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Grynspan

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2006-03-27
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2022-10-31
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  1. “We urge all parties to make every effort to resume and extend the Black Sea Grain Initiative and implement both agreements to their fullest extent. The United Nations is fully committed and will spare no effort to continue to work with all parties to ensure that we reach that goal. As the Secretary- General said in his statement on Saturday, “We do not underestimate the challenges, but we know they can be overcome”.”

    2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

  2. “In relation to the United Nations efforts to facilitate unimpeded access to food and fertilizers from the Russian Federation, there has been very intense engagement with the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and other countries and private sector actors, who have issued critical clarifications and high-level political statements. We welcome those efforts. But even with clear exemptions to the sanctions, there is still a lot of work that remains to be done, including on further clarifying exemptions for food and fertilizer within the different sanctions regimes, addressing indirect constraints to food and fertilizer trade and improving the private sector’s willingness to engage.”

    2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

  3. “Transaction costs on insurance premiums, financial payments, shipping costs and transport costs for Russian food and fertilizer exports are very high, leading to continued high global food and fertilizer prices. Specific actions are yielding some results for our efforts. Fertilizer currently stored in ports and warehouses in European ports are being donated for humanitarian needs in Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America, with the direct engagement of the World Food Programme. We anticipate that the first shipment of fertilizers will depart for Africa in the first week of November.”

    2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

  4. “The International Fertilizer Association forecasts a decline of between 18 and 23 per cent in fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa this year. For that reason, we know that today’s crisis of affordability may become tomorrow’s crisis of availability of huge proportions, drawing other staples such as rice into the crisis. Therefore, we have been focusing in recent days on solving the fertilizer crisis. Ensuring access for fertilizers from the Russian Federation to key markets is an important part of that. We have dedicated a lot of effort to finding solutions to the constraints we still face. What we have called the chilling effect of the sanctions on the private sector — overcompliance, reputational risks and market avoidance — are still real obstacles.”

    2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

  5. “According to World Bank models, that decline may have prevented more than 100 million people from falling into poverty. However, we are still below the volumes traded by Ukraine and Russia for the same period in 2021, and uncertainty with regard to the continuation of the Black Sea Grain Initiative is now causing prices to rise again. As Mr. Griffiths said, wheat futures rose by more than 6 per cent just today. Furthermore, fertilizer prices are still two and half times their 2019 level, producing a fertilizer crunch in which farmers, especially smallholder farmers from the developing world, have been priced out of production. In North America, fertilizers represent less than 10 per cent of total production costs, whereas in West Africa they represent 50 per cent.”

    2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

  6. “As we all know, together with Türkiye, a key player in the effort, we signed the two agreements in Istanbul on 22 July. The impact of the two agreements has been made clear in a short period of time, with massive global welfare effects. Grain exports from Ukraine and the Russian Federation increased substantially. Wheat exports from the Russian Federation tripled between July and September, while wheat exports from Ukraine more than quadrupled over the same period of time, resulting in lower food prices in international markets and improved access to food for humanitarian actors. More than three-quarters of all the maize and wheat for human consumption went to the developing world, including 20 per cent of wheat for least developed countries. The FAO Food Price Index has declined for six months in a row by about 16 per cent.”

    2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

  7. “It was the perfect storm — a cascading crisis that led to cascading inequalities. As a result, according to our estimates, more than 1.6 billion people, in more than 90 countries, were in a state of severe vulnerability to rising poverty, hunger and debt. That was the beginning of a cost-of- living crisis of global proportions. Immediately, the Secretary-General focused on breaking the vicious cycle of rising prices and inflation by addressing food insecurity, the most urgent dimension of the crisis. As Mr. Griffiths explained very clearly, the Secretary- General’s plan involved the parallel implementation of two initiatives — the Black Sea Grain Initiative and a memorandum of understanding on promoting the unimpeded export of Russian food products and fertilizers to world markets.”

    2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

  8. “Ms. Grynspan: We are meeting today in a context of acute and prolonged crisis. Aware of the gravity of the situation, the Secretary-General created the Global Crisis Response Group on Food, Energy and Finance in March to deal with the impact of the war in Ukraine on developing countries. Our initial analyses were alarming and have not been proved wrong. Given the fact that Russia and Ukraine are two globally vital breadbaskets, as the war began, commodity prices that were already rising skyrocketed. In March, the Food Price Index of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recorded its highest level in history. The world was in no position to absorb the shock. Climate change and the coronavirus disease pandemic had depleted the capacity of most of the developing world to cope with such external shocks.”

