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DOCUMENT NO.
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001. letter
Leonel Fernadez to Hillary Rodham Clinton (3 pages)
11/20/1998
P1/b(1)
002. letter
Leonel Fernadez to Hillary Rodham Clinton (3 pages)
11/20/1998
P1/b(1)
003. letter
Armando Calderon to President Clinton (3 pages)
11/16/1998
P1/b(1)
004. cable
re: The First Lady's Trip to San Salvador [partial] (1 page)
11/1998
P6/b(6)
005. memo
re: Proposal for trip to Central Asia and the Caucasus (4 pages)
02/03/1997
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Melanne Verveer
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El Salvador [and Eastern Europe]
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CENTRAL AMERICA'S RECONSTRUCTION AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY
INITIATIVE
BACKGROUND
Hurricane Mitch recently hit the Central American region and left behind an aftermath of
human losses, suffering and material damages. Even though the extent of the damages
is yet to be assessed, the severity of the losses caused by Hurricane Mitch has been
widely recognized by the U.S. Government and the International Community. The U.S.
Agency for International Development (AID) already refers to this catastrophe as the
"worst disaster" that AID has seen in this hemisphere's history.
Preliminary data estimates that approximately 25,000 persons are missing, have died or
are presumed dead. Millions of people are homeless, most crops in the region have been
destroyed or are severely damaged. Additionally, epidemics and diseases threat to
magnify damages. The infrastructure has been completely destroyed or seriously
crippled, resulting in economic losses that are estimated in billions of dollars.
Devastating damages left by Hurricane Mitch in the region have produced disruption of
living conditions in Central America and demand immediate response from the U.S. and
the International Community. Since the U.S. is the main political ally and trade partner
for the region, it is necessary that the U.S. support and complement the medium and
long-term efforts being carried out by Central American Governments for the
reconstruction and economic recovery of the region.
For that reason, Central American Presidents recently met in San Salvador and
expressed the need for a strong standing commitment from the U.S. Government to
approve a comprehensive reconstruction and economic recovery program for Central
America. This program should be reflected in a legislative initiative from U.S. Congress,
with sufficient bipartisan support, which should be complemented and reinforced by
other supporting administrative actions only requiring executive approval.
Central America's Reconstruction and Economic Recovery Initiative should comprise
three fundamental pillars: Immigration, Trade and Investment and Reconstruction Fund.
I.
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has temporarily suspended
deportations of Guatemalans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Salvadorans, recognizing
that such deportations impose an additional burden to our governments' efforts to
recover from the state of emergency caused by Hurricane Mitch. Nonetheless, this
humanitarian measure is temporary and not sufficient to contribute to the arduous and
long-term endeavor of reconstruction and economic recovery that awaits our countries.
Therefore, it is of utmost importance to implement a permanent immigration relief for
our fellow citizens residing in the U.S. by providing a comprehensive and final solution to
their migratory status.
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Such immigration relief for Central Americans would minimize the influx of deportations
to the region. This is a critical factor for Central America's reconstruction and economic
recovery, because in current conditions, our countries do not have the capacity to offer
appropriate services and opportunities to satisfy the basic needs of people returning
from the U.S.
Additionally, an immigration relief would contribute to maintain the inflows of family
remittances that have been a fundamental pillar to sustain the economies of the region,
particularly during our most difficult times, such as the current crisis.
Under Central America's current circumstances, remittances will not only help to
maintain a stable macroeconomic environment, but will represent in some cases the only
source of income for many Central Americans affected by the tragedy. In Central
America's reconstruction and economic recovery phase, the loss of family remittances
could have harmful effects. Before remittances were an additional source of income for
recipient families, now, after the tragedy, for many of them they would become the only
source of income that could keep them afloat.
In the medium and long term, reduction or loss of this source of income would force
recipients to seek economic opportunities outside the Central American region.
In 1997, Central American Presidents urged the President of the U.S. to grant a
permanent immigration relief for Central Americans, this would prevent deportations of
fellow citizens, for migratory inflow of returning persons could bring instability to the
region.
The aftermath of destruction and damages caused by Hurricane Mitch requires a
positive response to the request for an immigration relief. Development conditions in
Central America have gone back in some cases up to more than twenty years, and have
created additional problems, challenges and needs that did not exist before, and pose a
threat to the consolidation of political, economic and social reforms that Governments of
Central America are implementing. The requested immigration relief would contribute to
minimize these threats and would enable reconstruction. and economic recovery in the
region to take place.
Specific Characteristics of the Immigration Relief
The eligible class of beneficiaries for the immigration relief would include all
Guatemalans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans, and Salvadorans present in the U.S. until
November 6, 1998, and who have not committed a serious crime. On such date the INS
suspended deportations of all Central Americans, as a humanitarian measure to mitigate
the situation of disaster in the region caused by Hurricane Mitch.
The immigration relief should be extended regardless of the current migratory status or
the migratory status at the time of entry of the eligible class. Additionally, it should be
formulated in the most extensive and generous fashion and it should:
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include family dependants of those covered by the legislation;
- be extensive to persons holding valid orders of deportation or removal; and
- allow for the possibility of waivers for those persons who have committed
misdemeanors or minor crimes.
II.
TRADE AND INVESTMENT
Central America can not aspire for development in the midst of a generalized human
tragedy and with its economies destroyed. For this reason, in order to attain
reconstruction and rapid and sustainable economic recovery in the region, trade and
investment opportunities with the U.S. should be expanded.
This component would be based on the rapid enhancement of Caribbean Basin Initiative
(CBI) benefits, granting the most favorable treatment to products currently excluded
from CBI. Such action should be accompanied by the political commitment to establish a
free trade area between Central America and the U.S., through trade liberalization
agreements based on reciprocal concessions.
The reestablishment and expansion of economic opportunities in our countries would
become an incentive to prevent Central Americans from emigrating outside the region,
seeking jobs and better living conditions.
For Central American reconstruction and economic recovery to take place, it is necessary
to improve and increase the region's economic and trade relations with its main trade
partner.
In the last years, U.S. exports to the region have surpassed those to other countries and
regions, such as Spain, Israel, Eastern Europe or Egypt, and have been matched with
exports to larger countries, such as Russia and India combined. Furthermore, U.S.
imports of Central American products are greater than those from Argentina, Chile and
South Africa.
Last month, U.S. Trade Representative, Charlene Barshefsky, in a presentation at
Georgetown University, stated that U.S. exports to CBI countries, among which exports
to Central America are predominant, have more than doubled since 1989. U.S. exports
to the region increased from 9 billion to 18.5 billion dollars in 1997, creating
approximately 360,000 direct jobs in the U.S. For 1997, U.S. exports to China were only
13 billion dollars, that is 5.5 billion dollars less than U.S. exports to the CBI region for
the same year.
The U.S. should make all possible efforts to achieve enhancement of trade and
investment opportunities for the region, on the one hand, to avoid the deterioration of
existing trade flows; and on the other hand, to enable faster reconstruction and
economic recovery of Central America, since strong trade and investment are essential
for this endeavor.
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Central America is committed to promote, host and secure investments and capitals
from U.S. companies that decide to establish themselves in the region; and is genuinely
available to commit on all possible matters in order to strengthen economic ties between
our countries. Thus, we aspire to transform Central America and the U.S. in genuine
partners for development, laying the grounds for enduring peace and democracy in the
region and improving social conditions that would enable economic growth to transform
into social peace.
III.
RECONSTRUCTION FUND
Central America's reconstruction and economic recovery demand availability of fresh
financial resources that the region currently lacks. For this reason, it is necessary that
the U.S. establish a special fund for Central America's reconstruction and economic
recovery with non-reimbursable funds and concessional credit lines, which would finance
programs in the following areas:
1. Education
2. Health
3. Road Infrastructure
4. Environment
5. Basic Services
6. Flood and Alluvion Prevention
7. Agricultural Reactivation
8. Housing
Central American countries would bilaterally select with the U.S. specific projects in the
aforementioned areas that would be eligible for financing with the U.S.-established
Reconstruction Fund.
INICIATIVA PARA LA RECONSTRUCCIÓN Y RECUPERACIÓN ECONÓMICA
DE CENTROAMÉRICA
ANTECEDENTES
El huracán Mitch que azotó recientemente a la región centroamericana ha dejado una
secuela de pérdidas de vidas humanas, sufrimiento y daños materiales. A pesar que la
magnitud de estos daños aún no ha sido determinada, la gravedad de las pérdidas
ocasionadas por el huracán Mitch ya han sido ampliamente reconocidas por el Gobierno
de los EE.UU. y por la Comunidad Internacional. La Agencia para el Desarrollo
Internacional de los EE.UU. (AID, por sus siglas en inglés) ya se refiere a esta catástrofe
como el "peor desastre" que AID ha visto en la historia de este hemisferio.
Datos preliminares estiman que en Centro América aproximadamente 25,000 personas
están desaparecidas, han muerto o se presumen muertos. Millones de personas han
quedado sin hogar, la mayor parte de los cultivos en la región han sido destruidos o
están severamente dañados. Adicionalmente, se teme un daño aun más serio a causa
de epidemias y enfermedades. La infraestructura ha sido destruida o severamente
dañada, dejando pérdidas económicas que se estiman en miles de millones de dólares.
Los daños devastadores del huracán Mitch en la región han producido una ruptura de
las condiciones de vida en Centroamérica y requieren de una consideración inmediata
por parte de los EE.UU y de la Comunidad Internacional. Siendo los EE.UU. el principal
aliado político y socio comercial de la región, es necesario que apoye y complemente los
esfuerzos de mediano y largo plazo que los Gobiernos de los países centroamericanos
están realizando para la reconstrucción y recuperación económica del área.
Es por ello que los Presidentes de la región reunidos recientemente en San Salvador,
manifestaron la necesidad de un compromiso firme y decidido del Gobierno de los
EE.UU. para la aprobación de un programa integral de reconstrucción y recuperación
económica de Centroamérica. Este programa debería plasmarse en una iniciativa
legislativa del Congreso de los EE.UU. con suficiente respaldo bipartidista, la cual
debería ser complementada y reforzada con otras medidas administrativas de apoyo que
únicamente requieran de aprobación ejecutiva.
La Iniciativa para la Reconstrucción y Recuperación Económica de Centroamérica
debería contener tres pilares fundamentales: migración, comercio e inversión y fondo de
reconstrucción.
I.
MIGRACIÓN
El Servicio de Inmigración y Naturalización de los EE.UU. (INS, por su siglas en inglés)
ha suspendido temporalmente las deportaciones de guatemaltecos, hondureños,
nicaragüenses y salvadoreños, reconociendo que éstas impondrían una carga adicional a
los esfuerzos que realizan nuestros gobiernos para recuperarse de la situación de
emergencia ocasionada por el huracán Mitch. Sin embargo, esta medida humanitaria
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tiene un carácter temporal y no es suficiente para contribuir a la ardua y larga labor de
reconstrucción y recuperación económica que espera a nuestros países. Por
consiguiente, es imperiosa la necesidad de un alivio migratorio permanente para
nuestros conciudadanos que residen en los EE.UU. que solucione integral y
definitivamente su situación migratoria.
Este alivio migratorio para los centroamericanos minimizaría el flujo de deportaciones a
la región. Este factor es crítico para los esfuerzos de reconstrucción y recuperación
económica de Centroamérica, porque en las condiciones actuales nuestros países no
están en la capacidad de ofrecer los servicios y las oportunidades idóneas para atender
las necesidades básicas de la población que retorna de los EE.UU.
Adicionalmente, el alivio migratorio contribuiría a mantener el flujo de remesas
familiares que han sido un pilar básico para el sostenimiento de las economías de la
región, especialmente durante las épocas más difíciles como la presente.
En las circunstancias que hoy vive Centroamérica, las remesas no sólo ayudarán a
mantener una situación macroeconómica estable, sino que también representarán en
muchos casos la única fuente de sustento diario para los centroamericanos afectados
por la tragedia. En la etapa de reconstrucción y recuperación económica de
Centroamérica, la pérdida de esas remesas familiares tendría efectos devastadores,
porque si antes complementaban el ingreso de las familias receptoras, ahora para
muchas de ellas será el único ingreso que las podría mantener a flote.
En el mediano y largo plazo, una disminución o pérdida de estos ingresos, forzarían a las
personas beneficiarias a que busquen oportunidades económicas fuera de la región
centroamericana.
En 1997, los Presidentes de Centroamérica hicieron un llamado al Presidente de los
EE.UU., solicitando un alivio migratorio definitivo para los centroamericanos, que evitaría
la deportación de nuestros conciudadanos, pues este flujo migratorio de retorno podría
implicar una desestabilización de la región.
La secuela de destrucción y daños causada por el huracán Mitch vuelve imprescindible
una respuesta positiva a esta solicitud de alivio migratorio, ya que las condiciones de
desarrollo en Centroamérica han retrocedido en algunos países hasta más de veinte
años, y plantea problemas, retos y necesidades adicionales que antes no existían y que
ponen en peligro la consolidación de las reformas políticas, económicas y sociales que
los Gobiernos de Centroamérica hemos estado realizando. El alivio migratorio solicitado
contribuiría a que estas amenazas sean minimizadas y prevalezcan condiciones que
hagan posible la reconstrucción y recuperación económica de la región.
Características Específicas del Alivio Migratorio
La clase elegible de beneficiarios para el alivio migratorio serían todos los
guatemaltecos, hondureños, nicaragüenses y salvadoreños presentes en los EE.UU.
hasta el 6 de noviembre de 1998 y que no hayan cometido un delito grave. Es en esa
fecha que el INS suspendió temporalmente las deportaciones de todos los
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centroamericanos, como una medida humanitaria para mitigar la situación de desastre
en la región a consecuencia del huracán Mitch.
