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Karlsson

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2001-01-23
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2001-10-31
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  1. “An integrated approach between this process and discussions of the assessed contribution budget is desirable, since uncertainties over the coverage of the assessed contribution budget will inevitably affect donor discussions on the medium- term aid programme. East Timor is very important to the World Bank Group because of the strong partnerships we have forged with the Timorese people and with donors in post-conflict reconstruction in a particularly challenging environment. We will maintain this commitment over the years following independence. We look forward to working with the new East Timorese Government, the United Nations and donor partners to ensure that gains made in social and economic recovery since the 1999 ballot are strengthened as the first new independent nation and Member State in this new millennium is born.”

    2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source

  2. “In the post-independence period, we estimate that East Timor will have some difficulty in mobilizing the external financing required to bridge the lean years between independence and the realization of more substantial Timor Sea hydrocarbon revenues in 2005/2006, even after allowing for concessional support through the international development banks. Preparations are currently under way for the next East Timor donors meeting in Oslo, from 11 to 13 December this year. This meeting, chaired jointly by the United Nations and the World Bank, aims to provide a platform to initiate donor discussions on the medium-term programme of support for East Timor after independence.”

    2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source

  3. “However, the nature of many of the functions outlined in the Secretary-General's report is outside the type of capacity-building more normally provided by donors, in that the positions directly support the ongoing operational management of government, often in politically sensitive areas such as procurement or legal counsel. In contrast, development assistance for capacity-building is provided through training or international staff engaged in development projects. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, the aggregate external financing available for East Timor is already overstretched to assist the East Timorese Government in delivering basic services. The UNTAET-administered Consolidated Fund of East Timor and the IDA-administered Trust Fund for East Timor currently have a combined financing gap of over $14 million.”

    2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source

  4. “For example, if medicines cannot be procured or health workers paid, health services will collapse, even though in all other ways public health management may be quite sound and capacity to manage sector ministries by the East Timorese generally is sound. We note that the current proposal on the need for United Nations funding is already based on strong burden-sharing with bilateral and multilateral donors. The Trust Fund for East Timor, for example, which is administered by the World Bank through the International Development Association (IDA), will finance at least 30 international positions in the year following independence. Bilateral donors are also providing a good deal of technical assistance.”

    2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source

  5. “Before the August independence ballot, supervised by the United Nations, little opportunity existed for Timorese professionals to develop relevant skills. Good progress has been made since late 2000, but strong management systems and skills will take much longer to build than the short period between the establishment of the East Timorese Transitional Administration and independence. We estimate that, without operational management support from international staff, there would indeed be a risk of paralysis in some of these functions. This has a substantial knock-on effect across government.”

    2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source

  6. “The report of the Secretary-General presented here today recommends that a limited number of civilian professional staff remain within a successor mission to provide assistance to the new Timorese Government, both in the area of training and to ensure the continued daily functioning of the administration. The positions proposed are in the key State functions of budget, tax, treasury, central payments, justice and legal counsel, procurement, internal administration, infrastructure management and land and property. The World Bank's assessment of the governance situation in East Timor and East Timorese capacity indicates that the continued provision of international staff in those positions is critical to avoid a risk of collapse of State services in the period immediately after independence.”

    2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source

  7. “We also recognize that capacity-building will be a long- term process. The transfer of technical and managerial skills to East Timorese must therefore follow a strategic approach, with the coordinated support of multiple donor organizations. However, there are immediate skill needs that require to be filled, without which there is a risk of Government collapse. Security Council resolution 1272 (1999) established a wide mandate for the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), including the establishment of a national civil administration, the development of civil and social services and support for capacity-building for self- government.”

    2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source

  8. “The United Nations and the Secretary-General have played an unprecedented role in paving the way for East Timor to become an independent, sovereign nation in the near future. We are very proud to have been associated with this process. We all recognize that East Timor is at a turning point. With general elections peacefully concluded, a Second Transitional Government in place and the momentum for independence gathering, the newly established Administration faces many formidable challenges. The greatest of these, undoubtedly, is that of governing a new country with very limited human resources. We duly acknowledge the substantial efforts made, by United Nations agencies in particular, to build institutional capacity in East Timor, a process that has accelerated substantially in the past year.”