    2022-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9176 (2022) · source

  9. “It is important that the extractive sector generates jobs at an early stage, especially in affected communities and for ex-combatants and vulnerable groups. Unfortunately, resource extraction itself creates few jobs, which is why successful programmes such as those are so important. I am confident that conflict-affected countries can harness the great potential of natural resources to deliver such results. The world cannot afford not to deliver the stepped-up support that will require. Population growth, climate change and scarce natural resources threaten to conspire to make conflict related to natural resources a definite threat to global peace and security in this century. UNDP looks forward to working with all partners to deliver the development response it demands.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  10. “Benefits must help communities and allow for the diversification of economies, so resources do not go only to the big infrastructure projects that end up concentrating benefits in the same sectors that are already benefitting from resource inflows. In Azerbaijan and Mongolia, UNDP supported efforts to establish insulated investment funds. Mongolia in particular has established a fiscal stability fund and a human development fund. In Angola and Kazakhstan, UNDP has helped to put together programmes that encourage extractive industries to break out of their enclaves and work with local businesses and entrepreneurs to generate needed skills, provide on-the-job training and involve them in supply chains.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  11. “The recent Group of Eight meeting also included an important discussion on transparency measures. Clear and transparent processes, an empowered and informed civil society and media can help ensure remedial action against corrupt practices. UNDP has a long-standing record in enhancing the capacity of civil society actors to scrutinize private and public actions and also to close the gap between transparency and accountability. Finally, countries must be supported in their efforts to effectively invest the revenue generated from natural resources in sustainable human development for the long term, especially in health, education and infrastructure.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  12. “We have also supported the strengthening of national human rights institutions in the protection of people's rights and in building the capacities of communities and civil society so that they can be better informed as they press for more evidence-based and thoughtful policies. Those efforts should be expanded to help companies fulfil their obligations under the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the United Nations Global Compact. Thirdly, countries need support in prudently and transparently managing large revenue inflows and in investing them well. In that regard, the work of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Revenue Watch, Publish What You Pay and the Africa Progress Panel, whose Chair, former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, spoke earlier, are critical, and very important steps forward.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  13. “The second area demanding more attention is the involvement and active participation of affected communities. Countries working with development partners shouldtake measures to ensure full participation of communities, especially women, indigenous and vulnerable groups. We have learned from experience that the involvement of communities from the start is critical to preventing misunderstandings, defusing tensions and preventing conflict. Through the European Union-United Nations partnership on natural resources, conflict and peacebuilding, UNDP works with civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda to establish conflict resolution mechanisms that can lessen tensions over land and revenues.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  14. “We help Governments know what to expect, access technical support, lessons learned and best practices, including through South-South and triangular cooperation, identify capacity gaps, establish concrete action plans and secure the support they need to narrow asymmetries. In Tanzania, Liberia and Sierra Leone, UNDP has supported Governments in monitoring contracts and rectifying information and bargaining asymmetries. In Afghanistan, we supported the Ministry of Mining in building its national capacities and through it to establish basic regulations for the sector. In Tanzania, the Sudan and Zimbabwe, through the Global Environment Fund, we have introduced cleaner gold mining and extraction technology as critical environmental safeguards to protect communities.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  15. “First, we need robust legal and policy frameworks that enable countries to negotiate fair contracts and establish clear and transparent rules of the game to guide both Governments and companies. Such legal and policy frameworks need also to protect communities with social and environmental safeguards, prevent illicit capital flight and tax evasion and build institutions and governance systems with the capacity to enforce laws and negotiated agreements. Too often, good rules go unenforced. Given the conflicting interests and multifaceted challenges inherent in the process, UNDP has been most valuable as an impartial facilitator, working with the full range of development actors and stakeholders.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  16. “Secondly, we must support action at the international level, calling on countries which are home to multinational corporations or hosting stock markets where international corporations are listed to legislate transparency provisions in their laws and regulations and to fight illicit capital flows, bribery and tax evasion. The more universal these provisions are the better. Thirdly, the voice and participation of affected communities, especially women and indigenous populations, must be boosted. Fourthly, we must deal prudently with large revenue flows, enhance transparency and public information and invest in sustainable human development to balance countries' short-term priorities with ensuring long- term development benefits. Let me expand.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  17. “Over half of all countries with Security Council-mandated missions are resource-dependent, that is, with oil, gas or minerals accounting for more than 25 per cent oftotal exports. That trend leaves little doubt of the importance of the extractive sector as an international peace and stability issue that demands a development response at the national and international levels. To face the challenges in least developed and conflict-affected countries, our development work needs to support them through an integrated approach in four areas. First, we must get the legal, institutional and policy frameworks right and build national capacities and law enforcement mechanisms to implement them properly.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  18. “A lot has been learned about how to manage the risk effectively and transparently and how to take advantage of the revenue generated from higher prices and new discoveries of oil, gas and minerals to jump-start economies, create stable societies and improve the lives of people. Good examples from Chile to Botswana tell us that our hope is well founded, although many resource-rich countries have disappointing results, growing in fact more slowly, experiencing fewer human development gains, including in poverty rates, and greater inequality, than countries without natural resources. Since the 19905, the number of oil-producing countries with ongoing conflicts has increased, while non-oil- producing countries have become more peaceful.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  19. “Ms. Grynspan: Let me start by sharing with the Security Council our pain over the lives lost in the vicious attack on our compound today in Mogadishu. We wish to pay our respects to and express our solidarity with our staff and we offer our condolences to the families of those we lost. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) welcomes the opportunity today to examine how effective and transparent management of natural resources in conflict-affected States can contribute to international peace and security. Experience suggests that being a resource-rich country is both an opportunity and risk. It is risky to be a resource-rich yet socially poor country but it is not destiny. We know that the risk is sizeable but not insurmountable.”