El alivio migratorio debería extenderse sin discriminación del estatus migratorio actual o
del estatus migratorio a la fecha de ingreso de la clase elegible. Adicionalmente, debería
formularse de la manera más amplia y generosa posible:
incluyendo como beneficiarios a los familiares dependientes de los favorecidos por la
legislación;
extendiéndose a las personas que tienen órdenes vigentes de deportación o
remoción;
estableciendo la posibilidad de perdones especiales ("waivers") para aquellas
personas que hayan cometido faltas o delitos menores.
II.
COMERCIO E INVERSIÓN
Centroamérica no puede aspirar al desarrollo sostenible en medio de la tragedia humana
generalizada y con sus economías destruidas. Es por ello que para alcanzar una
reconstrucción y una recuperación económica rápida y sostenida de la región, deben
ampliarse las oportunidades comerciales y de inversión con los EE.UU.
Este componente se basaría en la rápida ampliación de los beneficios de la Iniciativa de
la Cuenca del Caribe (CBI, por sus siglas en inglés), concediendo el trato más favorable
posible a los productos actualmente excluidos de la CBI. Esta medida debería estar
acompañada de un compromiso político para el establecimiento futuro de una zona de
libre comercio Centroamérica-EE.UU, mediante acuerdos de liberalización comercial
basados en concesiones recíprocas.
La reposición y ampliación de oportunidades económicas en nuestros países, se
convertiría en un incentivo para evitar que más centroamericanos emigren fuera de la
región en busca de trabajo y mejores condiciones de vida.
Para que la reconstrucción y recuperación económica de Centroamérica sea viable es
necesario mejorar e incrementar las relaciones económicas y comerciales de la región
con su principal socio comercial.
En los últimos años, las exportaciones de los EE.UU. a la región han superado las
exportaciones hacia otros países o regiones, tales como España, Israel, Europa del Este
o Egipto, y se han equiparado con las exportaciones realizadas a países más grandes
como Rusia y la India conjuntamente. Por otra parte, las importaciones de productos
centroamericanos efectuadas por EE.UU. han alcanzado un nivel mayor que las
procedentes de países como Argentina, Chile o Sudáfrica.
El mes pasado, la Representante Comercial de los EE.UU., Charlene Barshefsky en una
presentación en la Universidad de Georgetown manifestaba que las exportaciones de los
EE.UU. a los países de la Cuenca del Caribe, entre los cuales Centroamérica ocupa un
lugar preponderante, habían crecido más del doble desde 1989, pasando de 9,000
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millones de dólares a 18,500 millones en 1997, creando un estimado de 360,000
empleos directos en los EE.UU. Comparativamente en 1997, los EE.UU. exportaron a
China Continental 13,000 millones de dólares, es decir 5,500 millones menos de lo que
exportaron a la región de la Cuenca del Caribe.
Los EE.UU. deben hacer todos los esfuerzos necesarios para lograr la ampliación de las
oportunidades comerciales y de inversión con la región, por un lado para evitar un
deterioro de las corrientes comerciales ya existentes y, por otro, porque el
fortalecimiento del comercio y de las inversiones será un elemento esencial que
permitirá una reconstrucción y una recuperación económica más rápidas de
Centroamérica.
Centroamérica está decidida a promover, recibir y garantizar las inversiones y los
capitales de empresas estadounidenses que opten por radicarse en la región, y está
genuinamente dispuesta a comprometerse en todo lo que esté a su alcance para
fortalecer los vínculos económicos entre nuestros países. Con lo anterior, aspiramos
convertir a la región y a los EE.UU. en verdaderos socios para el desarrollo, sentando las
bases para que la paz y la democracia perduren en la región y se mejoren las
condiciones sociales que permitan transformar el crecimiento económico en paz social.
III. FONDO DE RECONSTRUCCIÓN
La reconstrucción y recuperación económica de Centroamérica exige una pronta
disponibilidad de recursos financieros frescos, con los que los países de la región no
cuentan. Por ello es necesario que los EE.UU. creen un fondo especial para la
reconstrucción y recuperación económica de Centroamérica con recursos no
reembolsables y líneas de crédito concesionales, el cual financiaría programas en las
siguientes áreas:
1. Educación
2. Salud
3. Infraestructura Vial
4. Medio Ambiente
5. Servicios Básicos
6. Prevención de Inundaciones y Deslaves
7. Reactivación Agropecuaria
8. Vivienda
Los países centroamericanos seleccionarían bilateralmente con los EE.UU. los proyectos
específicos en las áreas mencionadas que podrían ser elegibles de financiamiento a
través del Fondo de Reconstrucción creado por los EE.UU.
DE ELL SALVADOR RE EN ALL LA AMERICA
GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR
NECESSITIES FOR
THE NATIONAL
RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
NOVEMBER 1998
CENTRAL AMERICA'S RECONSTRUCTION AND
ECONOMIC RECOVERY INITIATIVE
BACKGROUND
Hurricane Mitch recently hit the Central American region and left behind an aftermath of
human losses, suffering and material damages. Even though the extent of the damages
is yet to be assessed, the severity of the losses caused by Hurricane Mitch has been
widely recognized by the U.S. Government and the International Community. The U.S.
Agency for International Development (AID) already refers to this catastrophe as the
"worst disaster" that AID has seen in this hemisphere's history.
Preliminary data estimates that approximately 25,000 persons are missing, have died or
are presumed dead. Millions of people are homeless, most crops in the region have been
destroyed or are severely damaged. Additionally, epidemics and diseases threat to
magnify damages. The infrastructure has been completely destroyed or seriously
crippled, resulting in economic losses that are estimated in billions of dollars.
Devastating damages left by Hurricane Mitch in the region have produced disruption of
living conditions in Central America and demand immediate response from the U.S. and
the International Community. Since the U.S. is the main political ally and trade partner
for the region, it is necessary that the U.S. support and complement the medium and
long-term efforts being carried out by Central American Governments for the
reconstruction and economic recovery of the region.
For that reason, Central American Presidents recently met in San Salvador and
expressed the need for a strong standing commitment from the U.S. Government to
approve a comprehensive reconstruction and economic recovery program for Central
America. This program should be reflected in a legislative initiative from U.S. Congress,
with sufficient bipartisan support, which should be complemented and reinforced by
other supporting administrative actions only requiring executive approval.
Central America's Reconstruction and Economic Recovery Initiative should comprise
three fundamental pillars: Immigration, Trade and Investment and Reconstruction Fund.
I.
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has temporarily suspended
deportations of Guatemalans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Salvadorans, recognizing
that such deportations impose an additional burden to our governments' efforts to
recover from the state of emergency caused by Hurricane Mitch. Nonetheless, this
humanitarian measure is temporary and not sufficient to contribute to the arduous and
long-term endeavor of reconstruction and economic recovery that awaits our countries.
Therefore, it is of utmost importance to implement a permanent immigration relief for
our fellow citizens residing in the U.S. by providing a comprehensive and final solution to
their migratory status.
2
Such immigration relief for Central Americans would minimize the influx of deportations
to the region. This is a critical factor for Central America's reconstruction and economic
recovery, because in current conditions, our countries do not have the capacity to offer
appropriate services and opportunities to satisfy the basic needs of people returning
from the U.S.
Additionally, an immigration relief would contribute to maintain the inflows of family
remittances that have been a fundamental pillar to sustain the economies of the region,
particularly during our most difficult times, such as the current crisis.
Under Central America's current circumstances, remittances will not only help to
maintain a stable macroeconomic environment, but will represent in some cases the only
source of income for many Central Americans affected by the tragedy. In Central
America's reconstruction and economic recovery phase, the loss of family remittances
could have harmful effects. Before remittances were an additional source of income for
recipient families, now, after the tragedy, for many of them they would become the only
source of income that could keep them afloat.
In the medium and long term, reduction or loss of this source of income would force
recipients to seek economic opportunities outside the Central American region.
In 1997, Central American Presidents urged the President of the U.S. to grant a
permanent immigration relief for Central Americans, this would prevent deportations of
fellow citizens, for migratory inflow of returning persons could bring instability to the
region.
The aftermath of destruction and damages caused by Hurricane Mitch requires a
positive response to the request for an immigration relief. Development conditions in
Central America have gone back in some cases up to more than twenty years, and have
created additional problems, challenges and needs that did not exist before, and pose a
threat to the consolidation of political, economic and social reforms that Governments of
Central America are implementing. The requested immigration relief would contribute to
minimize these threats and would enable reconstruction and economic recovery in the
region to take place.
Specific Characteristics of the Immigration Relief
The eligible class of beneficiaries for the immigration relief would include all
Guatemalans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans, and Salvadorans present in the U.S. until
November 6, 1998, and who have not committed a serious crime. On such date the INS
suspended deportations of all Central Americans, as a humanitarian measure to mitigate
the situation of disaster in the region caused by Hurricane Mitch.
The immigration relief should be extended regardless of the current migratory status or
the migratory status at the time of entry of the eligible class. Additionally, it should be
formulated in the most extensive and generous fashion and it should:
3
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include family dependants of those covered by the legislation;
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be extensive to persons holding valid orders of deportation or removal; and
-
allow for the possibility of waivers for those persons who have committed
misdemeanors or minor crimes.
II.
TRADE AND INVESTMENT
Central America can not aspire for development in the midst of a generalized human
tragedy and with its economies destroyed. For this reason, in order to attain
reconstruction and rapid and sustainable economic recovery in the region, trade and
investment opportunities with the U.S. should be expanded.
This component would be based on the rapid enhancement of Caribbean Basin Initiative
(CBI) benefits, granting the most favorable treatment to products currently excluded
from CBI. Such action should be accompanied by the political commitment to establish a
free trade area between Central America and the U.S., through trade liberalization
agreements based on reciprocal concessions.
The reestablishment and expansion of economic opportunities in our countries would
become an incentive to prevent Central Americans from emigrating outside the region,
seeking jobs and better living conditions.
For Central American reconstruction and economic recovery to take place, it is necessary
to improve and increase the region's economic and trade relations with its main trade
partner.
In the last years, U.S. exports to the region have surpassed those to other countries and
regions, such as Spain, Israel, Eastern Europe or Egypt, and have been matched with
exports to larger countries, such as Russia and India combined. Furthermore, U.S.
imports of Central American products are greater than those from Argentina, Chile and
South Africa.
Last month, U.S. Trade Representative, Charlene Barshefsky, in a presentation at
Georgetown University, stated that U.S. exports to CBI countries, among which exports
to Central America are predominant, have more than doubled since 1989. U.S. exports
to the region increased from 9 billion to 18.5 billion dollars in 1997, creating
approximately 360,000 direct jobs in the U.S. For 1997, U.S. exports to China were only
13 billion dollars, that is 5.5 billion dollars less than U.S. exports to the CBI region for
the same year.
The U.S. should make all possible efforts to achieve enhancement of trade and
investment opportunities for the region, on the one hand, to avoid the deterioration of
existing trade flows; and on the other hand, to enable faster reconstruction and
economic recovery of Central America, since strong trade and investment are essential
for this endeavor.
4
Central America is committed to promote, host and secure investments and capitals
from U.S. companies that decide to establish themselves in the region; and is genuinely
available to commit on all possible matters in order to strengthen economic ties between
our countries. Thus, we aspire to transform Central America and the U.S. in genuine
partners for development, laying the grounds for enduring peace and democracy in the
region and improving social conditions that would enable economic growth to transform
into social peace.
III.
RECONSTRUCTION FUND
Central America's reconstruction and economic recovery demand availability of fresh
financial resources that the region currently lacks. For this reason, it is necessary that
the U.S. establish a special fund for Central America's reconstruction and economic
recovery with non-reimbursable funds and concessional credit lines, which would finance
programs in the following areas:
1. Education
2. Health
3. Road Infrastructure
4. Environment
5. Basic Services
6. Flood and Alluvion Prevention
7. Agricultural Reactivation
8. Housing
Central American countries would bilaterally select with the U.S. specific projects in the
aforementioned areas that would be eligible for financing with the U.S.-established
Reconstruction Fund.
SUMMARY OF NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
AND DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands of US$)
SECTORS
TOTAL AMOUNT
(IN US$)
RECONSTRUCTION OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
406,299.3
EDUCATION
95,886.9
REHABILITATION OF THE BASIC WATER AND SEWAGE
229,090.3
SYSTEMS
AGRICULTURAL REACTIVATION
415,435.7
HEALTH CARE
61,432.3
CITIZEN SECURITY
10,142.0
SUPPORT TO THE RECONSTRUCTION AT LOCAL LEVEL
30,000.0
HOUSING
100,000.0
TOTAL
1,348,286.5
PROJECTS FOR
THE NATIONAL
RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
RECONSTRUCTION
OF ROAD
INFRASTRUCTURE
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
COLLECTORS
OF
THE
HYDROGRAPHIC SYSTEM OF THE
SAN SALVADOR, LA
THE ONES OF THE MASS
SETTING UP OR EXTENSION OF 79 COLLECTORS
LIBERTAD
8,617.7
MASS. DESIGN
GROUP 1
CA:2 GUAYAMANGO JUJUTLA
SETTING UP OF 32.1 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD TO A
AHUACHAPAN
CA:8
JUJUTLA AND GUAYMANGO
4,995.4
MODIFIED TERTIARY ROAD.
SANTA
METAPAN CITALA
ANA,
SETTING UP OF 46.4 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
METAPAN AND CITALA
CHALATENANGO
4,940.1
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
SETTING UP OF SAN ANTONIO DEL
SAN ANTONIO DEL MONTE.
