Detailed Implementation Timeline – 2003

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Except for the establishment of the NTGL and the initiation of the DDRR process, the implementation of many of the provisions in the accord was delayed, and did not meet the initial timeline as agreed upon in Annex 3 of the agreement.

Donor Support – 2007

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Liberia’s Partner Forum or donor conference was hosted in the US on 13-14 February 2007. The conference was co-hosted by the World Bank, the United Nations, the Government of the United States, and the European Commission.1 In the conference the U.S. offered to forgive about $391 million of Liberia’s debt in order to help the country recover from its 14-year civil war.2

Donor Support – 2006

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A donor conference took place on 12 July 2006. In this conference, Liberia’s Planning and Economic Minister disclosed that 1.1 Billion USD had been pledged since the February 2004 conference. Of this promised sum, 946.5 million had been contributed and about 692 million had been disbursed.3 In this conference, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf admitted Liberia was unable to pay its debt obligation to the international community. The conference was attended by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), European Commission and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).4 The conference ended on 13 July without pledges or a communiqué.5