    2013-06-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6982 (2013) · source

  20. “I believe that the situation in Haiti demonstrates how development and humanitarian work can contribute to security and embolden political gains. During the continuing transition, those synergies will be more important than ever - for example, by assuring that the Country Team and MINUSTAH work strategically and integrally in the areas of police reform, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and the reform of the justice system, on basis of the work achieved as part of the integrated mission. Haiti and the international community face an historic opportunity to set the country on the path of reconciliation and sustained development. For the sake of Haitians, we must seize the occasion with determination.”

    2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397Resumption1 (2006) · source

  21. “For example, UNICEF and the Pan- American Health Organization recently conducted a successful vaccination campaign in Cite' Soleil, the World Food Programme has fed 1 million Haitians and the United Nations Population Fund is leading programmes to fight AIDS and gender-based violence. Furthermore, preparing for the upcoming hurricane season requires immediate attention and planning. Haiti can count on the full willingness of the Country Team to respond to humanitarian requirements, especially as regards the basic needs of women, children, young people and disabled and elderly persons. With regard to its humanitarian response, the Country Team continues to be committed to supporting development solutions, including an island-wide approach with the neighbouring Dominican Republic.”

    2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397Resumption1 (2006) · source

  22. “The strategy also includes a continued effort to promote political dialogue and social cohesion, and the necessary inputs to launch the preparation of a long-term poverty-reduction strategy. The Country Team will play a fundamental role in each of those components. The magnitude of post-electoral needs, especially with regard to the first two components, calls for the immediate implementation of the post-electoral stabilization strategy. The Country Team is now engaging donor countries for support. As the security situation improves, the country team has accelerated the delivery of humanitarian assistance.”

    2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397Resumption1 (2006) · source

  23. “For that reason, the Country Team has agreed to support President-elect Preval's proposal to organize a forum on international private investment in Haiti. Given the particular risks associated with transitions from crisis, the Country Team and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) have developed a post-electoral stabilization strategy within the structure of the ICF. That four-pronged strategy is focused on critical and catalytic areas for a successful transition. The first component will develop a coherent and streamlined package of high-impact and high-visibility programmes, including rapid employment. The second will support key democratic institutions, specifically the Parliament, as well as the creation of a permanent electoral council and the strengthening of local governments.”

    2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397Resumption1 (2006) · source

  24. “Today, over 76 per cent of Haitians live on less than $2 a day, and 56 per cent live on less than $1 a day. Long-term commitment by the international community therefore entails rapidly launching an inclusive and nationally owned process to develop a strategy against poverty based on the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. That strategy would then serve as Haiti's cooperation framework from 2008 onwards. The Country Team is committed to supporting that endeavour. In that context, it will also be a priority to identify and enact, together with donors, innovative solutions to tackle the complex problem of capacity building, particularly that of State institutions. Yet, achieving success against poverty and attaining the Millennium Development Goals also require sustainable and equitable economic growth.”

    2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397Resumption1 (2006) · source

  25. “The latest meeting of the Haiti donor contact group, last February, confirmed the proposal to extend the ICF until December 2007, in order to provide a continuous cooperation framework for the new Government. Importantly, the group also decided that it would work with the newly elected authorities to take stock of the ICF's performance to date and to conduct an independent evaluation. I would like to stress our commitment to work together with the elected Government on those review processes, which will guide the extension of the ICF that is to be proposed at a pledging conference in September 2006, at the latest. The donor conference will muster support for Haiti during the critical transition period. Maintaining funding levels for the ICF's extension will be decisive for Haiti's development.”

    2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397Resumption1 (2006) · source

  26. “I believe that Haitians can agree on sustained humanitarian and development strategies, coupled with vigorous efforts in the immediate post- electoral period. To implement that approach, the continued commitment of the international community is critical. A framework to guarantee and sustain effective support for Haiti must build upon the accomplishments and lessons of the Interim Cooperation Framework (ICF), which has guided international cooperation in Haiti since 2004. Under the Framework, $780 million has already been disbursed - $80 million of it through the United Nations. Some achievements are notable and have been documented. For example, with regard to HIV/AIDS, the rate of transmission has fallen. There has also been progress in controlling disease and malnutrition. But the challenges remain substantial.”

    2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397Resumption1 (2006) · source

  27. “Ms. Grynspan: On behalf of Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Chairman of the United Nations Development Group, I want to thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to address the Security Council on the work of the United Nations Country Team in support of recovery, reconciliation and development in Haiti. The successful presidential election of 7 February presents Haiti with an historic opportunity to break the cycle of crisis and underdevelopment that has afflicted the country for so long. Nevertheless, we also know how fragile such transition periods can be. In such transitions, humanitarian and development actions are crucial contributions to political and security achievements.”

    2006-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5397Resumption1 (2006) · source