Ninth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union: statement by Abdoulie Janneh UN under secretary general and executive secretary of the economic commission for Africa

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Statement By Abdoulie Janneh UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa at the Ninth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union. Mr. Janneh, on his remarks highlighted that, The High Level Plenary on Poverty Reduction Strategies and the MDGs held in Cairo in March, which was jointly organized by the African Union Commission, the ECA and the Government of Egypt, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was one early fruit of our renewed commitment to deepening our collaboration. with regards to international trade, the ECA in collaboration with the AU has been providing technical support to the African Group on the on-going WTO negotiations. ECA will aim to fully support the African Union in its bid to accelerate the political and socio-economic integration of the continent.