Donor Support: Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi

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Donor Support: Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi

Implementations

Donor Support – 2003

Immediately after the signing of the Arusha Accord, mediator and former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela called for a donor conference to collect funds for rebuilding Burundi.[fn]”Burundi: Mandela calls for Donor conference on Burundi,” BBC Worldwide Monitoring, October 28, 2000.[/efn_note] The donorsÕ conference was scheduled for 11 and 12 December. The largest rebel group CNDD-FDD, which was yet to sign the Arusha accord protested the conference by writing a letter to the UN Secretary General.1 Nevertheless, donor conference took place as scheduled and in the conference donors and development agencies pledged $440 million.2

In 2002, a two day donor conference was organized in Geneva on 27 and 28 November in which Burundi Ministry of Planning asked for 1.2 Billion US Dollars for its social programs including rehabilitation and reconstruction. In the conference Donors promised 905 Million US Dollars.3

  1. “Burundi: Rebel group writes to UN to protest against donor conference,” BBC Worldwide Monitoring, December 8, 2000.
  2. “Paris conference on Burundi successful beyond expectations – President Buyoya,” BBC Worldwide Monitoring, December 12, 2000.
  3. “Burundi: Donor conference pledges 905m US dollars to support recovery,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, December 2, 2002.

Donor Support – 2004

On 13 and 14 January 2004, donor conference was held in Brussels in initiatives of Belgium in which participants pleaded 1.032 Billion US Dollar support to Burundi.4

  1. “ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Burundi,” UN Economic and Social Council, accessed March 5, 2013, http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/adhocmech/cronology_burundi.shtml.

Donor Support – 2005

No donor conference was organized in 2005.

Donor Support – 2006

A donor conference was held on 28 February 2006 in which donors and international development agencies pleaded $170 million.5 In 2006, the Secretary General declared Burundi eligible to receive support from United Nations Peacebuilding Fund.

  1. “Secretary General’s Report to the Security Council,” United Nations (S/2006/163), March 21, 2006.

Donor Support – 2007

No developments observed this year.

Donor Support – 2008

No developments observed this year.

Donor Support – 2009

No developments observed this year.

Donor Support – 2010

No developments observed this year.

Donor Support – 2011

No developments observed this year.

Donor Support – 2012

Between 2006 and 2013, Burundi received 49.2 Million USD for various peacebuilding priority including security sector reform, property or land issues.6 In a donor conference organized on 28 and 29 December 2012, Burundi asked for over 1 Billion USD for its development programs between 2012 and 2016. In a conference organized in Geneva, donor countries and development agencies pleaded more than 2 Billion USD in financial assistance to support its development programs between 2012 and 2015.7

  1. “Burundi Overview,” UN Peacebuilding Fund, accessed March 5, 2013 http://www.unpbf.org/countries/burundi/.
  2. “International donors pledge USD2 bil. in aid to Burundi,” Global Insight, October 31, 2012.