Croatian Finance Minister Ivan Suker met today with the President of the Economic and Social Council at the UN, Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan. Minister Suker highlighted the economic goals of the Croatian government, which include macroeconomic stabilization and growth, fiscal consolidation, reducing unemployment, slowing down the growth of foreign and public debt and the convergence of interest rates which will positively effect private investments.
Croatian Finance Minister Visits UN
Croatian Finance Minister Ivan Suker met today with the President of the Economic and Social Council at the UN, Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan. Minister Suker highlighted the economic goals of the Croatian government, which include macroeconomic stabilization and growth, fiscal consolidation, reducing unemployment, slowing down the growth of foreign and public debt and the convergence of interest rates which will positively effect private investments.
Minister Suker used this opportunity to express Croatia’s support for the initiative to strengthen the voice of developing countries and countries in transition with regards to international financial institutions. The Minister said that Croatia views ECOSOC as an important instrument in the coordination of international institutions in formulating global development policies. During Croatia’s presidency of ECOSOC in 2002, Minister Suker mentioned that Croatia made it a priority to establish better cooperation with Bretton Woods and the World Trade Organization.
The Minister also confirmed Croatia’s commitment to meet the Millenium Development Goals and expressed Croatia’s support for reform of the UN, particularly as it relates to strengthening the role that ECOSOC plays in peace building and post-conflict management. In this context, Minister Suker said that Croatia supports the initiative to establish a Peacebuilding Commission which should include members from the Security Council and ECOSOC.
Minister Suker also met today with Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs. The Minister highlighted Croatia’s support for reform of the UN Secretariat, saying that a competent, effective and transparent Secretariat is important for the work of the UN. The Minister also said that Croatia would like to see the strengthening of UN resident coordinators at the country level.
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