MONTE, SANTO DOMINGO DE
SONSONATE,
SETTING UP OF 17.4 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
SANTO DOMINGO DE GUZMAN,
AHUACHAPAN
2,541.0
GUZMAN, SN PEDRO PUXTLA
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
SAN PEDRO PUXTLA
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD SANTA
SANTA ISABLE ISHUATAN, SAN
SETTING UP OF 15.2 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
SONSONATE
ISABEL ISHUATAN SAN JULIAN
JULIAN
1,909.9
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
GROUP 2
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD
SAN SALVADOR,
SETTING UP OF 20.1 KMS. OF RURAL ROAD TO A ROAD WITH
SUCHITOTO AGUACAYO CA:4
GUAZAPA, SUCHITOTO
CUSCATLAN
3,395.4
GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF MODIFIED TERTIARY
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD CA:1
SAN SALVADOR,
SAN MARTIN, SAN JOSE
SETTING UP OF 15 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
SAN JOSE GUAYABAL
2,533.9
CUSCATLAN
GUAYABAL, TONACATEPEQUE
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD
CHALATENANGO,
CHALATENANGO SAN FRANCISCO
AZACUALAPA,
SAN
SETTING UP OF 15 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
CHALATENANGO
2,533.9
LEMPA SAN LUIS DEL CARMEN
FRANCISCO LEMPA, SAN LUIS
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
DEL CARMEN
GROUP 3
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD
SANTIAGO TEXACUANGOS,
SANTIAGO TEXACUANGOS SAN
SAN SALVADOR,
SAN JUAN TEPEZONTES, SAN
SETTING UP OF 38.2 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
CUSCATLAN,
LA
MIGUEL TEPEZONTES SAN RAMON
MIGUEL TEPEZONTES, SAN
6,452.9
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
PAZ
COJUTEPEQUE
EMIGDIO, COJUTEPEQUE
SANTA CRUZ ANALQUITO
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD SAN
MIGUEL TEPEZONTES SAN
SAN MIGUEL TEPEZONTES
SETTING UP OF 13.6 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
LA PAZ
ANTONIO MASAHUAT SAN PEDRO
SAN ANTONIO MASAHUAT
2,297.4
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
MASAHUAT CA:2
SAN PEDRO MASAHUAT
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD KM. 50.5
SETTING UP OF 6.1 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
SAN VICENTE
CA:1 VERAPAZ
1,030.4
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD SAN
SAN VICENTE, NUEVO
VICENTE NVO. TEPETITAN
SAN VICENTE,
LA
TEPETITAN,
VERAPAZ.
SETTING UP OF 12.45 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
VERAPAZ GUADALUPE SAN PAZ
2,103.1
GUADALUPE,
SAN
PEDRO
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
PEDRO NONUALCO
NONUALCO
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD
ILOBASCO
TEJUTEPEQUE
CABAÑAS
ILOBASCO,
TEJUTEPEQUE
SETTING UP OF 17.95 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
3,032.2
CINQUERA
CINQUERA
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD
CUSCATLAN BRIDGE SAN
SAN
VICENTE
SAN ILDEFONSO,
DOLORES.
SETTING UP OF 38.8 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
ILDEFONSO VILLA DOLORES
CABAÑAS
6,554.2
SENSUNTEPEQUE
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
SENSUNTEPEQUE
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD
CABAÑAS
SENSUNTEPEQUE,
VILLA
SETTING UP OF 11.3 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
SENSUNTEPEQUE VILLA VICTORIA
1,908.8
VICTORIA
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
GROUP 4
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD
TONACATEPEQUE BRIDGE
TONACATEPEQUE CIUDAD
SAN SALVADOR
SETTING UP OF 6.8 KMS. OF RURAL ROADS.
2,316.0
SOYAPANGO
DELGADO, SOYAPANGO
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD SANTA
SANTA TECLA, COMASAGUA,
LA LIBERTAD
TECLA TEOTEPEQUE LA PERLA
TALNIQUE,
JAYAQUE
SETTING UP OF 47.1 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD
10,171.5
TEOTEPEQUE
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD OPICO
SAN JUAN OPICO, SAN PABLO
LA LIBERTAD, SAN
SAN PABLO TACACHICO EL
TACACHICO, EL PAISNAL
SETTING UP OF 33.25 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD
4,304.8
SALVADOR
PAISNAL - AGUILARES
AGUILARES
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD
TONACATEPEQUE,
SAN
SAN SALVADOR
SETTING UP OF 11.8 KMS. OF RURAL ROADS.
TONACATEPEQUE SAN MARTIN
2,265.1
MARTIN
GROUP 5
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD CA:2
EL TRANSITO, CONCEPCION
SETTING UP OF 27.15 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
USULUTAN
EL ESPINO BEACH
6,334.9
BATRES, JUCUARAN
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD
SETTING UP OF 17 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
SAN MIGUEL
CHAPELTIQUE - SESORI
3,033.2
CHAPELTIQUE SESORI
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD CA:2
JIQUILISCO, SAN AGUSTIN,
SETTING UP OF 27.7 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
USULUTAN
SAN AGUSTIN BERLIN
BERLIN, SAN FRANCISCO
3,867.7
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
JAVIER
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD
CIUDAD BARRIOS, SAN LUIS
CIUDAD BARRIOS SAN LUIS DE LA
DE LA REINA, SAN GERARDO.
SETTING UP OF 56.50 KMS. OF TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
SAN MIGUEL
REINA SAN GERARDO NUEVO
6,102.9
NUEVO EDEN DE SAN JUAN,
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODIFIED TERTIARY.
EDEN DE SAN JUAN
CAROLINA
GROUP 6
SETTING UP OF RURAL ROAD
SETTING UP OF 24.4 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
PERQUIN SAN FERNANDO
PERQUIN, SAN FERNANDO
MORAZAN
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF MODIFIED TERTIARY.BEARING
4,121.7
TOROLA EL ROSARIO
TOROLA, EL ROSARIO
SURFACE.
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD
SETTING UP OF 19.50 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
MORAZAN,
SAN
CHAPELTIQUE GUATAJIAGUA
CHAPELTIQUE, GUATAJIAGUA.
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF MODIFIED TERTIARY.BEARING
3,294.0
MIGUEL
YAMABAL GOTERA
YAMABAL, GOTERA
SURFACE.
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD MILITARY
SETTING UP OF 28.85 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
ROUTE ANAMOROS NUEVA
ANAMOROS, NUEVA ESPARTA,
LA UNION
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF MODIFIED TERTIARY.BEARING
4,873.4
POLOROS
ESPARTA POLOROS
SURFACE.
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD
SETTING UP OF 8 KMS. OF A TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD
LA UNION
ANAMOROS LISLIQUE
ANAMOROS, LISLIQUE
WITH CHARACTERISTIC OF MODIFIED TERTIARY.BEARING
1,351.4
SURFACE.
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD
CABAÑAS,
SETTING UP OF 17.35 KMS. OF A ROAD CLASSIFIED AS
SUCHITOTO - CINQUERA
CINQUERA, SUCHITOTO
TERTIARY ROAD TO A TRACK WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF
1,319.8
CUSCATLAN
MODIFIED TERTIARY ROAD.
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD RAMAL
SETTING UP OF13.05 KMS. OF ROAD CLASSIFIED AS
(TEJUTEPEQUE CINQUERA)
CABAÑAS
JUTIAPA, TEJUTEPEQUE
TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF
2,237.1
JUTIAPA CERRON GRANDE
MODIFIED TERTIARY ROAD.
SETTING UP OF11.60 KMS. OF ROAD CLASSIFIED AS
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD RAMAL
SAN
VICENTE
VERAPAZ, SAN RAMON
TERTIARY ROAD TO A ROAD WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF
1,988.6
(KM. 50.5 VERAPAZ) SAN RAMON
CUSCATLAN
MODIFIED TERTIARY ROAD.
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD
SETTING UP OF8.15 KMS. OF ROAD CLASSIFIED AS TERTIARY
GUAYMANGO, SAN PEDRO
AHUACHAPAN
ROAD TO A ROAD WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF MODIFIED
GUAYMANGO SAN PEDRO PUXTLA
1,397.1
PUXTLA
TERTIARY ROAD.
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD EL
EL PARAISO, SAN RAFAEL
SETTING UP OF40.1 KMS. OF ROAD CLASSIFIED AS TERTIARY
DULCE NOMBRE DE MARIA,
PARAISO DULCE NOMBRE DE
CHALATENANGO
ROAD TO A ROAD WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF MODIFIED
6,874.3
SAN FRANCISCO LEMPA, SAN
MARIA SAN FERNANDO
TERTIARY ROAD.
FERNANDO
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD RAMAL
SETTING UP OF8.00 KMS. OF ROAD CLASSIFIED AS TERTIARY
(CA:2 PLAYA EL ESPINO)
USULUTAN
JUCUARAN
ROAD TO A ROAD WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF MODIFIED
649.1
JUCUARAN
TERTIARY ROAD.
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD TACUBA
SETTING UP OF 9.20 KMS. OF ROAD CLASSIFIED AS RURAL
AHUACHAPAN
TACUBA
1,577.1
EL IMPOSIBLE
ROAD
SETTING UP RURAL ROAD RAMAL
SETTING UP OF 2.20 KMS. OF ROAD CLASSIFIED AS RURAL
(SANTA TECLA TEOTEPEQUE)
LA LIBERTAD
COMASAGUA
335.7
ROAD
COMASAGUA
SAN
JUAN
OPICO,
RECONSTRUCTION APOPA SITIO EL
SAN SALVADOR, LA
24.9 KMS. OF SPECIAL ROAD WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED
NIÑO ROAD
QUEZALTEPEQUE
NEJAPA,
33,142.9
LIBERTAD
WITH 4 CIRCULATION LANES
APOPA
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
REHABILITATION AND EXTENSION
OF THE ROAD TRENCH CA:4
NUEVO SAN SALVADOR,
CONSISTS OF THE REHABILITATION AND EXTENSION OF 23.5
LA LIBERTAD
16,114.3
INTERCONNECTION CA:1-CA:2
ZARAGOZA, LA LIBERTAD
KMS. OF SPECIAL ROAD IN 6 LANES
RECONSTRUCTION ROAD CA:1
SAN
VICENTE
SAN
TRENCH KM. 64 DETOUR SANTIAGO
VICENTE,
MERCEDES
CONSISTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 30 KMS. OF
UMAÑA, EL TRIUNFO
17,142.9
USULUTAN
PRIMARY ROAD WITH 7.3 MTS. WIDE
DE MARIA
REPAIRING OF SURFACE OF RURAL
REPAIRING OF 1,500 KILOMETERS OF RURAL ROAD LOCATED
NIVEL NACIONAL
ROADS
15,738.3
AT NATIONAL LEVEL
REHABILITATION OF URBAN ROADS
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS SAN
REHABILITATION OF 63.98 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
SAN SALVADOR
SALVADOR
24,045.6
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS SAN
REHABILITATION OF 10.20 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
SAN MIGUEL
SAN MIGUEL
MIGUEL
1,360.3
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS
REHABILITATION OF 6.33 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
SANTA ANA
SANTA ANA
593.9
SANTA ANA
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS
REHABILITATION OF 3.36 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
SONSONATE
SONSONATE
538.1
SONSONATE
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS
REHABILITATION OF 1.30 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
CUSCATLAN
COJUTEPEQUE
COJUTEPEQUE
348.2
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS
REHABILITATION OF 3.0 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
LA PAZ
ZACATECOLUCA
ZACATECOLUCA
1,052.2
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS LA
LA UNION, SANTA ROSA DE
REHABILITATION OF 5.0 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
LA UNION
553.5
UNION, SANTA ROSA DE LIMA
LIMA
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS
REHABILITATION OF 4.28 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
AHUACHAPAN
AHUACHAPAN
659.6
AHUACHAPAN
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS SAN
REHABILITATION OF 1.85 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
SAN VICENTE
SAN VICENTE
531.0
VICENTE
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS
REHABILITATION OF 3.77 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
USULUTAN
USULUTAN
1,052.2
USULUTAN
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
REHABILITATION URBAN ROADS SAN
REHABILITATION OF 1.29 KILOMETERS OF URBAN ROADS IN
MORAZAN
SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA
172.0
FRANCISCO GOTERA
THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
RECONSTRUCTION
ZACAMIL
STREET E/29 NORTH AVE. AND EL
SAN SALVADOR
MEJICANOS, SAN SALVADOR
RECONSTRUCTION OF 2.20 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
2,811.4
CALVARIO STREET
RECONSTRUCTION EL MATAZANO
STREET E/ EL EJERCITO
SAN SALVADOR
SOYAPANGO, ILOPANGO
RECONSTRUCTION OF 1.90 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
2,080.0
BOULEVARD AND COL. EL
MATAZANO MAIN STREET.
RECONSTRUCTION RAIN WATER
RECONSTRUCTION OF RAIN WATER COLLECTOR WITH A
COLLECTOR
CARCAVA
EL
SAN SALVADOR
ILOPANGO
1,814.2
LENGTH OF 200 MTS
MATAZANO
RECONSTRUCTION OF RAIN WATER
RECONSTRUCTION OF RAIN WATER COLLECTOR WITH A
COLLECTOR IN COL. 10 DE
SAN SALVADOR
SAN MARCOS
740.6
LENGTH OF 1.10 KILOMETERS
OCTUBRE, SAN MARCOS
RECONSTRUCTION 9th WEST
LA LIBERTAD
SANTA TECLA
RECONSTRUCTION OF 0.5 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
928.0
STREET E/ 3 AND 8 NORTH AVENUE.
RECONSTRUCTION
SOUTH
BOULEVARD E/2ᵃ AND 4 a WEST
LA LIBERTAD
SANTA TECLA
RECONSTRUCTION OF 0.20 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
951.7
STREET
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
RECONSTRUCTION
SOUTH
BOULEVARD E/5ᵃ SOUTH AVENUE
LA LIBERTAD
SANTA TECLA
RECONSTRUCTION OF 0.90 KILOMETERS OF PAVES ROADS
694.8
AND CA:4
RECONSTRUCTION
REGIONAL
INTERURBAN PAVED ROADS
RECONSTRUCTION ROAD SANTA
LA LIBERTAD
TECLA LA CUCHILLA
SANTA TECLA, COLON
RECONSTRUCTION OF 9.0 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
17,934.3
RECONSTRUCTION ROAD LA LA
LIBERTAD.
