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On
Zimbabwe, ICP
Asks IMF of
Arrears, If
Any Program,
UN of UNrest,
#ThisFlag
By Matthew
Russell Lee
WASHINGTON,
July 28 --
When the
International
Monetary Fund
held its
biweekly
briefing on
July 28, Inner
City Press
asked
questions
including on
Zimbabwe, to
Deputy
Spokesperson
William
Murray, as
transcribed by
the IMF:
"This is from
Matthew Lee.
It’s a
question on
Zimbabwe.
Matthew Lee
from Inner
City Press.
'On Zimbabwe
with the U.K.
saying it
would veto any
IMF program,
what is the
status of the
IMF’s program
and
discussions
with
Zimbabwe?'
Thanks,
Matthew, for
that question.
I think some
of this will
sound familiar
to many of
you, but let
me comment.
"There is no
financing
program under
discussion
with Zimbabwe
at this point;
however, the
authorities
have announced
a plan to
clear their
arrears with
the IMF and
other
international
financial
institutions
as part of
their
re-engagement
with the
international
community.
Once the
arrears are
cleared and
the IMF
Executive
Board approves
the
normalization
of relations
with Zimbabwe,
the
authorities
request for a
financing
program could
then be
considered.
Beyond that, I
don’t really
have any
guidance in
terms of
timing or when
a program
would be
possible or
likely."
At the UN on
July 27, Inner
City Press
asked
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
spokesman
Farhan Haq, Vine here, UN
transcript
here:
Inner City
Press: there
is quite a bit
of turmoil in
Zimbabwe and
many people
have written
open letters,
and I don't
know if they
have written
direct letters
to the UN, I
wanted to
know, DPA
[Department of
Political
Affairs] or
any portion of
the UN, have
they… are they
aware of this
increasing…
well, This
Flag, unrest
and does the
UN see any
role for
itself through
DPA or its
country team
in trying to
maintain peace
and security
and democracy
in the
country?
Deputy
Spokesman:
We are aware
of the recent
reports in
Zimbabwe.
We are
monitoring the
situation.
This is not
something in
which the UN
has been
directly
involved.
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