On
Rwanda, IMF
Tells ICP It
Studies
M23-Related
Delay in Aid
Until Next
Week
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 4 --
For at least
three weeks
Inner City
Press has
asked the IMF
"On Rwanda,
does the
cutting of aid
based on
alleged
support of M23
rebels in DRC
have any
impact on IMF
analysis of or
programs in
the country?"
Finally
as
the last
question at
the IMF's
October 4
media briefing
spokesman
Gerry Rice
took the
question. He
replied, "An
IMF mission is
in Rwanda...
Delays in aid
disbursement
is one of the
issues the
mission is
looking into.
We expect the
mission to
complete its
work early
next week and
we will issue
a press
release at
that time."
At the
UN, there was
a flurry of
activity on
the Democratic
Republic of
Congo and its
neighbor,
Rwanda in
September but
as noted the
topic is not
even listed on
the agenda of
the Security
Council for
October.
After
last week's
closed-door
mini summit on
the topic at
the UN, Inner
City Press was
told that the
most vocal in
pushing
sanctions
against Rwanda
was Belgium,
for the
allegations of
support to the
M23 mutineers
made in the UN
report
coordinated by
Steve
Hege, whose
2009 writings
about the FDLR
and Rwanda
have yet to be
explained
(they were
taken off the
Internet
after Inner
City Press
linked to
them).
On
Tuesday Inner
City Press
asked income
Security
Council
president Gert
Rosenthal of
Guatemala why
DRC is not on
the agenda, is
it just on
hold? Video
here, from
Minute 22:48.
Rosenthal
told
Inner City
Press that on
"Eastern DRC,
the Security
Council has
been waiting
for some type
of agreement
among the
Great Lake
governments,
so far it has
not come
forth."
Referring
to
Inner City
Press'
question he
said, "the way
you put it,
the topic
being on hold,
is an accurate
reflection of
where we are
right now. The
situation is
not good, and
that is the
reason we are
reminding
ourselves in
the footnote
that the topic
may come to us
this month,
though not
specifically
scheduled."
Watch this
site.
From
the
IMF's October
4, 2012
transcript:
There
is another
question on
Rwanda, "Does
the cutting of
aid based on
alleged
support of
rebels in DRC
have any
impact on IMF
analysis or
of programs in
the country?"
I can say an
IMF mission is
in
Rwanda to
conduct a
fifth review
under the
Policy Support
Instrument
and the
discussions
for the 2012
Article IV
consultation.
To answer
Matthew
directly,
delays in aid
disbursements
is one of the
issues
the mission is
looking into.
We expect the
mission to
complete its
work early
next week and
we'll issue a
press release
at that time.
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