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Sigrid Kaag for the 101st Development Committee meeting addresses COVID-19 impacts and calls for swift, coordinated action by the World Bank Group. It emphasizes support for the most vulnerable countries and people, delivery of proposals for the second crisis phase, and continued progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris climate goals. It highlights the need to strengthen links between SDGs and country programmes, coordinate with WHO, UN and other MDBs, and align health, economic, fragility and resilience measures through targeted facilities, partnerships, and analytical capacity.","Public Disc losure Authorized  \nDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE  \nPub lic Disc losure Authorized  \n(Joint Ministerial Committee  \nof the  \nBoards of Governors ofthe Bank and the Fund  \non the  \nTransfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries)  \nONE HUNDRED AND ONE MEETING  \nWASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 17, 2020  \n(VIRTUAL)  \nDC/S/2020-0026 April 17, 2020  \nStatement by  \nH.E Sigrid Kaag  \nMinister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation  \nKingdom of the Netherlands  \nRepresenting the Constituency of Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania  \nand Ukraine  \nStatement by  \nH.E. Sigrid Kaag  \nMinister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation  \nKingdom of the Netherlands  \nRepresenting the constituency of Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania and  \nUkraine  \n101st Meeting of the Development Committee  \nApril 17, 2020  \nWashington, DC  \n(VIRTUAL)  \nOur constituency expresses its heartfelt sympathy and solidarity to all people affected by COVID-19. We are grateful to all those providing the first line of defence against the virus. These unprecedented times underline the vital importance of international cooperation in meeting the direct and indirect challenges arising from this health crisis. We highly commend the World Bank Group (WBG) for its strong and swift response in assisting those in need. The WBG has a key role to play, especially in delivering support to the most vulnerable countries and people. We are counting on the Bank to address this health crisis and its economic implications, and urge the Bank to move forward swiftly by presenting proposals for the second phase of the crisis, including to countries in our Constituency.  \nWe also encourage the Bank to continue its valuable work towards its twin goals, the Sustainable Development Goals and the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. We greatly welcome the Bank’s Strategy on Fragility, Conflict and Violence and look forward to its operationalisation. In the run-up to COP26, we must deliver on preparations, partnerships and progress. Finally, we call on the Bank to employ its analytical and operational capacity to strengthen the link between the SDGs and the Bank’s country programmes in coordination with other organisations and agencies, such as the UN and the European Union. In the light of the present crisis in particular, we encourage the Bank to closely coordinate its work at country level with amongst others WHO, the United Nations, and other multilateral development banks (MDBs), by means of country platforms or in integrated national financing frameworks.  \nUpdate on World Bank Group Response to the COVID-19 Emergency  \nThe WBG’s response in addressing the urgent health crisis under the umbrella of the World Health Organization’s Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan has been timely and adequate. A closely coordinated response across countries and between the Bank and partner organisations such as the IMF, the UN, the EU, the G20 and other MDBs is of paramount importance, at both country level and strategic level. This will ensure that synergies are created between the instruments, that optimum use is made of comparative advantages and balance-sheet space, and that countries’ absorptive capacities are not overwhelmed. The WBG is well positioned to play a leading role in combating this crisis, given its expertise, global reach and partnerships. We call on the Bank to keep reaching out proactively to countries in supporting the development of health (including mental health and psychosocial support) and economic response policies – all the while continuing its support to that other crucial part of human capital, namely education. 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