Requested Disclosure of Board Records: Access to Information Consultation Memorandum 2017-5 (Case Number AI4934) 1. Notification: The Executive Directors are hereby notified that the Board record noted in paragraph 2 of this consultation memorandum is responsive to a public request for access to certain records (Access to Information Case No. AI4934). The record has been identified by the Corporate Secretariat to be eligible for immediate declassification and disclosure under the Bank’s Policy on Access to Information (“AI Policy�). 2. Type, Information Classification and Nature of the Board Record Requested: This public request is for:  Transcript of the discussion of the Lebanese Republic Emergency Reconstruction and Rehabilitation project during the Board meeting on March 4, 1993. The item in this transcript that is responsive to this public request is set out in pages 103 (partial) through 151. The record has the information classification Strictly Confidential, the item contains information subject only to the “Deliberative Information� exception under the AI Policy, and the record has satisfied its applicable declassification schedule. 3. Access to Information Policy Considerations: Under the AI Policy, information restricted under the “Deliberative Information� exception is eligible for immediate declassification and disclosure in accordance with the AI Policy’s declassification schedule, if the documents concerned do not also contain or refer to restricted information not eligible for declassification.1 The declassification schedule for transcripts of regular sessions of Board meetings is ten years.2 Because the requested Board record is restricted only under the “Deliberative Information� exception and satisfies its corresponding declassification schedule age requirements, it is eligible for immediate declassification and disclosure. The AI Policy provides that the Board may, under exceptional circumstances, exercise the Bank’s prerogative to restrict access to Board Records that would normally be disclosed, if it determines that the disclosure of the records would likely cause harm that would outweigh the benefits of the disclosure.3 4. Process: Under procedures approved by the Board, this consultation memorandum is being submitted to Executive Directors so they have an opportunity to review and comment on the eligible Board record noted in paragraph 24. Management is also being consulted about the disclosure of this record. After the closing date for comments, if concerns/objections have not been expressed by an Executive Director or management the record will be disclosed by management in accordance with 1 See AI Policy, Section III.B.6(a) and (b). 2 See AI Policy, Section III.B.6(b)(ii). 3 See AI Policy, Section IV.2(a). 4 Access to Information Policy: Streamlining Procedures for Disclosure of Board Records ; R2016-0213[IDA/R2016- 0256] dated November 2, 2016, section 5(A). 1 the AI Policy. If concerns/objections from an Executive Director and/or management are received, this record will be submitted to COGAM, and subsequently to the Board, for further consideration.5 5. Views of the Access to Information Committee: Based on the AI Policy’s declassification schedule noted above and the Corporate Secretariat’s indication of the type, information classification and nature of the record at issue, it is the AIC’s view that the Board record noted in paragraph 2 above is eligible for immediate declassification and disclosure under the AI Policy. 6. To Facilitate Executive Directors’ Review: Annex A notes the Executive Directors relevant6 to the requested transcript’s subject matter or speaker. Review of the transcript can be arranged through the Corporate Secretariat’s Board Resource Center (brc@worldbank.org). 5 Id at 5(A)(ii)-(iii). 6 This determination is made by SEC for convenience purposes and does not preclude any other Executive Director from expressing concerns/objections. 2 Annex A: AI4473, List of Executive Directors Relevant to AI4934 Transcript pages for Document Title Document Date EDs relevant to pages for disclosure disclosure Transcript of IBRD IDA March 4, 1993 Pages 103 (partial) - EDS01 - U.S. (Eichenberger: 126-128); Board meeting of March 4, 151 EDS02 - Japan (Tsuboi: 117-118); 1993 EDS03 - UK (Harris: 139-141); EDS04 - France (Haas: 106-114); EDS06 - Algeria (Benhocine: 118-119); EDS07 - Canada (Potter: 114-115); EDS08 - Peru (Galindez: 143-145); EDS09 - Australia (Wilson: 142-143); EDS10 - Belgium (Akturk: 145-146); EDS11 - Kuwait (Shamsedin: 148-150); EDS13 - Burkina Faso (Le Bouder: 141-142); EDS14 - Zimbabwe (Mapondo: 136-138); EDS15 - Brazil (Barbosa: 138-139); EDS16 - Indonesia (Hutagalung: 115-117); EDS17 - China (Wang: 119-121); EDS18 - Spain (Castellanos: 131-134); EDS19 - Netherlands (Fein: 129-131); EDS22 - Saudi Arabia (Al-Assaf: 106-109); EDS23 - Russia (Doumnov: 128-129) 3