Economic Commission for Africa in the 1990s : facing Africa's development challenges

Abstract

The mandate of the Commission as conceived originally and as elaborated in the various resolutions of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the General Assembly and the Commission itself, can be succinctly summed up as "facilitating concerted action for the economic development of Africa, including its social aspects and maintaining and strengthening economic co-operation in the region and the co-operation of the African countries with other countries of the world". The raison d'etre of the Commission remains extant and is encapsulated, in particular, in the Commission's six areas of high priority as reflected in the 1992-1997 Medium-Term Plan.