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  1. “We will offer assistance on anti- corruption strategies, so vital for a sound public sector environment. We will work with the central fiscal authority in improving budgetary processes, and we would like to see the Trust Fund for East Timor involved in a mechanism to support a more integrated and sustainable budget for the new Government. In the coming months, we will be discussing options in this regard with the Timorese, UNTAET, the United Nations and, most importantly, the donors to the Trust Fund for East Timor, whom I sincerely thank for their support over the last month and on whom I call for support for the month ahead. I wish to thank you once again, Mr. President, for providing us with this unique opportunity to address the Security Council.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  2. “To get the link between economic development and political transition right, synchronization is the key challenge for all players around this table and in the international community. We should work together with the Timorese leadership and with UNTAET and our colleagues in the International Monetary Fund to ensure that an appropriate economic stimulus is applied before the transition and to strengthen budget allocations to social services and core economic infrastructures. The coming month will be challenging, and we in the World Bank stand ready to help in every way we can. In addition to our continuing support, along with other donors to the Trust Fund for East Timor, we will offer assistance for a fiscally sustainable civil service, wages and structures.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  3. “It is also critical because the withdrawal of many international personnel in the months to come will cause some job loss in public agencies and in the urban service sector. We should take this seriously not only because of the hardships for the individuals, but also because of the links between security and economic development. More jobs, higher agricultural output, a strong private sector and a functioning public infrastructure will all help to ensure a stable political transition. It will show the population that they gain in an independent East T imor. On the downside, unemployment and a crumbling infrastructure, in contrast, will act to destabilize the political transition.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  4. “Respecting the wish of the East Timorese leadership to inherit a lean State is key in this period. We must particularly take care to avoid undertaking unsustainable capital projects which cannot be maintained by the State in the future. We need to focus on a clear set of Government functions, and agencies should be appropriate to its development state. We should not replicate the situation of the proliferation of agencies, as in many richer and more developed countries. Economic independence applies to individuals as well as to the State. When I go to the districts of East Timor, East Timorese people from every walk of life tell me that they do not want dependence on aid. They want a chance to work, to start small businesses, to sell their agricultural products. Private-sector recovery is critical.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  5. “East Timor's independence will need to be based on sound fiscal management that balances revenues and expenditures for long-term sustainable development. Its central fiscal authority and its national planning and development agencies are the key drivers through which future support should be channelled to achieve sustainability. This was the message of the donors meeting in Brussels. Cooperation between the United Nations, the national leadership, the Bretton Woods institutions and bilateral donors is based on this recognition. We need to integrate political, administrative and economic planning even more closely than was the case after the ballot. East Timor needs a capable State, and it needs a sustainable set of financial and public management frameworks.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  6. “It is crucial for the success of the first independent Timorese Government that it inherit an administration with efficient systems, capable human resources, clear roles and lines of accountability, an administration free of corruption and undue political interference. The Timorese therefore must already participate fully in the interim administration between now and independence to ensure that the State being built is the same one they want for the future. A smooth administrative hand-over will require concerted effort in recruitment and institutional and human capacity-building over the coming months, as well as good advance planning for post-independence technical assistance. We need to recognize that true independence is not only political, but also economic.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  7. “Everyone needs to understand the path being taken. Finally- and Sergio Vieira de Mello has already alluded to this - the plan will need strong management monitoring to turn papers into results on the ground. The area of administration, as previous speakers have pointed out, will be crucial to the transition. In an environment of devastated infrastructure and communications and with the total collapse of the State, the establishment of government functions has taken more time than expected. This has involved critical bottlenecks in procurement and recruitment, bottlenecks that are about to be overcome. UNTAET and the emerging East Timorese administration needed some time to develop a way to work jointly and to overcome difficult legal and organizational issues to improve effectiveness.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  8. “The UNTAET-World Bank process donor meeting document outlines some strategy elements, but much more work is needed to identify and to time out other critical steps. These details will need to be developed in the coming weeks, but I believe we can already distinguish some key characteristics ofthat plan. The plan needs to be in place as soon as possible to enable mobilization of the right resources. It needs to focus on a small number of key objectives, not to try to cover everything under the sun. It needs to be a collaborative effort with the participation of all the development partners. It needs to be driven by the East Timorese and supported by the international community. It needs to be widely disseminated and discussed among Timorese and international Government staff, the Timorese population and the development partners.”

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  9. “This review will start in a few days, and I am sure it will provide valuable lessons that we will discuss at the next donors meeting at Canberra in June, as Sergio Vieira de Mello mentioned. Let me point to some of these preliminary lessons that we see as critical, and let me try to give some answers to the question before you today. I think that first we need to develop a clear and structured plan for the transition and the post-independence mandate. The past year has seen rapid fire-fighting and reactions to a crisis situation. This was - and let me be very clear about it - the right thing to do, given the enormity of the challenge that faced the Timorese and their international partners in September 1999 and thereafter. Now we need to take on a longer-term view.”

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  10. “With all the success there have been social and political tensions. Reconstruction and restitution of Government services have not always met the expectations of the population; they have not always met with the impatience of the population. Sometimes the East Timorese themselves have not always felt the degree of ownership of the process that is needed for the transition to be successful. Let us build on our experience. Let us grasp the opportunity to improve. In the Bank we are reviewing our support processes. We want to see where improvements can be made, and we will be working with UNTAET and the East Timorese and drawing lessons that can be fed into both current operations and the planning of post- independence support.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  11. “But we also owe a lot to Sergio Vieira de Mello, working on behalf of the United Nations, and to the cooperation of the international donor community and our colleagues in international financial institutions and United Nations agencies. Again, I would like to put on record our deep appreciation for this. I think this process, which started with our joint assessment mission in October 1999, has proved that there is a great spirit of cooperation among the Timorese people, international participants and the international organizations. Yes, we have achieved a lot. The process in East Timor was, by historic standards, a very good one. We are on the road to success. But we can improve, and we should improve. We should take on the lessons of the last 18 months to be even better on the road to independence.”

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  12. “Most importantly, the country has a high degree of internal security and there are particularly good relations between the international peacekeeping force and the population. I pay tribute to the work of the peacekeeping force and its predecessor, the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET), in this regard. We have succeeded in restoring core Government services. We have started long-term reconstruction programmes, and that more quickly than in any other post-conflict situation that we have witnessed in the past. For this we owe most to the East Timorese leadership and the East Timorese people and their commitment to build a new nation.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  13. “We have been involved in working with the East Timorese and their leadership and the United Nations Secretariat on economic issues since before the ballot. As a matter of fact, we started working with them as early as February 1999. We were there immediately after the violence. Many members know that resolution 1272 (1999) was approved by the Council on 25 October 1999, and we were out there with our joint assessment mission on 26 October 1999. We have followed the transition process and have worked closely with the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and the East Timorese ever since. I think it is fair to say that the transitional process in East Timor has seen many successes.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source

  14. “Mr. Rohland: I am very pleased to have this opportunity to address the Security Council. On behalf of the World Bank, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the President of the Security Council for our invitation to this important meeting. I would also like to put on record our appreciation for the report of the Secretary-General, the briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the valuable analysis just provided by the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. The United Nations and the Secretary-General have shaped the historic process that we are about to witness and shown the way into East Timor's future as an independent, sovereign nation. The Bank pays tribute to this important historic undertaking. East Timor is also very special to the World Bank.”

    2001-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4265 (2001) · source