member States, partners, and stakeholders, the UNCT has identified
three complementary and mutually reinforcing joint priorities as it supports the basic human needs of
the Afghan people. The UNCT and the Humanitarian Country Team have also agreed on two collective
outcomes, described below.
Some of this work is already underway under the previous Transitional Engagement Framework. Other
aspects of the new UN Strategic Framework are perhaps more aspirational, such as on human rights,
governance, and the rights and inclusion of women and girls. The UNCT believes it is important to lay
out a principled approach to these issues and make concerted efforts to resolve some of these
complexities.
The United Nations Strategic Framework is an offer of assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
Whether the UN can implement this framework depends in part on external factors, most notably on
actions by the de facto authorities and on donor support. The UN expects to be deeply engaged in
maintaining and expanding the access and operational space necessary for implementation.
4.1 Sustained Essential Services
OUTCOME 1.
By the end of 2025, more people in Afghanistan, particularly the most marginalized, can
equitably access essential services that meet minimum quality standards.
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Sustaining and improving equitable and inclusive access to essential, people-centred social services is
crucial for people in Afghanistan particularly the most vulnerable and marginalized to improve
their well-being, break the pattern of intergenerational poverty, support gender equity and equality,
strengthen resilience to life-cycle risks, reduce vulnerability to shocks, and contribute to the country's
recovery. Progress towards this outcome will depend on the extent to which essential health,
nutrition, education, employment, water, sanitation, hygiene, social protection, and protection
services are accessible to all, affordable, and can be delivered free from all forms of discrimination.
Essential service providers, including women, will require the operational access, knowledge, and skills
so that service delivery meets minimum quality standards. Essential infrastructure and facilities should
be improved and accessible to all — including persons with disabilities, gender-responsive, adequate,
safe, and culturally and age-appropriate and have the requisite infrastructure and supplies at the point
of delivery. The critical foundations, capacities, and systems built over the past two decades will also
need to be sustained and strengthened. As such, the UN, in coordination with its partners, will focus
their collective support towards the following areas.View entire presentation