Donor countries pledge 4.8 billion dollars for recovery, development and peace projects in Sudan
Oslo, May 7 (SUNA) - The donor countries have pledged 4.8 billion dollars for the recovery, development and peace projects in Sudan for the period 2008-2011. Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, addressing the concluding session of the two-day donors conference on Sudan Wednesday in Oslo, affirmed the government commitment to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and resolving the outstanding issues and implementing rehabilitation and development projects, specially the joint projects between the north and the south to consolidate national unity as well as speeding up efforts for solving Darfur problem. Minister of International Cooperation Dr. Al-Tegani Salih Fedail appreciated in a statement to SUNA the pledges of the donors, saying they would support the efforts of reconstruction and development in the north and the south to consolidate peace. A press statement issued at the end of the conference said the donor countries pledged US$4.8 billion for Sudan for the period 2008-2011 at the end of a two-day meeting in Oslo, which was attended by 45 countries and institutions. The statement said organized by the Government of National Unity, the Government of Southern Sudan, the United Nations and the World Bank, participants discussed the efforts to support the peace agreement that ended the civil war in Sudan in 2005. The conference helped Sudan government officials and representatives of the international community further strengthen their partnership to implement the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the statement said. 'The Sudanese people need to see the dividends of peace' said UN Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro while addressing the Consortium. The Sudan Consortium welcomed the progress achieved under the CPA since 2005, including the recent census and the introduction of the new national currency. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President of the Africa Region in the World Bank Group said Real partnership from the international community is necessary, but only the Sudanese themselves can realize the potential of the country. The statement said the $4.8 billion pledged by international donors at the Sudan Consortium will support humanitarian, recovery and development efforts in the whole of Sudan for the period 2008 to 2011. Part of the development funds will be channeled through two complementary mechanisms - the Multi Donor Trust Funds administrated by the World Bank which will receive an estimated US$650 million; and the newly created Sudan Recovery Fund managed by the UN. Prior to the two-day Consortium, officials from the Government of National Unity and Government of Southern Sudan met with representatives of the international donor community in a closed session to discuss how to address the situation in Darfur. BT/BT
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