[A little bit from www.seerecon.org. Note the congratulatory last paragraph. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Donors' Conference Brussels, June 29, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- European Commission / World Bank Chairmen’s Conclusions High level officials from 42 donor countries and 25 international organizations met in Brussels June 29, 2001, for a first Donors’ Conference for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY). Participants announced funding commitments of US$1.28/€1.50 billion to support the economic recovery and transition needs of FRY. The needs of Kosovo have been treated separately. This meeting was convened by the European Commission and the World Bank in the context of their overall donor coordination responsibilities for Southeast Europe. The meeting was co-chaired by Ms. Catherine Day, Deputy Director General, European Commission, and Mr. Johannes Linn, Vice President, Europe and Central Asia Region, the World Bank. Presentations were made, on behalf of the FRY delegation, by Mr. Miroljub Labus, FRY Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Bozidar Djelic, Minister of Finance and Mr. Goran Pitic, Minister for Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic of Serbia, and Mr. Miroslav Ivanisevic, Minister of Finance, Mr. Darko Uskokovic, Minister of Economy Designate, and Mr. Ljubisa Krgovic, President of the Council of the Central Bank of the Republic of Montenegro. Participants welcomed this first full-fledged Donors’ Pledging Conference for FRY. They recognized the strong progress that has been made toward establishing and implementing an ambitious economic reform agenda by the authorities over the last six months. They also noted important progress in implementing the program of urgent needs pledged by donors at the Donor Coordination Meeting in December. They noted that a close partnership between FRY and the international community – involving decisive implementation of the reform agenda by the authorities and financial and technical assistance from donors – will be required to address FRY’s substantial economic challenges. A number of speakers noted the substantial progress that had been made by FRY since December, including membership in international financial institutions. Others stressed the importance of increased integration with European institutions, and in particular the Stabilization and Association Process. The good cooperation between the Federal Government, Serbia and Montenegro in preparing for this conference was also noted, with the hope that this pragmatic and constructive cooperation continue in the context of a well functioning single economic space. Most participants welcomed the government’s recent courageous actions regarding increased cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Many donors also expressed their conviction that cooperation with the ICTY will continue. [Hey, "most participants,"...hmmm!] STOP NOVOM SVETSKOM PORETKU ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrBE8.bVKZIq Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
