Africa: NO HEADLINE

The Following Is A List Of Events Being Organised By The Economic Commission For Africa In The Month Of July 1999. Read more »

Africa: Hearing Closes With Call For UN To Be Reformed & Refocused

In order to be adequately equipped to meet the regional and global challenges of the 21st century, the United Nations should be reformed, strengthened and refocused, participants… Read more »

Africa: Participants Urge Reform Of SC Towards Peace & Security In Africa

The UN Security Council can only shoulder its responsibility for maintaining and promoting peace and security in its operations in Africa if it is reformed to ensure that it is… Read more »

Africa: UN Urged To Do More For Refugees In Africa

A UN of the 21st Century could strive to do more to assist host countries in Africa that face economic and social disruptions from the large numbers of refugees being forced into… Read more »

Africa: UN Can Help 'Mainstream' Private Sector's Role In Development

One way of improving the UN's effectiveness could be for it to help "mainstream" the role private sector as the driving force behind economic development in programmes of national… Read more »

Africa: UN Falls Short On Meeting Peace And Poverty Challenges In Africa

While the United Nations has made a substantial difference in delivering its mandate over its five decades of existence, it has fallen far short of meeting the twin challenges of… Read more »

Africa: ECA To Host Regional Hearing On UN'S Role In The New Millenium

A cross-section of representatives of African member States, academia, the private sector, the media, and non-governmental organizations are to meet here next week to share views… Read more »

Africa: Challenges to Africa of Globalisation

The following document was released by UN Economic Commission for Africa: The Economic Commission for Africa as organizer of the African Development Forum 1999 (ADF'99 - Challenges… Read more »

Africa: Events of the Economic Commission For Africa In June

The following document was released by UN Economic Commission for Africa: In Addis Ababa, 1 - 11 June: Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction Workshop, UN Conference Centre (UNCC).… Read more »

Africa: Conference Ends With Concrete Proposals On Debt, Oda, Capital Flight

The following document was released by UN Economic Commission for Africa: African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development and Planning have ended a three-day conference with… Read more »

Africa: Conference Ends With Concrete Proposals On Debt, Oda, Capital Flight

African Ministers of Finance and Economic Development and Planning have ended a three-day conference with concrete proposals on what Africa and its partners need to do to address… Read more »

Africa: ECA Ministerial Conference: Strong Words On Africa's Debt Overhang

The following document was released by UN Economic Commission for Africa: Strong words on Africa's debt crisis marked the opening here today of the Joint Conference of African… Read more »

Africa: Ministers Address Challenges Of Financing African Development

The following document was released by the Economic Commission for Africa on April 30, 1999: Ministers of Planning and Finance from 53 African countries meet at the Economic… Read more »

Africa: Committee On Women And Development To Convene In Ouagadougou

The following document was released by UN Economic Commission for Africa: The first meeting of the Committee on Women and Development (CWD) convenes in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso… Read more »

Africa: ECA Launches New Major Meetings And Events Web Database

The following document was released by the UN Economic Commission for Africa on 23 March 1999: The Economic Commission for Africa is pleased to announce the launch of a Major… Read more »

Africa: ECA Executive's Address to the US-Africa Ministerial Meet

The following document was released by the UN Economic Commission for Africa: PLEASE FIND AS FOLLOWS AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DR. K.Y. AMOAKO, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF The ECONOMIC… Read more »

Africa: Progress Tangible: Constraints Remains in Fighting Poverty

A three-day conference for Eastern and Southern African countries convened as part of the follow-up process to the 1995 World Summit on Social Development (WSSD) has concluded that… Read more »

Africa: Process Aims For Progress Towards Meeting Copenhagen Goals

The following document was released by UN Economic Commission for Africa: At the World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen in March 1995, African countries joined the rest… Read more »

Africa: UN Holds Meeting to Assess Work in Africa

The following document was released by the UN Economic Commission for Africa: Read more »

Africa: A Joint Statement by OAU, ECA, and ADB

Please find as follows the Joint Statement of the Chief Executives of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Development Bank… Read more »

Africa: Final Communique - Second African Governance Forum

The Second African Governance Forum (AGF II) was organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in the context of the UN… Read more »

Africa: Global Connectivity for Africa Conference, June 2-4

Please find as follows a summary of the recommendations that emerged from Global Connectivity for Africa (GCA), a three-day conference which ended today in Addis Ababa. Read more »

Africa: Annan Urges Involvement Of Women In Resolving Conflicts

The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan has decried the condition of African women and urged them to jettison bonds that bind them to servitude. Read more »

Africa: Joint Statement Of Chief Executives Of OAU, ECA And ADB

Please find as follows the text of the Joint Statement made by the Chief Executives of the Organisation for African Unity, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and… Read more »

Africa: Conference Of African Ministers Of Transport Ends

The Conference of African Ministers of Transport and Communications held its eleventh session in Cairo, The Arab Republic of Egypt from 25 to 27 November 1997. Read more »