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Calderisi

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2001-09-21
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  1. “We think that, as in other African countries, there is much more capacity than meets the eye. Better governance will release some of that capacity, attract it back from overseas and allow the country and African institutions, we hope, to decide on a programme of technical assistance which will be as small and as targeted as possible as a supplement for what the country itself cannot provide. Thank you again, Mr. President, for letting us be with you again today.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

  2. “In the future, if the situation arises, we can certainly consider making exceptions for humanitarian projects like the HIV/AIDS project, where we will very much argue that once approved by the Board, it should be immune from the application of our rules on disbursements. But we do still need to ensure some good order in the settlement of payments to the Bank group, because, as you know, the funds for Africa come entirely from about 30 Governments in the world. We are custodians of those funds and need to manage them in a way that will bring confidence to the donors and, of course, to the international community. To end on a positive note, while we agree that limits to administrative capacity are affecting the Central African Republic, we do not regard them as the principal obstacle to progress.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

  3. “Mr. Calderisi: Very briefly, I would like to refer to the question which the representative of Bangladesh posed about the current situation with regard to suspending the disbursements of the World Bank to the Central African Republic. We can, in fact, make arrangements occasionally to solve this more quickly than might otherwise be true. We did, late last year in a similar situation, take special steps to release $5 million of budget support in December and waved, in part, the conditions for its disbursement. That was instrumental, I believe, in helping the Government meet the civil service salaries for Christmas and the New Year. In the current situation we are fairly optimistic about having those arrears cleared soon.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

  4. “Secondly, the entire United Nations community must continue to work together to help the country. And third, outsiders can only do so much. Public revenues in the Central African Republic were sagging from an already low level in April - before the coup d'etat. Political events have worsened but have not fundamentally altered the economic challenge. Bold efforts by the Government to improve public management and strengthen governance will create new opportunities for the people of the Central African Republic and attack the roots of conflict once and for all.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

  5. “In the months ahead, the World Bank hopes to contribute to solving those problems, through supplementary support for the national budget, linked to reforms already underway for strengthening public finances; through approval of a post-conflict grant to fund emergency needs arising from the events of late May; through analytical support for the preparation of a solid poverty reduction strategy necessary in its own right and as a means of obtaining debt relief from the international community, drawing on resources provided under the Policy Support Project approved last year; and also through early implementation of the HIV/AIDS project, in which half of the resources will go directly to local communities. Looking beyond the next six months, three points remain important. A sound economy is essential for underpinning peace-building efforts.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

  6. “In meetings with the business community, trade unionists, young people and women's groups, I have found an impatience to move forward, rather than a sense of resignation that the country's problems are insurmountable.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

  7. “Despite difficulties that would perplex and frustrate many of us around this table, the Prime Minister and his colleagues have kept their sights trained on medium- and long-term issues that will be important for strengthening growth and reducing poverty. A good example of this was the holding of a national economic conference nine days ago, which involved about 500 participants from across the country and was an important act of national reconciliation, not just public discussion of important policy choices. Another example has been the rapid preparation of a national program for fighting HIV/AIDS, for which the World Bank completed negotiations of a $17 million credit last week. There is similar focus and similar openness to new ideas in the community more broadly.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

  8. “In our statement to this body on 23 January of this year, we said that we had confidence in the then- Prime Minister and his economic team, that they had a clear sense of their country's interests and that they were effective in defending those interests internally and externally. That assessment remains true today, despite changes in the Government since then and the sad events of late May and early June. In my three visits to the country in the last year, including one just two weeks after the attempted coup d'etat - when fear and insecurity were still high - I have been impressed by the courage and determination of senior decision makers.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source

  9. “Mr. Calderisi: We are grateful for this opportunity to address the Council. Like other specialized agencies of the United Nations system, the World Bank has been very concerned about the situation in the Central African Republic. In conjunction with the International Monetary Fund, we have been trying to help the Government improve its economic management and to lay the basis for serious efforts to improve the lives ofits people. Conflicts within and outside the country's borders have complicated those efforts, but, fortunately, they have not stalled them altogether.”

    2001-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4380 (2001) · source