UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will visit Jordan next week to communicate the international community’s commitment to supporting the Kingdom and other countries of the region as they cope with the consequences of conflict and instability. 
The two leaders will visit Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia from March 24 to 28, the World Bank said in a statement, reported by (The Jordan Times). 
The statement added that the two leaders will be also joined by the President of the Islamic Development Bank Group Mohammed Ali Al Madani in their visit to Lebanon. 
"The joint visit aims to communicate the international community’s commitment to support the region as it copes with the consequences of conflict and instability, and to strengthen the growing partnerships between the organisations," the statement said. 
During their visit to Jordan that hosts more than 1.2 million Syrian refugees, Kim and Ki-moon will visit refugees and hosting communities. 
"The visit will also focus on addressing widespread youth unemployment through improving the quality and relevance of education, and promoting economic empowerment and opportunities," according to the World Bank. 
The visit also comes ahead of the International Conference for the new Financing Initiative to support the MENA region which will take place next month, a follow up on Lima 2015 announcement where the three institutions announced a new Financing Initiative to support the MENA region. 
The April event will be co-chaired by Kim, Ki-moon and Al Madani – ministers from G7, Gulf Cooperation Council and broader European countries, as well as the heads of various international and regional organizations, where they will gather at the World Bank Group headquarters to pledge their support for the new Financing Initiative to support the MENA region. 
In a meeting in Lima last October, the three leaders announced a joint initiative to scale-up financing in the MENA region to help countries hosting significant refugee populations, countries impacted by conflict, as well as countries that have significant investment needs to achieve economic recovery.

Source: QNA