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Klein Cries for Emergency Help for Liberia

The Analyst (Monrovia)
NEWS
September 28, 2004
Posted to the web September 28, 2004

UN special representative to Liberia Jacques Klein has stressed the urgent need
to augment Liberia's infrastructure sector to revitalize the economy.
"People have been waiting for it for almost a year now and we need to deliver
in these areas. Emergency assistance to the Port of Monrovia is necessary for
jumpstarting the economy", he told World Bank officials in Washington last
week.
"A transport network is key to providing impetus to agriculture as more than
90% of the population depends on agriculture for a living; access to markets;
and free movement of goods and services. More strategically, it will facilitate
movement of people between all parts of the country and will help in exchange
of democratic ideas and consolidate peace".
In accordance with its mandate, UNMIL has continued to monitor progress made by
the transitional government to put in place mechanisms to ensure the proper
management of two key natural resources, namely diamond and timber, which are
both under United Nations sanctions.
UNMIL, along with UNDP, the United Nations Environmental Program and other
partners, has assisted the transitional government in formulating the framework
for restoring the proper management of the environment and natural resources in
Liberia.
"I am pleased to report that Liberia has recently acceded to the Basel
Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movement of hazardous Wastes and
their Disposal, as well as the Rotterdam Convention for Prior Informed Consent
Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides, as well as Convention
on Migratory Species".

   

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