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Cape Verde (1) -- News -- 2010
Cape Verde supports multilaterism in combating orgainsed crime
10.01.2010
Multilateralism, with a revitalised United Nations playing the pivotal role, is vital for combating a host of ills threatening West African countries, such as drugs, arms and human trafficking, organised crime and terrorism, Cape Verde said today.
“In this context in which states and democratic processes are threatened by factors from outside, multilateralism is an indispensable protection and essential resource,” Cape Verde Delegation Chairman Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima told the General Assembly on the sixth day of its 64th annual General Debate.
“Within this framework the UN remains the central element as the collective conscience of the community of nations, devoted to coordinating our common action, favouring consensual and federative solutions.
“The revitalisation of the United Nations system thus seems a necessity of our time, allowing for the participation of all at the expense of unilateralism, consolidating its effectiveness in favour of common interests and obtaining solutions that respond to the aspirations of the most vulnerable and of present and future generations,” he urged.
He said Cape Verde and other West African States are confronting organised crime, “which in our regions is finding fertile ground for its criminal investments due to the fragility of our economies and the vulnerability of our emerging democracies and generally the weak response capacity of our States in the face of this wholesale threat.”
He cited support already being given by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to help the region coordinate its efforts to confront “this tremendous challenge.”
Mr Monteiro Lima said Cape Verde was already making its contribution to a strengthened UN by being one of the eight pilot countries for the “Delivering as One” project aiming at a single programme, single budget, single office and single leader for all the UN agencies, funds and programmes. This pilot project is “on the path to success,” he added.
Cape Verde (1) -- Analyses -- 2010
Cape Verde announces new measures to combat economic crisis
10.01.2010
The government of Cape Verde has promised to reduce the cost of short deeds by 20 percent and to eliminate fees to help the local companies cope with the current economic crisis.
According to the Cape Verdean Prime Minister, Jose Maria Neves, the executive also intends to ease the business negotiations related to the real estate.
"At this point, we have about 4.0 billion escudos (about 36.2 million euros) of which we are going to establish partnerships with business and delaying the pay period of the land," he said.
Real estate for tourism sector is the most affected so far by the crisis. The Government is currently negotiating with banks to offer credit to support the industry.
Negotiations are ongoing with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Bank for Investment and Development of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), he said.
Other initiatives planned by the Cape Verdean government in promoting business are mainly the creation of a national system of quality and certification, legislation framework for exports and a series of changes in taxation.
In turn, Prime Minister Neves also met with representatives of business associations, trade unions, local authorities and civil society organisations to establish an agreement on how to cope with the crisis in the country, whose economy is almost totally dependent from outside.
Facilitating access to credit was one of the points discussed during the meeting and the need to find mechanisms to promote the creation and development of small and medium enterprises in Cape Verde.
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