COLON, ARMENIA, IZALCO,
RECONSTRUCTION OF 61.1 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
CUCHILLA-SONSONATE-ACAJUTLA
14,470.6
SONSONATE
ACAJUTLA
RECONSTRUCTION ROAD SANTA
SANTA ANA, TEXISTEPEQUE
SANTA ANA
RECONSTRUCTION OF 57.0 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
ANA METAPAN ANGUIATU
6,937.1
METAPAN
RECONSTRUCTION ROAD SAN
SAN SALVADOR
SALVADOR APOPA
SAN SALVADOR, APOPA
RECONSTRUCTION OF 9.30 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
2,202.6
RECONSTRUCTION ROAD CA:2 EL
SAN MIGUEL,
LA
SAN MIGUEL, CHIRILAGUA,
RECONSTRUCTION OF 53.30 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
DELIRIO - LA UNION
26,619.5
UNION
INTIPUCA, LA UNION
RECONSTRUCTION BRIDGES ON
LA LIBERTAD, LA
PAZ, USULUTAN,
RECONSTRUCTION OF 70 BRIDGES
COASTAL ROAD
16,689.8
SAN MIGUEL
RECONSTRUCTION
ROAD
SAN
SAN MIGUEL,
LA
SAN MIGUEL, SAN ANTONIO
RECONSTRUCTION OF 34.5 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
MIGUEL- SIRAMA
18,571.4
UNION
SILVA, LA UNION
RECONSTRUCTION
ROAD
SONSONATE,
SONSONATE,
JUAYUA,
RECONSTRUCTION OF 37.7 KILOMETERS OF PAVED ROADS
13,200.0
SONSONATE - SANTA ANA
SANTA ANA
CHALCHUAPA, NAHUIZALCO
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
RECONSTRUCTION ARCE BRIDGE
AHUACHAPAN
SAN FRANCISCO MENENDEZ
RECONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE OVER PAZ RIVER
1,142.9
RECONSTRUCTION
MORAPALA
BRIDGE
RECONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE OVER PAZ RIVER
2,285.7
SAN MIGUEL, LA
CHIRILAGUA,
BERLIN.
UNION, USULUTAN,
MERCEDES
UMAÑA,
RECONSTRUCTION OF INTERURBAN
LA LIBERTAD, SAN
JIQUILISCO,
PUERTO
EL
RECONSTRUCTION OF 600.0 KILOMETERS OF INTERURBAN
PAVED ROADS
39,917.9
SALVADOR,
TRIUNFO,
NUEVA
SAN
PAVED ROADS
CHALATENANGO,
SALVADOR, SAN MARTIN,
CUSCATLAN
SUCHITOTO, CHALATENANGO
TOTAL
406,299.3
EDUCATION
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
EDUCATION
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
NATIONAL LEVEL
CONSISTS OF THE RECOVERY OF THE EDUCATIONAL
78,800.0
EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGED BY HURRICANE MITCH.
REPLACEMENT OF LABORATORY
SUBSTITUTION OF DAMAGED LABORATORY AND COMPUTER
AND COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OF
NATIONAL LEVEL
17,086.9
THE BASIC EDUCATION SCHOOLS
EQUIPMENT, OF THE BASIC EDUCATION SCHOOLS
TOTAL
95,886.9
REHABILITATION OF
THE WATER AND
SEWAGE BASIC
SYSTEMS
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BASIC WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US$)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER AND SEWAGE
SAN SALVADOR, LA
DRINKABLE WATER AND SEWAGE
SYSTEMS INCLUDING: A) LATRINE PROGRAMS. B)
LIBERTAD,
SYSTEMS IN 10 LOCATIONS OF THE
HYDROLOGIC STUDIES. C) SOURCE SELECTION. D)
13,748.6
CHALATENANGO,
CENTRAL ZONE OF EL SALVADOR
CUSCATLAN
SELECTION OF THE SITE FOR TANKS. E) PROMOTION. F)
MEASUREMENTS
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
A) RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF THE DRINKABLE
INTRODUCTION OF THE SEWAGE
SANTA ANA
WATER SYSTEM. B) RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF
EL CONGO
2,742.9
SYSTEM CANTON EL TINTERAL, EL
THE SEWAGE SYSTEM. C) DESIGN OF A SEWAGE WATER
CONGO
TREATMENT PLANT.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
DRINKABLE WATER SERVICE IN
CUSCATLAN
ORATORIO DE CONCEPCION
ORATORIO DE CONCEPCION,
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM
571.4
CUSCATLAN
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
SUBSTITUTION OF THE EXISTING DISTRIBUTION NETWORK,
DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM OF
CHALATENANGO
AGUA CALIENTE
571.4
NEW SUPPLY SOURCE AND FILTRATING GALLERY.
AGUA CALIENTE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE
WATER SERVICE IN COMMUNITIES
CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM,
SAN SALVADOR
CIUDAD DELGADO
457.1
PRADERAS I, II AND III AND MONTE
THROUGH THE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF APOPA.
MARIA, CIUDAD DELGADO
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM OF
CABAÑAS
ILOBASCO
INCORPORATION OF A WELL AND A SUPPLY SOURCE,
1,485.7
ILOBASCO
CONSTRUCTION OF A DRINKABLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
RECONSTRUCCION SISTEMA DE
RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF THE DRINKABLE
AGUA POTABLE COLONIA EL
SONSONATE
SONSONATE
342.9
WATER SYSTEM. CONSTRUCTION OF TANKS-RESERVOIRS.
MIRADOR Y EL CARMEN
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BASIC WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US$)
EXECUTION OF DRINKABLE AND
CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE DRINKABLE AND
SAN
MIGUEL,
SEWAGE WATER MASTER PLANS
SEWAGE WATER SYSTEMS OF THE CITIES, THROUGH THE
SANTA
ANA,
FOR THE CITIES OF SAN MIGUEL,
92,914.3
INCORPORATION AND EXTENSION OF THE DISTRIBUTION
SONSONATE
SANTA ANA, AND SONSONATE 1/
NETWORKS.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
A) RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM.
INTRODUCTION OF THE SEWAGE
SANTA ANA
B) RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF THE SEWAGE
EL CONGO
2,994.3
SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF EL
SYSTEM. C) DESIGN OF A SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT
CONGO
PLANT.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
A) RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM.
INTRODUCTION OF THE SEWAGE
AHUACHAPAN
B) RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF THE SEWAGE
TURIN
3,714.3
SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
SYSTEM. C) DESIGN OF A SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT
TURIN
PLANT.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
A) RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM.
INTRODUCTION OF THE SEWAGE
B) RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF THE SEWAGE
AHUACHAPAN
EL REFUGIO
3,668.6
SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF EL
SYSTEM. C) DESIGN OF A SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT
REFUGIO
PLANT.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
A) RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM.
DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
B) RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF THE SEWAGE
AHUACHAPAN
AHUACHAPAN
INTRODUCTION OF THE SEWAGE
9,360.0
SYSTEM. C) DESIGN OF A SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT
SYSTEM IN AHUACHAPAN
PLANT.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
A) RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM.
INTRODUCTION OF THE SEWAGE
B) RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF THE SEWAGE
LA LIBERTAD
CIUDAD ARCE
3,291.4
SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
SYSTEM. C) DESIGN OF A SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT
CIUDAD ARCE
PLANT.
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BASIC WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEMS
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US$)
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
A) RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM
INTRODUCTION OF THE SEWAGE
B) RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF THE SEWAGE
SONSONATE
ARMENIA
5,097.1
SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
SYSTEM. C) DESIGN OF A SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT
PLANT.
ARMENIA
CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
SONSONATE
CUISNAHUAT
WATER SYSTEM IN CUISNAHUAT
914.3
WATER SUPPLY SOURCE STUDY.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE
WATER SYSTEM IN CANTON EL
CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRINKABLE WATER SYSTEM AND
SAN MIGUEL
CHIRILAGUA
TAMARINDO, MUNICIPALITY OF
1,142.9
WATER SUPPLY SOURCE STUDY.
CHIRILAGUA
RECONSTRUCT THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER
TO BROADEN THE PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF THE
RECONSTRUCTION LEMPA RIVER II
STAGE PROJECT. EXTENSION AND
TREATMENT PLANT FROM 1.5 TO 3.0 M3/SEG. MAKE THE
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT
LA LIBERTAD, SAN
NECESSARY ENGINEERING CHANGES TO OPTIMIZE THE
37,554.3
SALVADOR
PLANT OF THE LEMPA RIVER
ACTUAL STAGES OF THE CHLORIFICATION, FILTRATION, MUD
SYSTEM.
TREATMENT AND CHEMICAL DOSAGE PROCESSES, AS WELL
AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF STORAGE TANKS OF 60 MT3 FOR
TREATED WATER
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SEWAGE
CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWAE WATER
WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE
TREATMENT PLANT FOR THE INTEGRAL CLEANING OF THE
SAN SALVADOR
SOYAPANGO AND ILOPANGO
AREA OF LAS CAÑAS RIVER (
17,579.4
SEWAGE WATER GENERATED BY THE METROPOLITAN
SOYAPANGO E ILOPANGO)
AGGLOMERATION OF SAN SALVADOR.
CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWAGE WATER
CONSTRUCTION OF A SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANT THAT WILL HAVE AN INITIAL CAPACITY
WATER TREATMENT PLANT "EL
SAN SALVADOR
CUSCATANCINGO AND APOPA
FOR 210,000 MTS3/DAILY, 3 MODULES WILL BE INSTALLED AND
30,939.4
ARENAL" (ACELHUATE RIVER).
IT WILL BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF
CUSCATANCINGO AND APOPA.
TOTAL
229,090.3
1/ El monto que se informa corresponde únicamente a la primera fase del proyecto.
AGRICULTURAL
REACTIVATION
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands of US$)
AGRICULTURAL REACTIVATION
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
INTENDS TO HELP THE PRODUCERS ORGANIZATIONS,
SUSTAINABLE
RURAL
IMPROVEMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK
DEVELOPMENT IN ECOLOGIC
AHUACHAPAN
CAPACITY, REFORESTATION, MICROENTERPRISES AND
9,290.0
FRAGILE ZONES IN THE AREA OF EL
HANDCRAFTS AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NEIGHBOURING
TRIFINIO
ROADS.
SUPPORT THE MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF SOLID
DECONTAMINATION IN CRITICAL
WASTES AND MANAGEMENT OF TOXIC WASTE; IMPLIES THE
NACIONAL
55,000.0
AREAS
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT
PROCUREMENT AND TRAINING
EXECUTION OF WORK CONSISTING OF THE DREDGING AND
FLOODING CONTROL OF THE BASIN
EXCAVATION OF TRENCHES WITH LESS CAPACITY AND A DRAIN
OF THE GRANDE RIVER IN SAN
SAN MIGUEL
124,400.0
MIGUEL
TOWARDS THE OLOMEGA LAGOON, AS WELL AS ACTIVITIES OF
BASINS AND PLATEAU MANAGEMENT
REHABILITATION
OF
THE
USULUTAN,
REHABILITATION OF 5 FISHING DOCKS TO NORMALIZE THE
UNLOADING INFRASTRUCTURE OF
SONSONATE,
LA
UNLOADING SERVICES OF FISHING, PREPARATION AND
3,428.6
FISHING IN THE AREAS AFFECTED
UNION
CONSERVATION OF THE PRODUCT
BY HURRICANE "MITCH"
ELABORATION OF A MASTER PLAN,
IMPROVEMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
LA
PAZ,
SAN
INTEGRATED
AGRICULTURAL
GUARANTEEING THE RATIONAL USE OF THE RESOURCES AND
VICENTE,
11,000.0
DEVELOPMENT IN THE PLATEAU OF
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE RURAL
USULUTAN
THE LOW LEMPA PROJECT
IMPROVEMENT OF THE ZONE
REACTIVATION OF SHRIMP
CONSISTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRING OF THE
LA PAZ, LA UNION,
CULTIVATION IN THE AREAS
RESERVOIR AFFECTED INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS USED IN
1,714.3
USULUTAN
AFFECTED BY HURRICANE "MITCH"
THE SHRIMP PRDUCTION
IMPROVEMENT OF THE DRAINAGE
A)PROTECTION OF 9,600 HECTARES OF LAND WITH
SAN
VICENTE.
TECOLUCA, SAN VICENTE,
AGRICULTURAL VOCATION. B) IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
AND FLOODING CONTROL OF THE
3,885.7
USULUTAN
JIQUILISCO, USULUTAN
OF 2,740 FAMILIES. C) INCREASE THE USE OF LAND INDEX
LEMPA RIVER IN COASTAL PLATEAU
FROM 0.2 TO 1.20
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands of US$)
AGRICULTURAL REACTIVATION
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US $)
CONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THE
AHUACHAPAN,
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF WATER WITH THE PURPOSE OF
SANTA
BASIN OF THE PAZ RIVER
ANA,
IRRIGATION, REFORESTATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SMALL
100,000.0
SONSONATE
AND MEDIUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, FLOODING CONTROL AND
TRAINING
HEALTH CARE
OR
DISASTER PREVENTION
( in thousands of US$)
HEALTH CARE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US$)
RECONSTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL
RECONSTRUCTION AND FITTING OF THE HOSPITAL. TOTAL
SAN VICENTE
SAN VICENTE
SANTA GERTRUDIS
12,530.1
AREA OF THE NEW DESIGN: 20,047.76 MT2.
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE
DEMOLITION OF MOST OF THE BUILDINGS, KEEPING THE
HOSPITALIZATION TOWER AND THE MOST ANTIQUE BUILDING
REFERAL GENERAL HOSPITAL SAN
LA LIBERTAD
SANTA TECLA
23,785.2
CONSIDERED CULTURAL HERITAGE. TOTAL AREA TO
RAFAEL
CONSTRUCT: 24,067.9 MT2.
RECONSTRUCTION AND FITTING OF THE SUCHITOTO
RECONSTRUCTION
OF
THE
HOSPITAL, TO IMPROVE THE SERVICING. CONSTRUCTION:
CUSCATLAN
SUCHITOTO
SUCHITOTO HOSPITAL
7,637.2
11,431 MT2, RESTORING: 1,340.0 MT2.; REMODELATION: 1,766.4
MT2.
