22 U.S.C. § 262p–4d: Initiation of discussions…

Summary

The Secretary of the Treasury must tell the U.S. Executive Director at the African Development Bank and the African Development Fund to begin talks with those banks. They should ask the banks, together with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, and the International Finance Corporation, to offer advice and help to creditor countries and to sub‑Saharan governments that want to use local currency freed by debt reduction or conversion to pay for programs like education, health, agriculture, and conservation. Congress found that heavy debt makes it hard for these governments to fund such programs and said financing should be eased by measures such as lower interest rates, longer repayment terms, or partial or full debt forgiveness, as encouraged by the June 1988 economic summit in Toronto.

Title 22, §262p–4d

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(a)Findings

The Congress finds that—

(1)the heavy burden of debt borne by sub-Saharan governments undermines efforts by such governments to finance projects and programs designed to promote charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, including education, human welfare, health, agricultural research and development, and conservation, restoration and enhancement of the natural resource base; and

(2)the financing of programs to promote such charitable, educational, and scientific purposes should be facilitated in the context of reducing and converting sovereign debt of sub-Saharan governments, as encouraged in the final communique of the June 1988 economic summit conference in Toronto, Canada, through such means as—

(A)concessional interest rates;

(B)extended repayment periods; or

(C)partial or complete write-offs of debt service obligations.

(b)Initiation of discussions to facilitate financing of human welfare and natural resource programs in sub-Saharan Africa in connection with debt reduction and conversion

The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the African Development Bank and the African Development Fund to initiate discussions with the directors of such institutions and propose that such institutions, jointly with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, and the International Finance Corporation, as appropriate, provide advice and assistance to government creditors holding sovereign debt of any sub-Saharan government, and to sub-Saharan governments which desire to finance programs with local currencies obtained through debt reduction and conversion to promote charitable, educational, and scientific (including conservation and restoration of natural resources) purposes, as a condition of reducing or converting such sovereign debt.

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Editorial Notes

Codification section 1609 of Pub. L. 95–118 is based on section 9 of H.R. 4645, One Hundredth Congress, as reported Sept. 28, 1988, and enacted into law by Pub. L. 100–461.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions The definitions in section 262p–5 of this title apply to this section.

§262p–4d Initiation of Discussions to Facilitate Financing of Human Welfare and Natural Resource Programs in Sub-saharan Africa in Connection with Debt Reduction and Conversion

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Title 22, §262p–4d

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