    2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source

  9. “Mr. Karlsson: I am very pleased to have this opportunity to address the Security Council on behalf of the World Bank. This is the second time this year that the World Bank has participated in a Security Council discussion on the future of East Timor, underscoring the close collaboration of our respective institutions. I would like to express our sincere thanks to the President of the Security Council for his gracious invitation. I would also like to note our appreciation for the report of the Secretary-General, the briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and in particular, of course, the substantive contribution of the Chief Minister of the Transitional Government.”

    2001-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4403 (2001) · source

  10. “Secondly, the alignment of the efforts of the entire United Nations community, with ourselves and our IMF colleagues focusing on the economic and social dimensions, has never been more vital than now, and we remain fully engaged. Thirdly, the international institutions can provide some temporary relief for pressing problems such as civil service salary arrears, but only determined and unswerving efforts on the part of the Government can address the root causes of the crisis, especially weak governance, and provide a lasting solution.”

    2001-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4261 (2001) · source

  11. “In the next six months the Bank will work closely with the authorities to develop a more comprehensive poverty strategy; help the Government to prepare the case for debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative; support the preparation of an urgent project to fight HIV/AIDS, for which a Bank preparation mission is currently in the field; consider supplementary support for the energy sector; and apply a grant from the Bank's Post-Conflict Fund to fund activities at the community level. Looking beyond the next six months, three points deserve particular attention. First, a sound economy built on strong and well-managed public finances and the rule of law are essential for underpinning peace- building efforts.”

    2001-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4261 (2001) · source

  12. “The country was in arrears in its servicing of its International Development Association debt, and we would not normally ask our Board to approve a tranche release, much less a waiver, in such circumstances. On 10 January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the second annual arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. On 18 January - last Thursday - the Bank's Board joined the IMF Board in endorsing the Government's Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper as a sound basis for preparing a more complete poverty strategy.”

    2001-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4261 (2001) · source

  13. “For example, during consultations in Washington last month, the Prime Minister was as concerned about facing the HIV/AIDS crisis head-on and improving energy efficiency as he was about solving the problem of salary arrears in public service. Recognizing this focus and commitment, and the special complications that external events - especially the interruption of petroleum supplies - have caused to economic management, the Bretton Woods institutions have supported the Government's stabilization and reform efforts in a number of ways. Last month, on 27 December, the Bank's Board partially waived a condition for the release of the second tranche of budget support. This action was very exceptional.”

    2001-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4261 (2001) · source

  14. “However, there have been interruptions in the Bank's programme in recent years, and a need to update our knowledge of policy areas that are important for economic growth and poverty reduction, including livestock, cotton, forestry and rural transport. But the path to strengthening the Bank's programme there appears to be opening up. We have confidence in the Prime Minister and his economic team, not because they are always in agreement with us, but rather because they have a clear sense of their country's interests and are effective in defending those interests internally and externally. Despite day-to-day difficulties that would daunt any of us, the Prime Minister and his colleagues have been able to keep their focus on medium- and long- term issues, which would only become more acute if left alone.”

    2001-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4261 (2001) · source

  15. “Internal conflict has been one of the reasons. So has conflict outside its borders. In its operational policy on development cooperation and conflict, issued this month, the Bank has committed itself to supporting economic and social recovery and sustainable development in countries in transition from conflict through investment and development policy advice, with particular attention to the needs of war-affected groups that are especially vulnerable for reasons of gender, age or disability. In trying to meet this mandate, the Bank has a number of advantages in the Central African Republic, including a Country Office in Bangui and a long history of involvement in national development programmes.”

    2001-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4261 (2001) · source

  16. “Mr. Karlsson: I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me this welcome opportunity to address the Council. We appreciate the lucidity and balance of the report of the Secretary-General and the briefing by his Representative. The World Bank is very concerned about the situation in the Central African Republic, not just because of the particular difficulties it has faced in the past five years but also because it has been so affected by events elsewhere in Central Africa, including, most obviously, the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo. In the past 10 years, Governments across Africa have moved steadily - some of them boldly - to introduce reforms which will strengthen growth and ensure basic services for the poor. Unfortunately, the Central African Republic has not kept pace with that progress.”

    2001-01-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4261 (2001) · source