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2009-07-22
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  1. “The current budgetary constraints faced by donor countries as a consequence of the global financial crisis must be seen as an opportunity to rationalize the international community's interventions and make them more effective. We now need to move forward expeditiously to support country efforts to consolidate peace and to lay the foundation for development that reduces poverty. We need to continue our work together to make that happen.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  2. “The report also highlights one of the most difficult areas of development and proposes new ways of working, such as the establishment of deployable civilian capacity, which will be challenging to implement. The report card on the quality of coordination by the international community is mixed. We should not confuse capacity building with technical assistance. In his report, the Secretary-General challenges us to do better. Going forward, we need to recognize how little we know about the effectiveness of the instruments we have to avoid a relapse into violent conflict. We need to learn as we go forward. We encourage that the impact of the innovations set out in this report be monitored and evaluated, and that we commit to continue to seek out new ways to improve our speed and effectiveness.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  3. “The World Bank also stands ready to participate in joint consultations and planning on post-crisis and crisis-affected countries, so as to ensure early and effective preparations of our joint response. Let me add that we are currently working on an exchange of staff between the United Nations and World Bank headquarters to strengthen our joint response to situations of fragility and conflict. The international community should also recognize comparative advantages arising from different mandates and capacities. Division of labour will depend upon what the country requires and the capacity of organizations to respond. The agreements between the United Nations and the World Bank set out the process for quickly agreeing our responsibilities.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  4. “The wider the leadership role provided by the Special Representative for the international effort, the greater the level of delegation by agencies to senior management in the field and the better aligned agency support is to the demand of those officials. The more funding for United Nations agencies that is programmed through the office of the Special Representative, the more likely we are to achieve the levels of coherence, coordination and effectiveness we seek. The World Bank is ready to consider more formal roles within the specialized missions, including staff secondments or better integration of conventional aid coordination mechanisms.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  5. “We therefore endorse the proposal that the integration steering group explore the development of mutual accountability measures at the country level. We hope that those efforts will encourage greater acknowledgement by other international actors that aid effectiveness is born of coherency, coordination and joint mechanisms for funding and implementation. While Government leadership is a critical ingredient in guiding post-conflict recovery and reconstruction efforts, so too is the ability of the international community to coordinate its response. In most post-conflict situations, it is the office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General that offers the key to that coordination.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  6. “But the United Nations and the Bank are only elements of a wider set of agencies that work to assist countries recovering from conflict. Last year, the European Commission, the United Nations Development Group and the Bank issued a joint declaration on how they will provide assistance and support in post-crisis situations and plan recovery efforts. Greater coherence requires strengthening other partnerships as well, particularly with regional and bilateral political, security and development organizations. The demand for speed and effectiveness dictates that international cooperation is centred and anchored in the field at the country level. Context matters, and time and directives from the centre may fail to capture the realities of a dynamic post-conflict environment.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  7. “The report refers to the agreements signed last year between the Secretary-General and the President of the World Bank to strengthen our partnerships in post-crisis situations. That is supported by a fiduciary principles accord that has now been signed with 11 United Nations agencies to facilitate the timely transfer of financial resources under trust funds administered either by the World Bank or the United Nations Development Group, when that is appropriate in the country context. We see synergies and complementarities in the operation of the World Bank's State- and Peace- building Fund and the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund. Both instruments provide predictable, adaptive and responsive financing mechanisms specifically tailored to meet the needs of countries emerging from conflict.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  8. “Fourth is to sequence reforms for economic stability with political cycles, to avoid triggering governance crises that will make economic reform impossible. And fifth is to reduce the administrative burden that donors impose on weak States by aggregating projects into national programmes and pooling finance through trust funds. Finally, we need to recognize and manage risks, not only the risks that money will be misappropriated but also the risk that peace fails because we are too bureaucratic and too slow. There are ways to manage risks in high-corruption environments, including by contracting fiduciary agents and giving voice to citizens. But we need to recognize that things will go wrong and deal with problems quickly and decisively.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  9. “Experience has shown us that aid is most effective and most supportive of State-building when it is provided under national leadership and through country systems. In the context of peacebuilding, how do we increase our effectiveness? Effectiveness is often as much about how foreign assistance is provided as it is about the volume of that aid. Experience suggests some guidelines for effectiveness. First is to tailor our assistance to the country context. Second is to avoid taking a linear approach to our response, as support for State-building needs to take place during the peacekeeping phase, not only after it. Third is to develop institutions and policies and the preparation of investment in parallel with peacebuilding.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  10. “Secondly, they should provide some short-term results, preferably consistent with mid-term priorities and, at the same time, should lay the basis for sustainable development, growth and employment. Thirdly, they should aim to strengthen the legitimate authority of the State by enabling it to set and enforce rules and laws, manage its budget, deliver services effectively and embody national traditions and values. Fourthly, priorities should not aim to replace the State but to be its facilitator and enabler. And fifthly, they should consider an exit strategy, namely, how to transfer responsibility to the legitimate State as early as possible. The Paris Declaration and the Accra Agenda for Action articulate a framework for delivering aid.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  11. “Often we will find that the highest priorities are personal security, justice and the ending of impunity, not the easier public services that the international community can readily provide. There is also a need for clear and agreed priorities around which recovery efforts can coalesce. But the inevitable challenge remains: how can priorities be set when everything seems to be a priority? We support the recommendations of the report for more effective planning based on a post-conflict needs assessment. However, we would suggest the following five points when setting priorities. First, priorities should be driven by country demand, not by what we think is best or what we are able to deliver.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  12. “We support the report's efforts to resolve the inherent tensions that arise between the need for speed in responding to fragile situations and the need for compliance with a coherent strategy that is nationally owned. Such tensions often result from different perceptions of priorities by the international community and partner countries, which paradoxically may want a greater emphasis on building their institutions and sustainable development that reduces poverty. We should not forget also the demands for quality, the effectiveness of our support, and the need for financial accountability to maintain long-term, predictable financial support. The report rightly recognizes that we should seek the views of the partner countries on what they consider to be their priorities.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source

  13. “Mr. McKechnie: The President of the World Bank, Mr. Robert Zoellick, is unfortunately unable to be here today, and I wish to transmit his greetings and convey his appreciation for this important report and for inviting the World Bank to address the Council. The report of the Secretary-General on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict (8/2009/304) recognizes that the efforts of the international community immediately post-conflict have been less than fully effective. The World Bank was deeply involved in the preparation of the report. We welcome its findings. We applaud the critical leadership role that the United Nations can provide in post-conflict situations.”

    2009-07-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6165 (2009) · source