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UN: MIGIRO
SPOTLIGHTS CRUCIAL ROLE OF PEACEBUILDING
FUND IN CONSOLIDATING STABILITY:
06/9/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
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UNITED
NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@
U.N./ - 06
September 2007 –
Deputy
Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today stressed
the central role played by the multimillion dollar
Peacebuilding Fund in helping countries emerging
from conflict from sliding back into war.
“The
UN’s own experiences show that roughly half of all
countries that emerge from war lapse back into
violence within five years,” Ms. Migiro told the
Peacebuilding Fund Advisory Group, which held its
first-ever meeting at UN Headquarters. “The new
peacebuilding structures are designed to address this
dismal reality, and to more effectively support
countries in the transition from war to lasting peace.”
The
Fund, which was launched last year, is a multi-year
standing trust fund that has an initial funding target
of $250 million and so far has collected deposits
worth $143.8 million from donor countries.
It
has approved grants of more than $46 million to 19
projects in Burundi and Sierra Leone, the two
countries currently under consideration by the
Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), and also $700,000 in
emergency funding to support dialogue between opposing
forces in divided Côte d’Ivoire.
Ms.
Migiro pointed out that the Fund can support nations
not being considered by the Commission and also
disburse resources in emergency situations.
However,
she noted that the Fund alone cannot solve all
problems faced by post-conflict nations and ensure
peace and stability. “That is why the Fund is
intended as a catalyst – to ‘kick-start’
critical peacebuilding interventions – such as the
reintegration of demobilized soldiers, or critical
security sector reform initiatives. Long-term funding
must still come from multilateral and bilateral
supporters,” she stressed.
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