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Tsikata

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2009-04-06
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2009-04-06
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  1. “As President Bob Zoellick noted during his visit to Haiti last October, MINUSTAH's success in stabilizing the situation must be accompanied by economic development gains, with strong bilateral and multilateral support. The upcoming donor conference, to be hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington on 14 April, offers an important opportunity for such international support and for the international community to demonstrate concretely its support for the Government and people of Haiti. We urge strong, consistent and comprehensive support through the donor conference.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  2. “We continue to work closely with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development on food and agriculture issues following our joint mission last year after the food crisis. Finally, we supported the Government of Haiti through a joint mission with the United Nations and the European Union on the post-damage needs assessment following the four tropical storms and hurricanes. As noted by other speakers, the devastation arising from those natural disasters was unprecedented. The situation is compounded by the global financial crisis, working primarily through the channel of remittances. At the same time, there are opportunities for Haiti right now.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  3. “The first is a joint initiative between the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and the World Bank to rehabilitate infrastructure in the volatile Martissant neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince. We also have a strong partnership with the World Food Programme in the area of reducing malnutrition. We have held a number of joint missions and are working with other partners, such as UNICEF, the Pan- American Health Organization, the Inter-American Development Bank and the United States Agency for International Development. As a result of those meetings, participants and agencies have identified several specific actions for the coming months.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  4. “They will focus on three main sectors: the financial markets, where they will look at trade financing, microfinance lending and small and medium-sized enterprises; manufacturing; and infrastructure. They will also provide technical assistance looking at business skills for small and medium-sized enterprises, free trade zones, investment promotion and improving the Doing Business indicators. With respect to collaboration with the United Nations, we have worked closely with the United Nations and with other development partners in Haiti, both at the level of general donor coordination and at the specific level of individual projects that we partner on. I would like to mention four specific examples with respect to the United Nations.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  5. “Even while we prepare the strategy, we have provided support to respond to the extraordinarily devastating impact of the tropical storms and hurricanes of this past August. Specifically, we have prepared and had approved a $20 million emergency bridge reconstruction and vulnerability project, $5 million in additional financing for emergency school reconstruction and an additional $5 million for rural drinking water supply and sanitation. Our private sector wing, the International Finance Corporation, which has previously made investments totalling over $50 million in Haiti, will foster private sector development through both direct lending and technical assistance.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  6. “Specifically, IDA approvals for the year increased to $39 million, through four projects in the areas of emergency recovery, teacher training, urban community development and budget support and response to the food crisis. Looking forward, we are currently in the process of preparing a new country assistance strategy for the period 2009 to 2012, and this will go to our Board in June. The proposed strategy has three areas of focus: first, promoting growth and local development; secondly, investing in human capital; and thirdly, reducing vulnerability to disasters. Cutting across the strategy is a two-pronged approach, combining longer- term institution-building with support for the Government in the delivery of quick, visible results.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  7. “This interim strategy is based on twin pillars, which touch on many of the issues that speakers have alluded to: first, delivering hope to the population by helping the Government deliver quick wins in basic service provision and job creation; and secondly, restoring credibility to Haitian institutions by deepening reforms that promote long-term good governance and institutional development. The interim strategy envisioned a $68 million programme of five International Development Association (IDA) grants for 2007, which were all approved as planned, in the areas of electricity, economic governance, rural water and sanitation, education and disaster risk reduction. In 2008, the World Bank increased its support beyond the projections of the strategy by a factor of three, in response to the food and climatic shocks.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source

  8. “Ms. Tsikata: I thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to participate in this debate on Haiti. I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Annabi, for his comprehensive briefing on the security situation in Haiti. As requested, I will briefly outline the World Bank's programme in Haiti and will also touch on our collaboration with the United Nations system. The World Bank Group's current engagement with Haiti is governed by an interim strategy for 2007 and 2008.”

    2009-04-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6101 (2009) · source