Content_paragraphs:  The restoration of relations with the international financial institutions 
  
  represents an achievement for the transitional Government and an important step in 
  
  the country’s path to achieving debt relief and securing grants to finance major 
  
  infrastructure and other development projects. The country today has accumulated 
  
  more than $60 billion in foreign debt, and debt relief and access to foreign loans are 
  
  widely seen as its gateway to economic recovery. I call on partners of the Sudan to 
  
  inject fresh international funding through the Ministry of Finance. Such assistance 
  
  would provide central support for economic stability, in conjunction with reforms 
  
  implemented by the transitional Government. The reforms will address structural 
  
  distortions in the economy, promote growth, encourage investment and help to build 
  
  a prosperous economy for all Sudanese, in particular young people, women and 
  
  communities affected by war and marginalization. Meanwhile, the socioeconomic 
  
  situation, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, continues to impose significant 
  
  hardship on the population and increases the risk of instability. I therefore encourage 
  
  the transitional Government to continue its critical economic reform, including 
  
  exchange rate unification, which will enable the Sudan to fully benefit from the 
  
  support offered by its partners and the international financial institutions through the 
  
  Sudan Family Support Programme.