The Ministry for Foreign Affairs appointed a working group to assess the need to amend the Act on the Making of Decisions Concerning the Provision of and Request for International Assistance

NordenBladet — The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has appointed a working group to assess the need to amend the Act on the Making of Decisions Concerning the Provision of and Request for International Assistance (418/2017). The working group will prepare the necessary legislative amendments based on the lessons learned from the evacuation operation in Afghanistan.On 20 August 2021, the President of the Republic made a decision, supported by Parliament, to send a Defence Forces’ unit to safeguard the relief effort at Kabul Airport.  The decision was made under the Act on the Making of Decisions Concerning the Provision of and Request for International Assistance. This was the first time that this Act was applied after its entry into force (July 2017). 

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