The Inter-American Development Bank (Contribution to the Fund for Special Operations) Order 2011

Made: 12th July 2011

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1

Accordingly, the Secretary of State for International Development makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Inter-American Development Bank (Contribution to the Fund for Special Operations) Order 2011 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Interpretation

2

In this Order—

• “the Agreement” means the agreement establishing the Inter-American Development Bank dated 8th April 1959, as ratified by the Government on 9th July 1976[^f00002];

• “the Bank” means the Inter-American Development Bank established by the Agreement;

• “the Fund” means the Fund for Special Operations of the Bank established by the Agreement;

• “the Government” means the Government of the United Kingdom; and

• “the Resolution” means a resolution adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank that is materially identical to the proposed resolution titled “Increase in the Resources of the Fund for Special Operations and Contributions Thereto” annexed to the Bank’s Report on the Ninth General Capital Increase in the resources of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Relevant Payments

3

The Secretary of State may, on behalf of the Government—

• (a) make payment of a further contribution to the Fund not exceeding in the aggregate the equivalent of 9,287,455 United States Dollars in accordance with arrangements made between the Government and the Bank in accordance with the Resolutions; and

• (b) make payment of sums required to redeem any non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes or other obligations which may be issued or created by the Secretary of State and accepted by the Bank pursuant to the arrangements mentioned in paragraph (a),

in accordance with section 11 of the International Development Act 2002.

Signed

Andrew Mitchell — Secretary of State — Department for International Development — 12 July 2011

We approve,

Angela Watkinson — James Duddridge — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 12th July 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order approves the payment to the Fund for Special Operations (“the Fund”) of the Inter-American Development Bank (“the Bank”) of a sum not exceeding in the aggregate the equivalent of 9,287,455 United States Dollars. Resolution AG 7/10 adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank on 21st July 2010 recommended that there be an increase in the resources of the Fund and that the members of the Bank should take action to enable it to adopt the proposed resolution titled “Increase in the Resources of the Fund for Special Operations and Contributions Thereto”. That proposed resolution is annexed to the Bank’s Report on the Ninth General Capital Increase in the resources of the Inter-American Development Bank. The payment approved by this Order will be made pursuant to arrangements set out in a resolution adopted by the Board of Governors of the Bank that is materially identical to that proposed resolution.

The Order also provides for the redemption of non-interest-bearing and non-negotiable notes issued by the Secretary of State pursuant to the arrangements.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

The provisions of Resolution AG 7/10 and the Bank’s Report on the Ninth General Capital Increase mentioned in this Order may be obtained by application to the Department for International Development, 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2002 c. 1.

[^f00002]: Cmnd 7792; this Command Paper is available from The Stationery Office Limited.