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 »

Kenya: Subregional Social Summit Follow-Up Conference Convenes In Nairobi

The following document was released by UN Economic Commission for Africa: Some 350 participants from 24 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa kicked off a three-day Conference… 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 »

Africa: African Minerals And Energy Ministers Meet In Durban

African Ministers responsible for the development and utilization of mineral and energy resources are to meet in Durban, South Africa, from 17-22 November 1997. Read more »

Africa: African Statistics And Information Days

The theme for this year's African Statistics and Information Days, on 18 and 19 November, is: BUILDING AN INFORMATION SOCIETY, and is centred around: Read more »

Africa: Experts Brainstorm on Development for Tokyo Conference

Leading Africans are to meet here next week to brainstorm on an input to the upcoming Tokyo Conference on African Development (TICAD II), due to be held in Japan in October or… Read more »

Africa: Experts To Meet On Adolescent Girls And Their Rights

Four U.N. agencies are to hold a one-week Experts Group Meeting on Adolescent Girls and their Rights here, to prepare a substantive input to a report to be submitted to the… Read more »

Africa: East African Meeting to Discuss Internet

Telecommunications Ministers from countries in Eastern Africa and Information Technology experts are to gather here next week for a regional seminar aimed at sharing experiences in… Read more »

Africa: ECA Assist Malawi with Development Strategy

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is fielding its first mission to an African member state since the Commission's new, strategically focused structure came into effect in… Read more »