Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Kongit Sinegiorgis Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the African Union and UNECA and Chairperson of the Permanent Representatives Committee: at the Quarterly Briefing to Ambassadors by the Executive Secretary of UNECA 25 June 2013

Abstract

The speech of retreat focuses on the "Transformative Agenda for Africa: Position Africa on Global Development Issues". The retreat was jointly organized by the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations, UNECA, Office of the Special Advisor on Africa (OSAA), UNIDO, the UNSG Special Adviser on the Post 2015 Development Agenda and AfDB. All the organizers and particularly our good friend and colleague Dr. Carlos Lopes deserve to be praised for the efforts exerted to make the retreat a success.