RECONSTRUCTION
AND
CONSISTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT OF
REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT
LA UNION
LA UNION
6,171.4
OF LA UNION HOSPITAL
THE EQUIPMENT OF LA UNION HOSPITAL
CONSISTS OF THE FITTING OF THE PNEUMOLOGICAL
REHABILITATION
OF
THE
SAN SALVADOR
PLANES DE RENDEROS
HOSPITAL IN ORDER TO CONVERT IT INTO A GENERAL
PNEUMOLOGICAL HOSPITAL
7,700.0
HOSPITAL
RECONSTRUCTION
AND
CONSISTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT OF
REPLACEMENT OF THE HEALTH'S
THE UNIT'S EQUIPMENT TO ATTEND THE SERVICES OF
CHALATENANGO
CHALATENANGO
685.7
UNIT
EQUIPMENT
OF
EXTERNAL CONSULTING, ODONTOLOGY AND CLINICAL
CHALATENANGO
LABORATORY. AS WELL AS SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
RECONSTRUCTION
AND
CONSISTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT OF
PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT FOR
THE UNIT'S EQUIPMENT TO ATTEND THE SERVICES OF
MORAZAN
SAN FRANCISCO GOTERA
685.7
THE HEALTH UNIT OF SAN
EXTERNAL CONSULTING, ODONTOLOGY AND CLINICAL
FRANCISCO GOTERA
LABORATORY. AS WELL AS SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
RECONSTRUCTION
AND
CONSISTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT OF
REPLACEMENT OF THE HEALTH
THE UNIT'S EQUIPMENT TO ATTEND THE SERVICES OF
LA PAZ
ZACATECOLUCA
685.7
UNIT
EQUIPMENT
OF
EXTERNAL CONSULTING, ODONTOLOGY AND CLINICAL
ZACATECOLUCA
LABORATORY. AS WELL AS SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
HE
DISASTER PREVENTION
( in thousands of US$)
HEALTH CARE
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
IN US$
REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT
CONSISTS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF FURNITURE AND
OF THE HEALTH UNIT OF SALINAS
SONSONATE
SONSONATE
79.3
EQUIPMENT
DE AYACACHAPA
REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT
CONSISTS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF FURNITURE AND
OF THE HEALTH UNIT OF COLONIA
AHUACHAPAN
SAN FRANCISCO MENENDEZ
79.3
EQUIPMENT
ISTA
REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT
CONSISTS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF FURNITURE AND
USULUTAN
OF THE HEALTH UNIT OF JUCUARAN
JIQUILISCO
79.3
EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT
CONSISTS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF FURNITURE AND
OF THE HEALTH UNIT OF EL
LA PAZ
SAN LUIS TALPA
79.3
EQUIPMENT
PIMENTAL
REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT
CONSISTS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF FURNITURE AND
USULUTAN
JIQUILISCO
OF THE HEALTH UNIT OF LA CANOA
79.3
EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT
CONSISTS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF FURNITURE AND
OF THE HEALTH UNIT OF NUEVO
USULUTAN
JIQUILISCO
79.3
AMANECER
EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT
OF 8 HEALTH UNITS AT NATIONAL
CONSISTS OF THE REPLACEMENT OF FURNITURE AND
NATIONAL LEVEL
996.2
LEVEL
EQUIPMENT FOR 8 HEALTH UNITS
TOTAL
61,432.3
CITIZEN SECURITY
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands of US$)
CITIZEN SECURITY
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US$)
RECONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT
CONSISTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FIREFIGHTER'S
OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL LEVEL
BUILDING, AS WELL AS THE PROCUREMENT OF VARIOUS
8,142.0
EQUIPMENT FOR RESCUE AND FIRE EXTINCTION
EQUIPMENT AND MODERNIZATION
OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
NATIONAL LEVEL
CONSISTS OF THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT TO THE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMITEE
2,000.0
SYSTEM
TOTAL
10,142.0
SUPPORT TO THE
RECONSTRUCTION
AT LOCAL LEVEL
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands of US$)
SUPPORT TO THE RECONSTRUCTION AT LOCAL LEVEL
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENT
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US$)
BASIC SERVICES AT LOCAL LEVEL
DEVELOP SMALL WORKS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
NATIONAL LEVEL
FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION AND PREVENTION
30,000.0
TOTAL
30,000.0
HOUSING
NECESSITIES FOR THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION AND
DISASTER PREVENTION
(in thousands US $)
HOUSING
NAME OF THE PROJECT
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL AMOUNT
DEPARTMENTO
MUNICIPALITY
(IN US$)
REALLOCATION AND RECONSTRUCTION
CONSISTS OF THE REALLOCATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF
OF HOUSES FOR FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN
NATIONAL LEVEL
100,000.0
HOUSES FOR FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN HIGH RISK ZONES
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SUMMARY:
1. THE FIRST LADY'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL NOVEMBER 16-18, VISIT
TO EL SALVADOR FOCUSED HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL AND MEDIA
ATTENTION ON WOMEN'S ISSUES AND SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION. MRS.
CLINTON WAS ALSO ABLE TO RECOGNIZE BOTH U.S. AND SALVADORAN
DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE MITCH. IN
A FULL, ONE-DAY AGENDA ON NOVEMBER 17, MRS. CLINTON
UNDERSCORED THE NEED FOR ACTION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DURING HER KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO A FORUM ON THIS TOPIC
ORGANIZED BY EL SALVADOR'S FIRST LADY AS WELL AS IN A FOCUS
GROUP DISCUSSION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WITH CARE
PROVIDERS AND BENEFICIARIES HELD AT THE INSTITUTE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN. MRS. CLINTON ALSO CHAIRED A ROUND
TABLE DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ACHIEVING AND
MAINTAINING PEACE IN EL SALVADOR, IDENTIFYING GUIDEPOSTS FOR
OTHER NATIONS CURRENTLY SEEKING TO REESTABLISH PEACE AND
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS. SHE ALSO HEIGHTENED THE PROFILE
AND GAVE NEW IMPETUS TO FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE
VITAL VOICES CONFERENCE IN MONTEVIDEO BY MEETING WITH THE
SALVADORAN PARTICIPANTS IN THAT CONFERENCE. THE FIRST LADY
DEMONSTRATED ONGOING USG SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN
EL SALVADOR BY ANNOUNCING USD 4.1 MILLION IN USAID FUNDING
FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD/FAMILY EDUCATION AND FOR THE HEALTHY
SCHOOLS PROGRAM. MRS. CLINTON HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW
ALL OF THESE ISSUES IN A COURTESY CALL ON THE PRESIDENT OF
EL SALVADOR AT THE END OF THE DAY'S EVENTS. THE VISIT
RECEIVED EXTENSIVE AND VERY POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE - MEDIA
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REACTION BEING SENT SEPTEL.
2. UPON ARRIVAL ON NOVEMBER 16, MRS. CLINTON RECEIVED A
BRIEFING FROM COL. VIRGIL PACKETT ON RELIEF EFFORTS
FOLLOWING HURRICANE MITCH AND REVIEWED U.S. PLANS FOR
PROVIDING ONGOING RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN COMMAND'S JOINT TASK FORCE EAGLE,
HEADQUARTERED IN EL SALVADOR. IN ADDITION TO MEMBERS OF HER
STAFF, THE FIRST LADY WAS ACCOMPANIED ON THE VISIT BY USAID
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR MARK SCHNEIDER, STATE DEPARTMENT
PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR LATIN AMERICA JOHN
HAMILTON AND THEODORE PICCONE OF THE NSC STAFF. THE
SALVADORAN FIRST LADY, THE U.S. AMBASSADOR AND LOCAL USAID
MISSION DIRECTOR ALSO ATTENDED THE EVENTS. END SUMMARY.
ARRIVAL AND DISASTER RELIEF EVENTS
3. THE FIRST LADY ARRIVED IN EL SALVADOR AT 8:15 P.M.,
NOVEMBER 16, AT COMALAPA AIRPORT AND WAS MET BY THE FIRST
LADY OF EL SALVADOR, ELIZABETH DE CALDERON SOL, AMBASSADOR
PATTERSON, AND THE MAYOR OF SAN SALVADOR, HECTOR SILVA.
MAYOR SILVA PRESENTED THE FIRST LADY WITH THE KEYS TO THE
CITY. AS THE FIRST LADIES WALKED TO THE HANGAR BEING USED
TO RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL AID FOR THE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE
MITCH, THEY WERE WARMLY GREETED BY 100 CHILDREN FROM THE
HOGAR DEL NINO SAN VICENTE DE PAUL, AN ORPHANAGE SPONSORED
BY MRS. CALDERON DEL SOL.
4. AT THE HANGAR, THE FIRST LADIES WERE GREETED BY COL.
VIRGIL PACKETT, COMMANDER OF JOINT TASK FORCE EAGLE, AND BY
GOES VICE MINISTER OF INTERIOR ROBERTO MACHON. COL. PACKETT
PROVIDED A BRIEFING ON U.S. MILITARY PLANS FOR DISASTER
RELIEF IN THE REGION. VICE MINISTER MACHON, USING
PHOTOGRAPHS AND A LARGE MAP, ALSO BRIEFED THE FIRST LADIES
ON THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE IN EL SALVADOR AND ON GOES RELIEF
EFFORTS. THE FIRST LADIES PROCEEDED TO A STAGE WHERE BOTH
DELIVERED REMARKS TO SALVADORAN CIVILIAN RELIEF
REPRESENTATIVES AND TO SALVADORAN AND U.S. SOLDIERS. THE
FIRST LADIES THEN MET AND THANKED BOTH THE TROOPS AND
CIVILIAN RELIEF WORKERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE
VICTIMS. BOTH THE ARRIVAL AND DISASTER RELIEF EVENTS WERE
COVERED BY U.S. AND LOCAL MEDIA.
WOMEN'S ISSUES: VISIT OF THE INSTITUTE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN (ISDEMU)
5. MRS. CLINTON VISITED THE SALVADORAN INSTITUTE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN (ISDEMU) ON NOVEMBER 17. ISDEMU WAS
FOUNDED IN FEBRUARY 1996 AS A COORDINATING BODY TO ENSURE
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MORE EFFECTIVE, INTEGRATED SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PROMOTING
THE ADVANCEMENT AND FULL REALIZATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF
SALVADORAN WOMEN. MRS. CLINTON WAS MET BY MRS. CALDERON
SOL, WHO SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF ISDEMU'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
MRS. CALDERON SOL INTRODUCED MRS. CLINTON TO OTHER BOARD
MEMBERS (WHICH INCLUDE SIX VICE MINISTERS, THE HUMAN RIGHTS
OMSBUDSMAN, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM TWO NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING SERVICES TO WOMEN). MRS. CLINTON
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WAS THEN SHOWN A DISPLAY OF LEGAL MATERIALS, INCLUDING AN
INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL PRODUCED FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON THE
FAMILY CODE AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE GENERAL
PUBLIC. MANY OF THE BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON DISPLAY WERE
FINANCED BY DONORS, INCLUDING UNICEF, UNDP AND USAID.
6. HIGHLIGHTING GOES SUPPORT FOR PROVIDING CREDIT TO
MICROENTERPRISES, THE FIRST LADIES VIEWED A DISPLAY OF CLOTH
AND JUTE DOLLS, CERAMIC POTTERY, STUFFED ANIMALS AND CLOTH-
COVERED FRAMES PRODUCED BY THE CORAZON DE CRISTO COMMUNITY
BANK OF SOYAPANGO. THE BANK HAD RECEIVED A LOW INTEREST USD
125 LOAN FROM THE NATIONAL SECRETARIAT FOR THE FAMILY, FOR
LENDING TO ITS MEMBERS. AS SHE OBSERVED THESE PRODUCTS,
MRS. CLINTON DISCUSSED HOW THE EIGHT WOMEN PRESENT, MANY OF
WHOM WERE OVER THE AGE OF 60, HAD USED LOAN FUNDS TO IMPROVE
THEIR FAMILIES' LIVES.
7. NEXT, THE FIRST TWO LADIES MET THE DIRECTOR OF ISDEMU'S
PROGRAM FOR COMBATTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WATCHED AS
OPERATORS OF THE 24-HOUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOT LINE HANDLED
INCOMING PHONE CALLS. MRS. CLINTON THEN PARTICIPATED IN A
ROUND TABLE HEADED BY DR. ENRIQUE VALDES, DIRECTOR OF
ISDEMU'S PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE; SUZANNE BARRIOS,
HEAD OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WHICH PROSECUTES
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN; WALTER CONTRERAS, WHO HANDLES SOCIAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VICTIMS; IRIS REYES, FROM THE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION; AND A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE AND A
REHABILITATED AGGRESSOR. DR. VALDES REFERRED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WHICH EL
SALVADOR SUBSCRIBED To, NOTING THAT THEY LAID THE BASIS FOR
THE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TOWARD FAMILY VIOLENCE WHICH
MRS. CLINTON WOULD SEE AT ISDEMU. MS. BARRIOS TOLD MRS.
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CLINTON THAT THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN CHARGE OF CRIMES
AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAD ONLY BEEN ESTABLISHED IN 1995
AND NOW HAD 18 REGIONAL OFFICES. THESE OFFICES PROSECUTED
RAPES, AND SEXUAL ABUSE. RECENTLY, HER OFFICE HAD
SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED GANG MEMBERS WHO HAD BEEN
RESPONSIBLE FOR FIFTY RAPES.
8. MR. CONTRERAS SAID HIS OFFICE FOCUSED ON PREVENTION AND
REHABILITATION, ENCOURAGING FAMILY MEDIATION AND TREATMENT
PROGRAMS. IN ITS ROLE AS PUBLIC DEFENDER, HIS OFFICE ALSO
REPRESENTS VICTIMS OF ABUSE IN COURT AND HAD HANDLED 1560
CASES THIS YEAR. MS. REYES SAID THE EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM
NOW INCLUDED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
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9.
