5th Meeting of the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration: statement by Abdoulie Janneh UN under-secretary-general and executive secretary of ECA

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Statement by Abdoulie Janneh UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA at the fifth Meeting of the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration. Mr. Janneh, on his remarks highlighted that, The Committee on Trade and Regional Cooperation and Integration is one of ECA’s sectoral committees which meet on a biennial basis to review developments and issues pertaining to their respective development sectors, formulate policies and strategies to address Africa’s development challenges, and advise on sectoral work priorities to be reflected in the work programme of the Commission. The outcome of the committee meetings will then feed into the deliberations of the annual meetings of Commission’s principal legislative organ, the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. This fifth session of this Committee will be examining, among other things, progress towards promoting Africa’s regional integration in the context of the objectives and programs of the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities. Africa is engaged in two key international trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization and also the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union.