Statement by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh,UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
Statement by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA at the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Fortieth Session of the Commission. Mr. Janeeh, on his remarks highlighted that, a key consideration for meeting at this time of the year is to enable Ministers to interact and exchange views before other major gatherings that you will be taking part in later in the year. This is the fortieth Session of the Commission of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The theme of this Conference is Let me now turn to the theme of this Conference which is “Accelerating Africa's Growth and Development to meet the Millennium Development Goals: Emerging Challenges and Way Forward”. Recent assessments, including the one that we have prepared for this Conference, indicate that although Africa is making progress towards the targets, the rate of progress is so slow that the region as a whole is at risk of not meeting the goals.
| Format: | Speech biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2007-04
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47274 |
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