(b)(6)
(WHOSE NAME WAS WITHHELD FROM THE PRESS)
SPOKE ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES AS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.
SHE SAID SHE AND HER CHILDREN HAD BEEN BEATEN FOR SEVENTEEN
YEARS; SHE HAD LEFT HER COMMON-LAW HUSBAND SEVERAL TIMES BUT
HAD ALWAYS RETURNED TO HIM.
(b)(6)
HEARD ABOUT THE
SERVICES OFFERED BY ISDEMU ON THE RADIO. SHE CAME TO THE
CENTER AND RECEIVED COUNSELING. THE COUNSELORS HAD HELPED
HER OBTAIN AN EQUITABLE PROPERTY SETTLEMENT FROM HER COMMON-
LAW MARRIAGE (NOW PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE 1995 FAMILY CODE).
AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS OF ABUSE, SHE AND HER CHILDREN HAD
LIVED IN PEACE FOR FIVE MONTHS. A
(b)(6)
WHO USED
TO BE A WIFE BEATER EXPLAINED TO MRS. CLINTON THAT FOR YEARS
HE HAD BEEN RELUCTANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS PROBLEM BUT HE HAD
CHANGED HIS BEHAVIOR BECAUSE HE AND HIS WIFE HAD ENTERED
COUNSELING UNDER THE AUSPICES OF ISDEMU.
10. DR. VALDES SAID THAT ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAM
WAS TO REHABILITATE AGGRESSORS AND REDUCE DELINQUENCY. IN
CLOSING, HE SHOWED MRS. CLINTON A DISPLAY BOARD OF
CONFISCATED WEAPONS USED TO BEAT WOMEN AND CHILDREN. HE
SAID FOR HIM THE MOST DRAMATIC EXHIBIT WAS A WOODEN SPOON
BROKEN ON THE HEAD OF AN INFANT WHEN THE CHILD WAS CRYING
FROM HUNGER.
11. MRS. CLINTON COMPLIMENTED THE GROUP ON THE DEVELOPMENT
OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, NOTING THAT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE HAD TO BE ATTACKED FROM MANY DIRECTIONS: IT WAS AT
ONCE A LEGAL, EDUCATIONAL, MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUE.
SHE NOTED SHE WAS SPEAKING ON THE TOPIC AT THE FORUM THAT
AFTERNOON. SHE COMPLIMENTED ISDEMU MEMBERS ON THE PROGRESS
THEY HAD MADE TO TREAT VIOLENCE AS A CRIMINAL, RATHER THAN A
"FAMILY" MATTER. MRS. CLINTON SAID THE WEAPONS WHICH WERE
USED TO BEAT WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE A POWERFUL SYMBOL AND
WOULD REMAIN WITH HER FOR A LONG TIME.
12. PRIOR TO HER DEPARTURE FROM ISDEMU, MRS. CLINTON
STOPPED FOR A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY WITH ISDEMU STAFF, WHO
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APPLAUDED HER INTEREST IN WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT.
13. IN TERMS OF FOLLOW-UP, USAID AND USIS HAVE ALREADY
SUPPORTED SPECIALIZED TRAINING TO THE CHIEF OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S UNIT FOR CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND
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HAVE PLANS TO TRAIN ADDITIONAL PROSECUTORS IN INTERVIEWING
TECHNIQUES FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. AS A RESULT OF MRS.
CLINTON'S VISIT, WE WILL INCLUDE ISDEMU STAFF WORKING ON
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES. MORENA HERRERA, ONE OF THE NGO
REPRESENTATIVES ON ISDEMU'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PRESENTED
MRS. CLINTON WITH A LETTER EXPRESSING THE ONGOING CONCERN OF
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS IN EL SALVADOR WITH LEGAL AND WOMEN'S
HEALTH ISSUES. THE U.S. EMBASSY WILL PREPARE A RESPONSE.
EDUCATION: VISIT TO HOGAR DEL NINO ST. VICENTE DE PAUL
ORPHANAGE
14. FOLLOWING THE ISDEMU VISIT, THE TWO FIRST LADIES
PROCEEDED TO THE HOGAR DEL NINO SAN VICENTE DE PAUL (ST.
VINCENT DE PAUL'S CHILDREN'S HOME). THE HOGAR DEL NINO IS A
HOME FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE ORPHANED, ABUSED, OR ABANDONED,
AND CURRENTLY HOUSES ABOUT 400 CHILDREN FROM NEWBORNS TO
ADOLESCENTS.
15. AT THE HOGAR DEL NINO, THE TWO FIRST LADIES WITNESSED
THE SIGNING OF A DECLARATION OF SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION IN EL
SALVADOR BETWEEN USAID AND THE GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR.
THIS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND EL SALVADOR
CELEBRATED THE APPROVAL OF 20 MILLION COLONES (USD
2,200,000) FOR THE HEALTHY SCHOOLS PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS
HEALTH AND NUTRITION SERVICES FOR RURAL SCHOOL CHILDREN.
THE AGREEMENT ALSO NOTED THE US. INTENTION TO COMMIT AN
ADDITIONAL USD 1.8 MILLION FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD AND
FAMILY EDUCATION ACTIVITY (EDIFAM). THIS PROGRAM WILL BE
CARRIED OUT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SALVADORAN INSTITUTE
FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS (ISPM), AN AGENCY THAT IS PART
OF THE FIRST LADY'S NATIONAL SECRETARIAT FOR THE FAMILY.
16. PRIOR TO THE SIGNING, THE FIRST LADIES ENJOYED A
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PERFORMANCE BY A GROUP OF CHILDREN OF A NATIVE DANCE. AT
THE END OF THE CEREMONY, THE FIRST LADIES GREETED CHILDREN
FROM THREE INSTITUTIONS: THE SALAMAR HEALTHY SCHOOL, A
RURAL DAYCARE CENTER, AND THE HOGAR DEL NINO.
WOMEN IN THE PEACE PROCESS: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
17. AT MIDDAY, MRS. CLINTON PRESIDED OVER A ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSION OF THE SALVADORAN EXPERIENCE -- AND THE ROLE
OF WOMEN -- IN MOVING FROM WAR TO PEACE. IN ADDITION
TO THE FIRST LADY OF EL SALVADOR AND THE AMBASSADOR,
THE PANEL COMPRISED ARONETTE DIAZ, SUPREME COURT
MAGISTRATE; VIOLETA MENJIVAR, DEPUTY COORDINATOR OF THE
FMLN AND A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY; CECILIA
GALLARDO DE CANO, THE FORMER MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND
CURRENT EDITOR OF LEADING NEWSPAPER "LA PRENSA
GRAFICA;' LORENA PENA, FMLN LEGISLATIVE DEPUTY; ANA
GUADALUPE MARTINEZ, FORMERLY A MAJOR FIGURE IN THE FMLN
AND ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FMLN PEACE NEGOTIATING
TEAM; AND CARMEN ELENA CALDERON DE ESCALON, THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNING ARENA PARTY. THE AUDIENCE
CONSISTED OF A CROSS-SAMPLING OF WOMEN FROM PUBLIC
LIFE, INCLUDING ALL WOMEN DEPUTIES OF THE SALVADORAN
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
18. MRS. CLINTON OPENED THE DISCUSSION, REFERRING TO
HER MEETINGS WITH WOMEN IN OTHER CONFLICTIVE AND POST-
CONFLICTIVE SOCIETIES AND NOTING THAT THE PRIMARY
VICTIMS OF THESE CONFLICTS ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. SHE
ASKED THE PANELISTS TO REFLECT ON THEIR EXPERIENCES IN
THE TRANSFORMATION FROM WAR TO PEACE. SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE DIAZ UNDERLINED THAT RECONCILIATION IS A
PROCESS AND THAT VICTIMS CAN TAKE THE FIRST STEPS IN
THE SEARCH FOR PEACE -- A TELLING COMMENT COMING FROM A
WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND WAS ASSASSINATED BY DEATH SQUADS AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR. ARENA VICE PRESIDENT
ESCALON CONCURRED, OBSERVING THAT WOMEN AS THE
PRINCIPAL VICTIMS OF WAR SHOULD BE PROTAGONISTS IN THE
SEARCH FOR PEACE. ANA GUADALUPE MARTINEZ AND LORENA
PENA RECALLED HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO TAKE THE FIRST
STEPS AND TALK TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT TO
BEGIN THE PEACE TALKS. MARTINEZ ALSO RECALLED THE
IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE USG THROUGH ITS ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT TO MAKE PEACE WORK IN EL SALVADOR.
19. VIOLETA MENJIVAR NOTED THAT THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN
THE PEACE PROCESS WAS DOUBLY IMPORTANT IN THAT IT LENT
POLITICAL VISIBILITY TO WOMEN WHICH CARRIED OVER TO
POST-WAR POLITICAL LIFE. PENA NOTED THAT WOMEN HAVE
GAINED STRENGTH BY RECOGNIZING THAT PROBLEMS THAT
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AFFECTED THEM HAD TO BE ADDRESSED COLLECTIVELY AND THAT
WOMEN'S ISSUES TRANSCENDED IDEOLOGICAL BOUNDARIES.
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CECILIA GALLARDO, REFERRING TO HER OWN ROLE IN THE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, COMMENTED THAT EDUCATORS MUST
GRAPPLE WITH THE CAUSES AND RESULTS OF WAR AND POINTED
TO THE GOES EFFORTS TO INCORPORATE A BALANCED HISTORY
OF THE WAR INTO SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS.
20. IN HER CONCLUDING REMARKS, MRS. CLINTON EXPRESSED
HER ADMIRATION FOR THE ROLE PLAYED BY SALVADORAN WOMEN
IN THE PEACE PROCESS AND IN THE COUNTRY'S POST-WAR
POLITICAL LIFE, NOTING THAT THE ACTIVISM OF WOMEN IN
THE SEARCH FOR PEACE HELPED CREATE POLITICAL SPACE FOR
A CONTINUED ROLE AFTERWARDS. REFERRING TO THE
DIFFICULTIES INHERENT IN FORMER ENEMIES OVERCOMING
THEIR ENTRENCHED DISTRUST AND AGREEING TO TALK PEACE,
SHE NOTED THE PROCESS UNDERWAY IN IRELAND AND URGED THE
SALVADORANS TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES
WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS THERE AND ELSEWHERE, so THAT
OTHERS WILL HAVE POSITIVE EXAMPLES TO INSPIRE THEM.
VIOLENCE TOWARDS WOMEN: KEYNOTE ADDRESS
21. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE FIRST LADY'S TRIP TO EL SALVADOR
WAS THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE FIRST LADY'S FORUM ON
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORGANIZED BY THE NATIONAL SECRETARIAT OF
THE FAMILY WITH USAID ASSISTANCE. INVITED TO THE FORUM WERE
550 REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL LEVELS AND SECTORS OF THE
GOVERNMENT, THE JUSTICE SECTOR AND LEGISLATURE,
INTERNATIONAL DONORS, LOCAL NGOS AND CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS.
THE FORUM HIGHLIGHTED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ITS SOCIAL,
MEDICAL, ECONOMIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL COSTS, AND DISCUSSED THE
PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN EL SALVADOR IN CONFRONTING
THIS ISSUE AND TO CALL FOR FURTHER ACTION BY ALL MEMBERS OF
SOCIETY.
22. MRS. CLINTON BEGAN HER SPEECH BY EXPRESSING HER DEEPEST
SYMPATHIES TO ALL IN THE REGION WHO HAD BEEN AFFECTED BY
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HURRICANE MITCH; SHE DESCRIBED HER VISIT TO THE REGION AND
WHAT SHE HAD SEEN IN NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS. MRS. CLINTON
STATED THAT SHE WAS HONORED AND TOUCHED TO BE IN EL
SALVADOR, A COUNTRY THAT HAS SUCCESSFULLY MADE THE
TRANSITION FROM WAR TO A PEACEFUL DEMOCRACY, A COUNTRY IN
WHICH WOMEN WHO WERE MOST AFFECTED BY WAR PLAYED A
SIGNIFICANT PART IN ACHIEVING PEACE. MRS. CLINTON DESCRIBED
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS WOMEN,
FAMILIES, AND CHILDREN. SHE CONGRATULATED THE GOES ON THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOT LINE SHE HAD VISITED AT THE ISDEMU
EARLIER IN THE DAY AND MENTIONED THAT WHILE SHE WAS
VISITING, A CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM A WOMAN WHO WAS BEING
ABUSED. SHE WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE HOT LINE AND THE POLICE WHO ARE
PRESENT TO IMMEDIATELY DISPATCH ASSISTANCE. THE AUDIENCE
APPLAUDED MRS. CLINTON WHEN SHE SAID THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
IS NOT A CULTURAL PROBLEM BUT RATHER A CRIME THAT SHOULD
INCUR STIFF PENALTIES. SHE MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF
WOMEN'S ACCESS TO EDUCATION, SAYING THAT AN EDUCATED WOMAN
WILL BE LESS LIKELY TO TOLERATE VIOLENCE. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
IS THE NUMBER ONE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN THE WORLD TODAY.
SHE CALLED FOR THE TRAINING OF POLICE AND JUDGES AND
STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF ARRESTING ABUSERS AND PROSECUTING
CASES. MRS. CLINTON EXPRESSED THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE
UNITED STATES TO EL SALVADOR AS THEY CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT AFFECT WOMEN, CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES IN EL SALVADOR. MRS. CLINTON RECEIVED A STANDING
OVATION FOR HER REMARKS WHICH PERSONALLY TOUCHED MANY IN THE
ROOM.
23. MRS. CALDERON SOL BEGAN HER ADDRESS EMPHASIZING THE
IMPORTANCE OF EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. MRS. CALDERON
SOL URGED CIVIL SOCIETY AND POLITICIANS TO TAKE ACTION TO
CONSTRUCT A SOCIETY WHERE ABUSE IS NOT TOLERATED. SHE SAID
EL SALVADOR WILL NEVER DEVELOP UNTIL EACH CITIZEN HAS THE
RIGHT TO REALIZE HIS/HER FULL POTENTIAL.
