Dave Evans
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Summit for a new global financial pact in Paris: Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde carries the message of the Head of State, Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo
June 22, 2023 by COMMUNICATION CELL in NEWS
The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) is organizing an event with the City of Paris on strengthening access to long-term finance for sustainable development in cities and around the world.Arrived early this morning in Paris, capital of France, the Prime Minister, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, is at the head of a delegation made up of several members of the Government, in particular the Ministers of State for the Budget, the Environment, Regional Planning (Editor's note: he was already in Paris before the large delegation), the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as the Minister of Communication and Media.
The event took place face-to-face on Wednesday, June 21, one day before the official opening of the Summit for a new global financial pact. It has a dual objective: financing sustainable development in cities and rethinking the global financial architecture to achieve the SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement. Given the position of the DRC with regard to its resources, as a solution country in the fight against global warming, the Prime Minister is carrying a message from the President of the Republic to this world summit.
The Minister of Communication and government spokesman fixed the opinion by reaffirming that the DRC wants to see all the promises made, through its global role in the fight against climate change, materialize.
“We have just arrived in Paris to accompany the Prime Minister, Head of Government, who represents the President of the Republic, to this major Summit on the new global financial pact initiated by President Macron. During this work, it will be a question of rethinking the global financial system, 80 years after the Breton Woods agreements, which created the IMF and the World Bank. We must also look at how humanity responds to climatic imperatives. You know that the DRC is a solution country and in relation to all these subjects, there are opinions that the Democratic Republic of Congo intends to issue. This is why there is this delegation which has just arrived in Paris for this work. We are positioning ourselves as a solution country not because we want to say so, but because we have the necessary resources. And you know that every second that polluters pollute, every second also the DRC ensures that the global temperature is regulated, in particular through its forests. Many promises have been made. Here, we want to see these promises become concrete. Because we must stop this haemorrhage that affects our humanity. And so from this point of view as on other subjects, we have opinions to issue, ”said Patrick Muyaya to the press.
It should be noted that this summit for a new global financial pact is under the leadership of President Emmanuel Macron and has the participation of more than 100 Heads of State and Government from all continents.
This Paris Summit is being held on June 22 and 23. Convened by President Emmanuel Macron, it takes place in an international context marked by the repercussions of the multiple climate, energy, health and economic crises, particularly in the most vulnerable countries. It pursues four main objectives: Restore fiscal space to countries facing difficult short-term situations, in particular the most indebted countries; Foster private sector development in low-income countries; Encourage investment in “green” infrastructure for the energy transition in emerging and developing countries; Mobilize innovative financing for countries vulnerable to climate change.
Again, another reason to keep our story in the headlines. No doubt Lukonde will be spinning bullshit with any mention of AVZ
I know the following has been posted here a number of times already, but it’s important to keep it out there for occasions like this
Read the AVZ story. AVZ Minerals spent 6 years & millions of dollars developing the Manono Project, only to have the project, ML & ownership delayed by the illegal actions of Cominiere, Chinese company Zijin and Simon Cong (Read the IGF report)
For 6 years in the DRC AVZ Minerals carried out Soil Sampling; Field Mapping; Consulting; Drilling; Metallurgical Testing; FEED Study; Securing a lease on an Industrial Site for logistics including road haulage, rail & port services & infrastructure rehab to the road from Manono
AVZ produced a 160-page Definitive Feasibility Study; Received DFS Technical Approval; Had a SEZ Agreement; Tendered for Mining Infrastructure and followed the DRC Mining Code. AVZ satisfied all required approvals - Environmental Approval; Financial Capability (through Raising Capital, Negotiating Funding with Pan African DFI’s, Arranging funding and Offtake Agreements with CATH, Obtaining Several Offtake Agreements for both Lithium and Tin) Favourable Cadastral Opinion & Favourable Technical Opinion of the DFS for the Manono project. The Ministerial Decree to award the ML was granted last April then taken away
AVZ Minerals also produced an 85-page Sustainability Report committed to Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) including Socio - economic benefits, Preserving environmental values, Providing a transparent and ethical supply chain, Ending poverty, Improving health and education, Economic growth and employment, Minimising greenhouse gas emissions, Preserving biodiversity, Restoring the Mpiana Mwanga Power Plant and Supplying energy and contributing to the local communities. AVZ's Environmental Study and Impact Assessment Reports included 7 ESIA's and Groundwater Management.
Now following the DRC taking away AVZ's ownership and delaying the Mining License, AVZ has been forced to take the DRC to International Centre For Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
