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

Abstract

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