24. UPON FINISHING THEIR SPEECHES, THE FIRST TWO LADIES
TOOK PICTURES WITH TWO FORMER FIRST LADIES OF EL SALVADOR
AND SHOOK HANDS WITH MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE. AFTER THE
FIRST LADIES DEPARTED, THE PROGRAM CONTINUED WITH THE OTHER
SPEAKERS: RODOLFO CARDINAL, THE VICE-RECTOR OF THE CATHOLIC
UNIVERSITY (UCA), RODRIGO AVILA, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
NATIONAL POLICE (PNC), MIGUEL ANGEL CARDOZA, THE GOES PUBLIC
DEFENDER, ARONETE DIAZ FROM THE SUPREME COURT, AND DR.
EDUARDO ESPINOZA, THE DEAN OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. THE AUDIENCE WAS PRESENTED WITH
STATISTICS INDICATING THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM. THE
DIRECTOR OF THE PNC ARGUED FOR STIFF PENALTIES FOR ABUSE.
MRS. CALDERON SOL'S OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO PUBLISH THE
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST LADIES' FORUM ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;
USAID WILL CONTACT THE FIRST LADY'S OFFICE TO OFFER
ASSISTANCE.
WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT: VITAL VOICES FOLLOW-UP
25. PARTICIPANTS AT THE VITAL VOICES PULL ASIDE WERE THE
FIRST TWO LADIES PLUS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS ARONETTE DIAZ,
SANDRA BARAZA, VIOLETA MENJIVAR AND DARLENA MEZA ALONG WITH
THE AMBASSADOR. BARANZA EXPRESSED HER PLEASURE AT HAVING
BEEN SELECTED TO GO TO MONTEVIDEO. SHE SAID THAT THE
SALVADORAN VITAL VOICES GROUP WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED
WITH THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO HELD VERY IMPORTANT POSTS AND
BELIEVED THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO THEM WAS
INVALUABLE. BARANZA POINTED OUT THAT IN EL SALVADOR THE
GROUP PLANNED TO CONTINUE DISCUSSING WOMEN'S ISSUES. THEY
WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW TO INTEGRATE WOMEN INTO ECONOMIC
POLICY, POLITICS AND SOCIAL ISSUES. THE REST OF THE GROUP
ECHOED THESE SENTIMENTS AND ENDORSED THE IDEA OF KEEPING THE
VITAL VOICES EXPERIENCE ALIVE BY MEETING HERE WITH A LARGER
FORUM OF WOMEN. THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK TO THE AMBASSADOR
TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. THE SALVADORAN FIRST LADY
SUGGESTED THAT MRS. CLINTON INSTEAD CALL FOR A CENTRAL
AMERICAN REGIONAL FOLLOW UP (A CENTAM VITAL VOICES
CONFERENCE). MRS. CLINTON SAID THAT WHEN SHE RETURNED TO
THE U.S. SHE WAS GOING TO WORK TOWARD ESTABLISHING A
FOUNDATION WHICH WOULD IMPLEMENT VITAL VOICES ISSUES AROUND
THE WORLD. UPON HER DEPARTURE, MRS. CLINTON ASKED THE USAID
DIRECTOR TO HELP THE SALVADORANS REALIZE THEIR PLANS FOR
LOCAL FOLLOW ON AND/OR EXPANSION OF THE VITAL VOICES
INITIATIVE.
COURTESY CALL ON THE PRESIDENT
26. MRS. CLINTON, ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR MEMBERS OF HER
DELEGATION, PAID A COURTESY CALL ON PRESIDENT CALDERON SOL
AND FIRST LADY ELIZABETH CALDERON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER
17. PRESIDENT AND MRS. CALDERON WERE JOINED BY FOREIGN
MINISTER RAMON GONZALEZ GINER AND AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.
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27. PRESIDENT CALDERON OPENED THE MEETING BY ASKING MRS.
CLINTON TO CONVEY HIS THANKS TO PRESIDENT CLINTON FOR
EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD DONE FOR EL SALVADOR, PARTICULARLY
FOR U.S. SUPPORT DURING THE PEACE PROCESS. HE SAID HE
BELIEVED THAT EL SALVADOR HAD MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN
ACHIEVING PEACE, INCLUDING THE SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION OF
POWERS. EL SALVADOR NOW HAS AN INDEPENDENT SUPREME COURT
AND A REFORMED JUDICIARY, SUPPORTED BY A FREE PRESS. HE
OBSERVED THAT EL SALVADOR'S SUCCESSFUL PEACE PROCESS WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND HE
WANTED PRESIDENT CLINTON TO KNOW HOW MUCH THIS SUPPORT HAD
MEANT TO HIS COUNTRY.
28. MRS. CLINTON REPLIED THAT SALVADORANS HAD MADE HER VERY
WELCOME IN THEIR COUNTRY. SHE TOLD PRESIDENT CALDERON SHE
HAD BEEN IMPRESSED WITH WHAT HAD BEEN ACHIEVED IN EL
SALVADOR. SHE CONGRATULATED HIM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT BUT OBSERVED THAT DEMOCRACY WAS NOT
EASY, SINCE ELECTED GOVERNMENTS HAD TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS
OF THE VOTERS. MRS. CLINTON NOTED THAT EL SALVADOR WAS NOW
CONFRONTING THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT OTHER DEMOCRACIES MUST
ADDRESS, CONTROLLING CRIME AND PROVIDING ADEQUATE HEALTH AND
EDUCATION AND SERVICES. SHE COMPLIMENTED PRESIDENT CALDERON
ON THE OVERHAUL OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
NEW LEGAL CODES, AND EDUCATION REFORMS.
29. MRS. CLINTON EMPHASIZED THAT SHE ALSO WANTED TO CONVEY
PRESIDENT CLINTON'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY
HURRICANE MITCH. SHE RECALLED THAT SHE HAD MADE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT IN HONDURAS ABOUT SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED
ASSISTANCE FOR THE REGION (INCLUDING ADDITIONAL PL-480,
TITLE 416 WHEAT, AND ASSISTANCE FROM U.S. MILITARY ENGINEERS
AND HEALTH UNITS FOR EL SALVADOR). SHE STRESSED THE UNITED
STATES WAS NOT ONLY COMMITTED TO SHORT-TERM RELIEF BUT ALSO
TO LONG-TERM RECONSTRUCTION. SHE REASSURED PRESIDENT
CALDERON SOL THAT THE ADMINISTRATION STILL SUPPORTED TRADE
LIBERALIZATION FOR THE REGION, PARTICULARLY THE CARIBBEAN
BASIN INITIATIVE.
30. THE PRESIDENT GAVE MRS. CLINTON A REQUEST FOR U.S.
ASSISTANCE TO RESPOND TO THE DESTRUCTION WHICH EL SALVADOR
HAD SUFFERED FROM HURRICANE MITCH. HE SAID THAT, ALTHOUGH
SALVADORANS WOULD PREFER TO WORK IN EL SALVADOR, THE DAMAGED
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY MADE IT NECESSARY FOR
SALVADORANS TO REMAIN IN THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT
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CALDERON DESCRIBED THE HALT TO U.S. DEPORTATIONS TO THE
REGION UNTIL NOVEMBER 23 AS A USEFUL STEP.
31. MRS. CLINTON TOLD PRESIDENT CALDERON SHE HAD BEEN
IMPRESSED WITH MRS. CALDERON'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE. SHE DESCRIBED TO THE PRESIDENT SOME OF THE TOPICS
THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AT THAT MORNING'S ROUND TABLE, WHICH
INCLUDED A VICTIM WHO WAS ABUSED FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS AND A
REHABILITATED AGGRESSOR. MRS. CALDERON COMMENTED THAT HER
HUSBAND HAD BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF HER EFFORTS TO FOCUS
ATTENTION ON THE MOST VULNERABLE SECTORS OF SOCIETY. MRS.
CLINTON NOTED THAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE HAD SEEN A
DOMESTIC ABUSE HOT LINE WITH A DIRECT RADIO TO THE POLICE so
HELP COULD BE DISPATCHED IMMEDIATELY TO A WOMAN IN NEED.
MRS. CALDERON TOLD MRS. CLINTON THAT EL SALVADOR WAS THE
FIRST COUNTRY IN CENTRAL AMERICA TO HAVE SUCH A SYSTEM AND
HER STAFF WAS ADVISING OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES ON
HOW TO ESTABLISH SIMILAR HOT LINES. THE PRESIDENT OBSERVED
THAT FAMILY VIOLENCE WAS FOUND IN ALL SOCIAL CLASSES IN EL
SALVADOR AND SEEMED SURPRISED WHEN MRS. CLINTON SAID THE
SAME WAS TRUE IN THE UNITED STATES.
32. PRESIDENT CALDERON TOLD MRS. CLINTON ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN
TO INCREASE ATTENTION TO VALUES IN EL SALVADOR. HE
RECOUNTED THE PROBLEMS EL SALVADOR WAS CONFRONTING TO
OVERCOME A LONG TRADITION OF VIOLENCE. HE EXPLAINED THAT
THE COUNTRY SUFFERED FROM A VERY HIGH DEGREE OF FAMILY
DISINTEGRATION. TWO MILLION PEOPLE HAD LEFT EL SALVADOR FOR
THE UNITED STATES; CONSEQUENTLY, THERE WERE MANY CHILDREN
WHO HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND WITH GRANDPARENTS BY PARENTS
ILLEGALLY WORKING IN THE U.S. THERE WERE CHILDREN WHO HAD
BEEN AFFECTED BY WAR-RELATED VIOLENCE. HE SAID SALVADORANS
NEEDED TO BE TAUGHT RESPECT FOR LAWS, RECALLING THAT WHEN HE
WAS MAYOR OF SAN SALVADOR, PRIVILEGED INDIVIDUALS WOULD TRY
TO EVADE THE LAW BY CONSTRUCTING A FEW METERS OUTSIDE
PROPERTY LINES. THE PRESIDENT OBSERVED THAT WHEN HE FIRST
ENTERED OFFICE, EVERYONE LOOKED TO THE PRESIDENCY TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS. BUT HE SAID THIS TENDENCY HAD BEEN CHANGING AS
THE ASSEMBLY AND THE JUDICIARY HAD BECOME STRONGER.
33. THE COURTESY CALL CONCLUDED WITH THE PRESIDENT INVITING
MRS. CLINTON TO JOIN THE DINNER GUESTS. THESE INCLUDED THE
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE HEAD OF THE SUPREME COURT,
MOST MINISTERS, CHAIRMEN OF THE LEADING BUSINESS GROUPS, THE
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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S VISIT
TO EL SALVADOR
1. DURING HER NOVEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO EL SALVADOR,
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON PARTICIPATED IN A
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ENTITLED QUOTE WOMEN IN PEACE
AND RECONCILIATION UNQUOTE WITH SIX SALVADORAN WOMEN
POLITICAL LEADERS. FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM AN OPED
PIECE WRITTEN BY SANDRA DE BARRAZA, WHO PARTICIPATED IN
BOTH THE ROUND TABLE AND THE VITAL VOICES CONFERENCE IM
MONTEVIDEO.
2. SOURCE: LA PRENSA GRAFICA, (MODERATE DAILY
NEWSPAPER, CIRC. 100,000)
DATE:
NOVEMBER 20, 1998
PAGE:
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WE WOMEN CANNOT
AND SHOULD NOT RENOUNCE OUR SPECIAL AND INFLUENTIAL
ROLE INSIDE THE FAMILY AND OUT
AUTHOR: SANDRA DE BARRAZA
3. BEGIN EXCERPTS.
IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT ONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT
DOWN WITH THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES IN
WORKING SESSIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE HER COMMITMENT TO
PEACE, DEMOCRACY, JUSTICE AND WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT.
EACH ONE (OF THE PANELISTS) RELATED HER EXPERIENCES.
THE RESULT? A GOOD EXAMPLE, ACCORDING TO MRS. CLINTON,
WHICH CAN BE SHARED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE WOMEN
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IN OUR CASE THERE ARE WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD LEADING ROLES
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN -- AND ARE -- IN POSITIONS OF
INFLUENCE.
WE PARTICIPANTS
ACKNOWLEDGED THE COUNTRY'S
ADVANCES IN (ACHIEVING) RECONCILIATION AND PEACE, AND
THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL WOMEN WHO WORK IN
POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE TO REMEMBER THAT WE CANNOT --
AND SHOULD NOT -- RENOUNCE OUR SPECIAL AND INFLUENTIAL
ROLE INSIDE THE FAMILY AND OUT. FOR THIS REASON, WE
SHOULD CONCENTRATE OUR EFFORTS AND PLEDGE TO:
-- STRIVE FOR HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, THAT ENSURES ALL
WOMEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPETE AND OCCUPY ON
THE BASIS OF MERIT -NEVER FOR (THE SAKE OF) QUOTAS --
POSITIONS IN WHATEVER AREA WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED.
-- ACHIEVE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE. YES, IT IS
FUNDAMENTAL THAT THE 30 PERCENT DIFFERENCE THAT EXISTS
BETWEEN THE SALARIES OF MEN AND WOMEN IN SIMILAR
POSITIONS DISAPPEARS.
THIS WOULD SIGNIFY THAT OUR
EARNINGS DO NOT (MERELY) QUOTE CONTRIBUTE TO UNQUOTE OR
COMPLEMENT THOSE OF OUR HUSBANDS. OUR EARNINGS MUST BE
SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN OUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMPANION,
IF THAT IS WHAT WE WANT.
-- ENSURE THAT ALL WOMEN HAVE SELF ESTEEM AND DIGNITY.
EXAMPLES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN DIFFERENT FIELDS
EXIST, BUT WIDENING THE OPPORTUNITIES REQUIRES
CONCERTED DECISIONS, STRATEGIES AND EVALUATION, RATHER
THAN JUST GOOD WILL AND SPEECHES.
