Announcement of First Meeting of Consultative Group for Somalia on October 28, 1983

--- . / rur:ss Rf;Ll!:ASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBUCA'l"lON October 28, 1983 FIRST M£ET!NG Of cm~SUI.TATIVE GRO!JP FOR SOMALIA . At the reque:-;t of the Government of the SClmal 1 ~mcicrat.ic Hepublic, the ~orld Bank f"l'med a rons11Hative Croup for Soroalie. The Conault.at1ve Group met for th~ firat t..ime on OCtober 26 1 27 and 28 1 1983 !n P.1rits. The meetin.s w~s chaired t:ly Hr. Willi A. Wapenhana 1 Vlce Preoidant, ~aot.orn Afrlca Ro,gion, World &\nk. Tt1e delegntion from Somalia wai, headed by t.lle M1n1.ut.tH' of Finance, I-U6 Excellency Dr. Abdulluh1 Ahmo<l Mdou 1 and included ll1::s l!:xcellency Mr, Ahmed A. Hal:.iib, Minlat.ur of JuLa Vu.lley Ct1vt1lup11wut. 1 11.E. M,~. M11f1,1n1 111ud Jama, Governor of tl'1e Central Oank, liiB Excol1oncy Dr. Mohmn,Hu.t ,\udl Nur. Vlf'-' M1n~et:er or Pg:rtcullure, Hr'. H1..u:~fJ<11n l::laboti ~'.1hie I tho D1rec:t.or GtilWY'ul of t lit, Minint.ry of National Planning and other &ot,ior c,fficielll of t,he Somali Govetn1ni:n1 . . Representatives of' l'/ co1..1ntrtett nnd 1nat.tt.1..1t,ion~ attended l.llc mt!ct. frig. france, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Uniteu Kin&drnn, lhG UnU..eu St.ul.eu, t.ha African Development Dank, t.he J.rab Fund for Ecc1n<:im1c and .SUcta l Oevt.liupmolllt., the Arab Monetary Fund, the f!uropean ~conomic Cummunity ,. the lnt.ern&t1unul r .,•iJ f<;r Agricultural Development, the Int,ernational Monetary fund, tne 1Blar.\1c 00velopmont l'.ank, t.he SuuiH fund for Oovelopment, thci, Uni tea Nat.1ontt lXlve lopment Programme, t.t1e Uni t..ed Nat1ona High Comm1rsoionor for Rtlfug~t!o and the World food PrQ6ramroe attended t.he w.eet1n.go a!' momb~re of the Consullatlv~ Group. Canada, the Development AB111a.tance Cutlltlllt.iee of the Orgnr.izat10n fur Economic Cooporat.ion and Development. , Eaypt, f'1nland and the Net.her'lc:mdu alt.ended UB obaervere. f  -- ;: ./ .> • - 3 - Delegate~ heard a report fr om n eeparot e technical moe t..lng hold t.o rev le w t,li,; rlovelopment prospect s of t.he Juba Va lley. The l"at.1ona l explr.1tf.at.1on c.,f u,~ i''!nc,urce:t of the Valley \JaB recognized a a an import.ant. priority for tt,o long-t ,.w 111 t1t,,11orn1c dev e lopment, of Somalia. The Croup agreed to ct1tal>l1Bh ;1 St.t:er!ng li,"'tnlttee on Juba Valley flevdopment to :rnpporl.. further :.il.ud 1eH Lo detern1ine Ii,; moat eooncmic11l sequence of development.. of t.he land tmd water· resource:., ,,t' t.he Juba Valley, incl Lid 1ng Bnrdheert:. Participant.a expr e 1::11::1t':Hl t.he1r inl.ent.1011 t.1.1 3Uppurt.. the Govcrrnncnl. ·~ i;iff'o, ·I :i fli; Jfchti nnd prc.,grunm t llro~~li t.echnlr.ul arid t'inanclal ,Wll l1::1l.anco. It waa agreed that. t.he ConauHat.1 ve G•·oup will meet again 1 n auout, one Yo11 r or ao.