Seventh Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union: statement by Abdoulie Janneh UN under secretary general and executive secretary of the economic commission for Africa
Statement By Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa at the Seventh Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. Mr. Janneh, on his remarks highlighted that the ultimate goal of continental integration is to allow African countries to merge their economies and pool their capacities, endowments and energies together for the development of the continent. The African Union recognizes eight of them as regional economic communities and the remaining as inter-governmental organizations. The similar mandates and objectives of these regional groupings and the multiplicity of membership by African countries into different RECs appear to be thwarting the integration agenda of the continent. The ECA has been working on regional integration issues since its inception in 1958. It played a big part in the creation of some of the regional economic communities. Here, ECA’s activities will include: social development; with special focus on the Millennium Development Goals; food security and sustainable development; emerging global issues and economic development; harnessing information and communication technology; and improving governance and development management to enhance national capacity and capability and to support the APRM process.
| Format: | Speech biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2006-07
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/31205 |
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