2006 SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government : Address by Abdoulie Janneh executive secretary of the economic commission for Africa

Abstract

Address by Abdoulie Janneh Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa at the 2006 SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government. Mr. Janneh, on his remarks highlighted that, African countries had expected a leveled playing field and real solutions to the plight of African farmers, who have been suffering from the effects of subsidies given to their counterparts in the rich nations. We were praying for a fair multilateral system where African countries could trade their ways out of poverty. The renewed ECA will, more vigorously, focus on the specific needs of the RECs through a region-specific, multi-year partnership strategy with clear milestones. He said that he believe that this focus will deepen our existing collaboration with SADC, especially in the development of policy frameworks and programmes for transport, ICT, mining, energy, gender, labour, agriculture, land tenure systems, HIV/AIDS and corporate governance. ECA's participation at this Summit has provided us with a deeper perspective of the regional integration challenges and special needs facing the sub region.