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15. Stresses the need for the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to address
expeditiously the special needs of poor post-conflict countries in close cooperation with all relevant parts
of the United Nations system, and, in this context, welcomes the decision of the Executive Board of the
International Monetary Fund to add a degree of flexibility in its evaluation of track records of policy
performance for countries receiving post-conflict assistance;
16. Also stresses the urgent need for effective mobilization of additional financial resources for the
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative from both bilateral and multilateral creditors without
affecting the support required for other development activities of developing countries, and, in this regard,
expresses its appreciation for contributions made by some bilateral donors to the Heavily Indebted Poor
Countries Trust Fund of the World Bank and the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility/Heavily
Indebted Poor Countries Trust Fund of the International Monetary Fund, urges other bilateral donors and
invites other international financial institutions that have not yet finalized mechanisms for participation
in the Initiative to do so as soon as possible, and calls upon bilateral and multilateral donors to contribute
to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Trust Fund to help the African Development Bank meet its share
of Initiative costs;
17. Calls upon the industrialized countries that have not yet contributed to the Enhanced Structural
Adjustment Facility/Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Trust Fund to come forward immediately with their
contributions;
18. Stresses the importance of implementing the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative
flexibly, including shortening the interval between the decision and completion points, taking due account
of the policy performance of the countries concerned, in a transparent manner and with the full
involvement of the debtor countries;
19. Also stresses the importance of increased flexibility with regard to Heavily Indebted Poor
Countries Debt Initiative eligibility criteria, including continuously evaluating and actively monitoring the
implications of the existing terms of the eligibility criteria so as to ensure sufficient coverage of heavily
indebted poor countries, increased flexibility being, in this context, particularly important for known
borderline cases and countries in post-conflict situations, in respect of, inter alia, avoiding delays in the
establishment of a track record of economic performance caused by temporary setbacks due to external
shocks, in order to help them to exit from the rescheduling process and from unsustainable debt burdens;
20. Underlines the importance of the transparency and involvement of debtor countries in any review
and analysis that is conducted during the adjustment period;
21. Welcomes the implementation since 1994 by the Paris Club of the Naples terms, as well as the
decision to go beyond the Naples terms to provide debt reduction for eligible countries, in particular the
poorest and most heavily indebted countries, and invites all other bilateral, multilateral and commercial
creditors to make an appropriate and consistent contribution to the common objective of debt
sustainability;
22. Encourages the international creditor community to consider appropriate measures in cases with
a very high level of debt overhang, including, where appropriate, debt conversion measures for the low
income countries in Africa, in particular the poorest among them, in order to make an appropriate and
consistent contribution to the common objective of debt sustainability;
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