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  1. “I am delighted that the World Bank has been working well with the United Nations and other development partners and remains committed to sustaining those partnerships for the benefit of the Great Lakes region.”

    2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source

  2. “The World Bank remains committed to working with the Governments involved to ensure that those projects are effectively implemented so that the benefits flow in full for the people of the region, thus creating a path to a virtuous cycle between development benefits that help to further enhance the region's peace and security objectives. Finally, the Framework Agreement recognizes specific roles for the national Governments and the international community. Each has a role to play. In addition to what is stated under the Framework, all of us - countries, bilaterals and multilateral partners - have a responsibility to act in a coordinated manner.”

    2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source

  3. “Over time, those projects will help to tap into regional power-generation opportunities, providing an additional 250 megawatts of power, and will facilitate secure and higher incomes for nearly 100,000 trading communities and small-time traders who currently sustain life through insecure cross-border trading. The projects will help to alleviate the misery of thousands of women who have been sexually abused as a result of the conflict and of people who have suffered the grim consequences of forced displacement. Those are difficult areas to tackle in any country, and more so in places with weak capacity and uncertain security environments.”

    2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source

  4. “We emphasize to national and international partners that ensuring peace and stability is an urgent need for the region, for only then can its people reap the full benefits of development cooperation. Secondly, in 2013 the President of the World Bank and the Secretary-General visited the region, and their message was very clear: the international community is committing development resources to support the objectives of the Framework Agreement. The World Bank Group had committed to providing $1.2 billion in additional resources for regional solutions in the Great Lakes. Today, I am pleased to report that we are well advanced in approving regional projects for the full amount.”

    2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source

  5. “As we all know, the drivers of that conflict are deep- seated - weak institutions, a lack of access to basic services and economic opportunity, an uncertain security situation and ethnic divisions, all compounded by rapid population growth and competition over natural resources. We continue to see examples in the Great Lakes of how a lack of peace and stability plays through very quickly in terms of macroeconomic instability, rising fiscal deficits and reduced investor appetite, which further fuel the lack of jobs and access to basic services. As a development institution, the World Bank is acutely aware that peace and stability are essential prerequisites for our support to the region, which is aimed at reducing poverty and expanding opportunities.”

    2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source

  6. “Mr. Pillai: It is an honour to be in the Security Council today for this important meeting on the Great Lakes region, and I thank the Angolan presidency for organizing it. It has been three years since 11 nations signed the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework Agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region. Since then, there has been progress but, as speakers before me have highlighted, significant challenges remain. Today's meeting is a good opportunity to renew international support for delivering on the fine principles and commitments laid out in the Framework Agreement. On behalf of the World Bank, I would like to make three points. First, the Great Lakes region presents a stark example of the economic and human costs of conflict.”

    2016-03-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7653 (2016) · source