Besøg af Prof. Wiseman Nkuhlu 29/11

Christiansborg, den 28. november 2002

Europaudvalgets sekretariat

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PROGRAMME

10:30-11:00 Break

13:30-15:00 NEPAD and the Cotonou Agreement

Chairperson: Hon. Brigitta Gadient, Switzerland

Discussion

16:15-17:15 The International and Parliamentary Response to NEPAD

1. WE, the Heads of State and Government of Member States of the African Union, meeting at the 1^st Session of our Assembly in Durban, South Africa, from 8 to 10 July 2002:
2. RECALLING our decision regarding the then New African Initiative taken at the 37^th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity in Lusaka, Zambia from 9 to 11 July 2001 (AHG/Decl. 1 (XXXVII);
3. NOTING WITH APPRECIATION the report provided to us by the Chairperson of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee, H.E. President O. Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, describing the developments in the NEPAD process over the course of the past year;
4. FURTHER NOTING the document submitted to us by H.E. President Obasanjo entitled "Towards the Implementation of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) - Summary of Progress Report and Initial Action Plan" (hereinafter referred to as "Progress Report and Initial Action Plan"), elaborating the first phase for the implementation of NEPAD;
5. FURTHER NOTING the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance submitted by H.E. President Obasanjo, which seeks to foster a strong statement of reaffirmation by African leaders of their commitment to the principles and core values of democracy and good political, economic and corporate governance;
6. FURTHER NOTING the document submitted by H.E. President Obasanjo on the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) which is an instrument that will be voluntarily acceded to by Member States of the African Union for the purpose of self-monitoring, and which aims to foster the adoption of policies, standards and practices that will lead to political stability, high economic growth, sustainable development and accelerated regional integration in the continent;
7. EMPHASISING the long term nature of the NEPAD programme and our determination to use all available resources to ensure its successful implementation;
8. ENDORSE the Progress Report and Initial Action Plan and RECOMMEND that Member States wishing to do so, should submit written comments to the Chairman of HSIC;
9. CALL for the detailed documents relating to each priority area of the Progress Report and Initial Action Plan to be distributed to all Member States of the African Union;
10. URGE that the programmes in each priority area be urgently implemented and that each Member State provide assistance in the further development and implementation of these programmes and in the continued popularization of NEPAD amongst all sectors of society on the African continent;
11. REAFFIRM our commitment to the principles and core values contained in the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance;
12. ENCOURAGE all Member States of the African Union to adopt the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance and accede to the African Peer Review Mechanism;

 

 

13. MANDATE the Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee of NEPAD and its Steering Committee to continue the vital task of further elaborating the NEPAD Framework and ensuring the implementation of NEPAD Initial Action Plan until reviewed at the 2^nd Assembly of the African Union in Maputo, Mozambique, in 2003;
14. DECIDE to increase the number of the members of the Implementation Committee by one per region of the African Union, thus bringing the total number of members of the Committee to twenty;
15. CALL UPON the international community to provide continued and enhanced support for our efforts to regenerate the continent.

· NEPAD is a merger of the Millennium Partnership for the African Recovery Programme (MAP)

and the OMEGA Plan.

· The merger was finalised on 3 July 2001.

· Out of the merger, NAI was born.

· NAI was approved by the OAU Summit Heads of State and Government on 11 July 2001.

· The plan was endorsed by the leaders of G8 countries on 20 July 2001.

· The policy framework was finalised by the Heads of State Implementation Committee (HSIC)

on 23 October 2001, and NEPAD was formed.

· NEPAD is a vision and programme of action for the redevelopment of the African continent.

· NEPAD is a plan that has been conceived and developed by African leaders.

· NEPAD is a comprehensive integrated development plan that addresses key social, economic

and political priorities in a coherent and balanced manner.

· NEPAD is a commitment that African leaders are making to African people and to the

international community, to place Africa on a path of sustainable growth.

· NEPAD is a commitment African leaders are making to accelerate the integration of the African

continent into the global economy.

· NEPAD is a framework for a new partnership with the rest of the world.

· NEPAD is a call to the rest of the world to partner Africa in her own development on the basis

of her own agenda and programme of action.

· To promote accelerated growth and sustainable development

· To eradicate widespread and severe poverty

· To halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process

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