Migration and continental free trade area are levers for Africa's economic prosperity - says Songwe
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa has stressed that the aspirations of Agenda 2063 and Agenda 2030 "will require tackling the illicit financial flows that are costing the Continent a great deal of resources." In remarks made during the second Annual African-Union – United Nations Conference this past week, Ms. Songwe said the ECA and the AU have been working closely together on many fronts and as outlined in the AU-UN Development Framework, the focus lies in promoting sustainable development and the transformation of Africa. More importantly, she stressed, “we are working on domestic resource mobilization, to finance the implementation of these aspirations,” she said. Held on 9-10 July in Addis Ababa, the Conference reviewed the implementation of the Joint Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security and welcomed the progress made. The meeting took place against the backdrop of the need for greater collaboration, cooperation and coordination in the search for sustainable solutions to ongoing and future challenges, based on the principles of complementarity, comparative advantage, burden sharing and collective responsibility to respond early, coherently and decisively to prevent, manage, and resolve conflicts.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2018-07
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/45880 |
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