Aide memoire on the background and objectives of the African ministerial conference to be held pursuant to the declaration of the board of governors of the African Development Bank

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to help highlight the elements which should constitute a common African platform for future negotiations whose outcome will probably determine our economic fortunes for several decades to cone. However, in a world in which all actions should take place -within concentric circles of solidarity it is not super flows to recall that however legitimate an African stand on the problems of development may be, pure decisions should be in line with the interests of all developing countries. In accordance with the terms of the declaration adopted by the Board of Governors, ABB was to contact various institutions that might be prepared to assist in the organization of the Conference.