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FAX: 456-6244
FROM: Barbara Turner
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Europe and the New
Independent States
PHONE:
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712-0080
FAX:
202 647-9973 216-3057
No. of Pages: 6 (including this page)
Dear Melanne:
Happy Holidays! I thought you would be interested to
see one of the items of follow-up to Mrs. Clinton's
Eastern Europe trip of 1996. You may recall that after
the trip (September 1996) she chaired a meeting with
many of the U.S. private foundations that work in the
region and encouraged us to find ways to work together.
We have been doing a number of activities together
since, but one of the most exciting is a plan for a
"Trust for Central and Eastern Europe" jointly funded
by the US private foundations ($50 million) and USAID
($50 million). The Trust will be endowed to support
local NGOs in the region beyond the USAID bilateral
programs. The attached cable gives a status report.
Best regards,
Barbara
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ADM AID FOR AMBASSADORS AND USAID REPS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID, PREL, XH
SUBJECT: CREATION OF A TRUST FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPE
1. SUMMARY. USAID, STATE AND SEVERAL U.S. PRIVATE
FOUNDATIONS (INCLUDING ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS, FORD, SOROS,
MOTT AS WELL AS CORPORATE PHILANTHROPIES) ARE HOPING TO
CREATE A $100 MILLION ENDOWMENT BEGINNING IN FY 1999. IF
SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED, THE ENDOWMENT WILL BE USED TO
SUSTAIN OVER THE LONG-TERM A DEEPER AND MORE ENDURING NGO
SECTOR THROUGHOUT EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE. THIS TRUST
IS STILL IN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND PLANNING STAGES, AND
THE AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS HAVE REQUESTED THAT DETAILS BE
KEPT PRIVATE TO AVOID RAISING EXPECTATIONS PREMATURELY.
THIS JOINT STATE-AID CABLE TRANSMITS EARLY THINKING ON THE
PURPOSE AND FRAMEWORK OF THE TRUST AND REPORTS ON A
MEETING WHERE DEPUTY SECRETARY TALBOTT AND USAID
ADMINISTRATOR ATWOOD JOINTLY ENDORSED THE PROPOSALS AND
CONDITIONS PROFFERED BY THE FOUNDATIONS. POST VIEWS ARE
WELCOME. END SUMMARY
2. BACKGROUND. FOLLOWING THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN SEPTEMBER, 1996 DEPARTMENT,
USAID, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF MAJOR U.S. FOUNDATIONS BEGAN
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WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO
ASSISTANCE IN THE REGION. THE PROGRESSIVE REDUCTIONS IN
THE NON-BOSNIA PORTIONS OF THE SEED BUDGET, AND GRADUATION
OF NORTHERN-TIER COUNTRIES FROM TRADITIONAL BILATERAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS LED US TO THE CREATION OF A JOINT
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THE PARTNERSHIP, OR TRUST,
WOULD USE ITS RESOURCES TO CONSOLIDATE THE GAINS MADE
THROUGHOUT THIS DECADE IN THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
CIVIL SOCIETIES AND NGOS. IN THE EXPERIENCE OF BOTH THE
SEED PROGRAM AND THE PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS, THESE INDIGENOUS
GROUPS ENERGIZE AND ADD ACCOUNTABILITY TO DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNMENTS. THUS, THE TRUST WOULD STRENGTHEN AND PROVIDE
TRANSITIONAL SUSTAINMENT FOR A PANOPLY OF CIVIC
ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS AND
THE LIKE AND ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP REGIONAL CORPORATE
PHILANTHROPY. MOREOVER, THE TRUST OFFERS THE USG AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SELECTED COUNTRIES IN THE
REGION IN CONSTRUCTIVE AND PUBLIC WAYS, NOTWITHSTANDING
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TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE INDIGENOUS PHILANTHROPY AND
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR LOCAL NGOS;
TO BUILD CROSS-BORDER AND REGIONAL LINKS TO PROMOTE
CIVIL SOCIETY AND ENSURE THAT LESSONS LEARNED IN ONE
COUNTRY CAN BE SHARED WITH OTHERS;
TO ENHANCE THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY AND ATTITUDINAL
ENVIRONMENTS NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VIBRANT AND
ENDURING CIVIC LIFE.
7. MEETING WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY TALBOTT. ON NOVEMBER 20
DEPUTY SECRETARY TALBOTT AND USAID ADMINISTRATOR ATWOOD
MET WITH THE PRINCIPALS OF THE FOUNDING INSTITUTIONS AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
PURPOSE, SCOPE AND GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OF THE TRUST.
INTERESTED CORPORATE SPONSORS ALSO ATTENDED. THE DEPUTY
SECRETARY WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE AND ITS REFLECTION OF
THE ADMINISTRATION'S DESIRE TO DEVELOP NEW ALLIANCES WITH
THE NGO COMMUNITY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN PURSUIT OF ITS
FOREIGN POLICY GOALS. IN ADDITION TO HIS SUPPORT, DEPUTY
SECRETARY TALBOTT EXPRESSED HIS CONFIDENCE THAT THE
SECRETARY WILL WANT TO HELP IN ANY WAY SHE CAN.
8. THE PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS EXPRESSED THEIR COMMITMENT
WHILE MAKING CLEAR CERTAIN CONDITIONS THEY ATTACH TO THEIR
FUNDING COMMITMENTS. THEY ARE: DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR
MATCHING BY THE USG; INDEPENDENCE OF THE TRUST FROM
POLITICAL AND BUREAUCRATIC INTERFERENCE; PARTICIPATION BY
INTERESTED DONORS IN SELECTING THE U.S. MANAGING
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ORGANIZATION; AND PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED DONORS IN
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF, AND OTHER PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR, THE
TRUST. THE KEY CHALLENGE LIES IN GUARANTEEING THE
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ORGANIZATION; AND PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED DONORS IN
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF, AND OTHER PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR, THE
TRUST. THE KEY CHALLENGE LIES IN GUARANTEEING THE
INDEPENDENCE OF THE TRUST, PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
FOUNDATIONS, WHILE RESPECTING A USG NEED TO CERTIFY THE
PRUDENT USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THIS WILL REQUIRE
CAREFUL DRAFTING OF THE TRUST'S "CHARTER" AS WELL AS THE
COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND IMPLEMENTING
AGENCIES AND DONORS TO GARNER SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY IN THE
CONGRESS. THE FOUNDATIONS NEED THESE ASSURANCES SO THAT
PLEDGES CAN BE TURNED INTO COMMITMENTS BY THEIR BOARDS.
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SUBJECT: CREATION OF A TRUST FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPE
1. SUMMARY. USAID, STATE AND SEVERAL U.S. PRIVATE
FOUNDATIONS (INCLUDING ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS, FORD, SOROS,
MOTT AS WELL AS CORPORATE PHILANTHROPIES) ARE HOPING TO
CREATE A $100 MILLION ENDOWMENT BEGINNING IN FY 1999. IF
SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISHED, THE ENDOWMENT WILL BE USED TO
SUSTAIN OVER THE LONG-TERM A DEEPER AND MORE ENDURING NGO
SECTOR THROUGHOUT EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE. THIS TRUST
IS STILL IN THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND PLANNING STAGES, AND
THE AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS HAVE REQUESTED THAT DETAILS BE
KEPT PRIVATE TO AVOID RAISING EXPECTATIONS PREMATURELY.
THIS JOINT STATE-AID CABLE TRANSMITS EARLY THINKING ON THE
PURPOSE AND FRAMEWORK OF THE TRUST AND REPORTS ON A
MEETING WHERE DEPUTY SECRETARY TALBOTT AND USAID
ADMINISTRATOR ATWOOD JOINTLY ENDORSED THE PROPOSALS AND
CONDITIONS PROFFERED BY THE FOUNDATIONS. POST VIEWS ARE
WELCOME. END SUMMARY
2. BACKGROUND. FOLLOWING THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO
CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN SEPTEMBER, 1996 DEPARTMENT,
USAID, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF MAJOR U.S. FOUNDATIONS BEGAN
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ASSISTANCE IN THE REGION. THE PROGRESSIVE REDUCTIONS IN
THE NON-BOSNIA PORTIONS OF THE SEED BUDGET, AND GRADUATION
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Violence, Discrimination A Reality For
Roma In Central And Eastern Europe
(Washington--March 2, 1998) Evictions and expulsions ordered by local governments and
thinly veiled racist statements by national leaders are among the new facts of life threatening
the Roma minority in the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. This
assessment came from Gabor Bernath, director of the Roma Press Center, a Budapest-
based wire service established in 1995, who spoke at a breakfast meeting sponsored by
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Washington.
Bernath painted a somber picture of government indifference in the face of statistics
showing 70 percent of the region's working-age Roma population as unemployed. In
Hungary, he said, every seventh Roma child is sent to a special school for the mentally or
physically challenged, and only a handful of Roma are enrolled in institutes of higher
education. Citing one of the investigative reports of the Roma Press Center, he said that in
the Gypsy ghetto in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 85 percent of the 20-25,000 inhabitants are
unemployed. In the marriage market, mentally retarded girls and boys have the highest
value because they receive additional welfare benefits.
A diplomat from the Slovak Embassy present at the briefing stressed his
government's policy of financial support for the Roma. Bernath acknowledged that since
World War II help has come from the governments of the region. "Yet such efforts have
not enabled the Roma to stand on their feet," he said. "Nor have they enabled the Roma to
be trained in new skills instead of the old skills that could no longer secure their
livelihood."
The American contingent in the audience expressed interest in issues such as Roma
views of integration in the majority population and a recent criticism by Hungarian human
rights organizations of the veiled racism in Prime Minister Gyula Hom's public statements.
Bernath expressed regret that Hom confirms the prejudice about the Roma shirking work
and ignores the real issue as recognized by sociological studies: employment opportunities
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JUNE 14, 1996
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FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON TO VISIT ROMANIA,
POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, HUNGARY,
ESTONIA AND FINLAND
WASHINGTON, DC -- First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Central and
Eastern Europe July 1 through July 11 of 1996. The visit serves to underscore
the United States' support for the newly democratic countries of that region.
Mrs. Clinton's visit is intended to highlight for the world community the significant
political, economic and social progress of the people of Central and Eastern
Europe, and at the same time, draw attention to the continuing challenges they
face. These challenges encompass the essential building blocks of all democracies
-- political participation; tolerance and respect for the rights of the individual;
investment in families; and development of market economies and economic
opportunities for their citizens.
The First Lady is making the trip at President Clinton's request. After
accompanying the President to the G-7 Conference in Lyon, France, Mrs. Clinton
will travel to Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia and
Finland. Mrs. Clinton will bring the President's message to the region at a speech
on the Fourth of July at the headquarters of Radio Free Europe in Prague, and in
Estonia, at an address to the people of the Baltic States. Mrs. Clinton will also
participate in discussions with women and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
in every country in which she will visit.
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TRIP SHOULD CONTACT NEEL LATTIMORE AT 202-456-2960 BY 5:00 PM
MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1996. SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED AND IT WILL BE
NECESSARY TO CREATE A TRAVELING PRESS POOL.
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KAREN FINNEY
STEVE COHEN
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FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON TO VISIT ROMANIA,
POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA, HUNGARY,
ESTONIA AND FINLAND
WASHINGTON, DC First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will embark on a goodwill
mission to Central and Eastern Europe July 1 - July 11, 1996. The First Lady's
visit serves to underscore the United States' commitment and support for the
newly democratic countries of that region.
As the free nations of Central and Eastern Europe make the transition to
democracy and a free market system, America is committed to their integration
into the western democratic family. The trip will draw attention to the tremendous
progress the people of this region have made since 1983, as well as the major
challenges they still confront.
The First Lady is making this trip at the request of the President. Following the G-
7 Conference in Lyon, France and a brief stopover in Paris, Mrs. Clinton will visit
Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Estonia. The trip
will end with a brief visit to Finland.
The First Lady will stress the values essential to the foundation of a strong
democracy -- investment in families, protecting human rights, and freedom of the
press.
Among the First Lady's planned activities are:
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A speech on democracy in Prague on the Fourth of July at the
headquarters of Radio Free Europe.
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A visit to two cities in Poland. In Krakow the First Lady will tour
Wawel Cathedral with Cardinal Machar-Ski and then travel to Auschwitz and
Birkenau. Among her stops in Warsaw the First Lady will visit a children's
hospital which is a joint partnership with the Polish medical facility and
American corporations.
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A discussion with prominent journalists in Slovakia regarding freedom
of the press.
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FIRST LADY'S TRIP TO CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPE
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An address in Estonia to the people of the Baltic States on the United
States' commitment to the region's goal of democracy.
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The First Lady will, as she has in all of her foreign travels, participate
in round table discussion with prominent women from the region and Non-
Government Organizations (NGOs) who are engaged in public/private
partnerships with the United States. Mrs. Clinton, in each country, will also
pay courtesy calls to prominent government officials.
This will mark the First Lady's seventh solo trip outside of the United States.
Over the past three years, she has spoken to the UN Conference of Social
Development in Copenhagen, the UN Conference on Women in Beijing, led the
United States' delegation to the Winter Olympics in Norway, and traveled on
behalf of the United States to South Asia, Latin America and most recently to
Germany, Bosnia, Italy, Turkey and Greece. Last month, Mrs. Clinton spoke to the
Council on Foreign Relations in New York about women and development.
During her trip to Central and Eastern Europe, the First Lady will build on thernes
she has stressed during her previous travels. Above all, she hopes to convey in
the strongest terms that a truly democratic society will only flourish if
governments invest in as well as respect the rights and dignity of all citizens,
including women and girls.
The First Lady will be accompanied by US Ambassador to the United Nations,
Madeleine Albright, during part of her trip.
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
PRESS WISHING TO ACCOMPANY THE FIRST LADY ON
THE TRIP SHOULD CONTACT NEEL LATTIMORE AT 202-456-2960 BY 5:00 PM
MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1996. SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED AND IT WILL BE
NECESSARY TO CREATE A TRAVELLING PRESS POOL.
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