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World Bank Ties Ivory Coast Debt Relief To Election
The World Bank warned Ivory Coast on Friday that further debt relief hinged on long-delayed elections taking place, and urged it to end quickly a political stalemate…. World Bank President Robert Zoellick expressed concern about any failure by the West African country to hold the elections this year…. However, Zoellick said he had been encouraged that President Laurent Gbagbo seemed to understand the importance of moving quickly to a vote….” [Reuters (1/29)/Factiva]
Xinhua adds that “…UN Ivory Coast Special Representative Choi Young-Jin met with Zoellick on Friday to discuss the latest developments in the West African country's peace process and electoral issues…. Zoellick reiterated that the World Bank would be ready, whatever the result of the election, to provide support for the establishment of a consultative group of donors for the future government….” [Xinhua (1/30)/Factiva]
AFP writes that “…the international community is upping the pressure on Ivory Coast to hold a presidential election…. The UN Security Council last week called for an election to be held by May 31, before mandates for a UN force with nearly 8,000 personnel and a French 1,800-troop deployment in the country run out…. The poll is aimed at ending a crisis that began with an attempted coup against President Laurent Gbagbo in September 2002…The election has already been delayed six times since 2005, when Gbagbo's mandate ran out….” [Agence France Presse (2/1)/Factiva]
Xinhua adds that “…UN Ivory Coast Special Representative Choi Young-Jin met with Zoellick on Friday to discuss the latest developments in the West African country's peace process and electoral issues…. Zoellick reiterated that the World Bank would be ready, whatever the result of the election, to provide support for the establishment of a consultative group of donors for the future government….” [Xinhua (1/30)/Factiva]
AFP writes that “…the international community is upping the pressure on Ivory Coast to hold a presidential election…. The UN Security Council last week called for an election to be held by May 31, before mandates for a UN force with nearly 8,000 personnel and a French 1,800-troop deployment in the country run out…. The poll is aimed at ending a crisis that began with an attempted coup against President Laurent Gbagbo in September 2002…The election has already been delayed six times since 2005, when Gbagbo's mandate ran out….” [Agence France Presse (2/1)/Factiva]
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