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Donor Support – 1999

Immediately following the signing of the Lomé Agreement, UN General Secretary Annan recommended that the UN encourage donor countries to make contributions towards the reconstruction of war ravaged Sierra Leone.¹

Sierra Leone received international support for the DDR program. Funding for the program, which was led by the World Bank, was expected to cost $33 million. The DDR was financed by a Trust Fund set up by the World Bank in agreement with donor countries.² Support from the international community for reconstruction and rehabilitation in Sierra Leone was very minimal in comparison to donorsÕ one billion dollar support for Rwandan refugee camps.³

1. “UN calls for concerted efforts to re-build Sierra Leone,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, July 10, 1999.
2. “Sierra Leone; Sierra Leone Fact Sheet #1,” Africa News, October 7, 1999.
3. “Pay up to keep the peace; Sierra Leone badly needs foreign help to recover from its civil war,” The Guardian (London), October 11, 1999.