The Sudan Consortium provides a forum to annually review progress in implementing the social and economic aspects of Sudan’s 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The Consortium is jointly chaired by the Sudan Government of National Unity (GoNU) and the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS), and organized by the UN and the World Bank. In 2007 the Consortium met in Khartoum and Juba, and in 2006 the Consortium met in Paris.
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The Joint Donor Team present their assesment of the MDTF
HE Vice President Taha addresses the Sudan Consortium
World Bank MDTF-Coordinator Shamima Khan presents results under the MDTFs
WB Vice President Africa Region Obiageli k. Ezekwesili addresses the Sudan Consortium
UN Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro addresses the Sudan Consortium
The Government of Norway hosted the third meeting of the Sudan Consortium, which convened in Oslo on May 6 and 7 2008, with pre-meetings on May 5. The Sudanese delegation was lead by the Vice President of the Republic of Sudan, HE Ali Osman Taha. A total of 45 international delegations representing donor countries, international organizations and civil society participated at the meeting.
The 2008 meeting of the Consortium represents the mid-point of the six-year Interim Period since the 2005 signing of the CPA. The Consortium reviewed the progress in the implementation of the CPA and Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) commitments to date (2005 -2007); and agreed on the recovery and development priorities for the second half of the CPA period (2008 – 2011).
At the meeting, donors pledged about USD 4.8 billion in total support to humanitarian, recovery and development efforts in the whole of Sudan, for the period 2008-2011. Part of the funds for development efforts 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.
While acknowledging the progress made over the past three years, the Consortium recognized the many challenges ahead, in the last half of the interim period. These challenges are amongst others to fully implement the CPA, carry out major recovery and development projects, and, ultimately, help those in Sudan who suffered most from conflict and poverty benefit from the peace. The Consortium agreed that for these challenges to be met, peace and development must go in hand in hand.
For more details on the discussions at and outcome of the third Sudan Consortium, refer to the joint World Bank and UN Summary of proceedings, and the statements and presentations given at the meeting.
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