Aide-memoire (draft)

Abstract

The nineteenth session of the regional coordination mechanism for Africa will be held under the theme of “United Nations system support for the African Union in winning the fight against corruption: a sustainable path to Africa’s transformation”. The mechanism draws its mandate from paragraph 24 of General Assembly resolution 32/197 and paragraph 13 of annex III of Economic and Social Council Resolution 1998/46, in which the team leadership role of the regional commissions calls for their holding regular inter-agency meetings in each region with a view to improving coordination among the work programs of the organizations of the United Nations system in that region. The purpose of the annual session of the regional coordination mechanism for Africa is to assess and evaluate the mechanism, with a view to strengthening the cooperation, collaboration and coordination between the United Nations organizations and agencies so as to ensure the coherent and effective delivery of United Nations support in implementing Africa’s development agenda in partnership with the African Union and its organs. The sessions also serve as a forum for deliberations on topical and emerging issues of importance to Africa’s development agenda and for making sound policy prescriptions and interventions. This is why the theme of the nineteenth session parallels the 2018 theme for the African Union, which is about efforts to combat corruption to ensure a sustainable path to Africa’s transformation.