The Challenge to Africa of the New Millennium: the Perspective of the OAU: a statement by Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, the secretary general of the organization

Abstract

This statement delivered by Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, the Secretary General of the Organization at the opening of the African Development Forum the Challenge to Africa of the New Millennium the Perspective of the OAU. Dr. Ahmed Salim, on his remarks highlighted that, the fact that as we enter the new millennium, Africa has a clear vision of its responsibilities, its predicament, and its development agenda. There is a firm commitment to promote cooperation and create the structures of integration in our continent. Africa has resolved to address the scourge of conflicts and to establish lasting peace, security and stability and to pursue the path of democratic governance in the same regard, Africa aspires to promote sustainable development and to ensure that the people are the focus of all endeavors. The challenge to Africa, as we enter the new millennium, is to pursue the agenda it has set for itself. The responsibility of every African actor and institution is to promote the implementation of this agenda. The challenge for Africa as we enter the new millennium is to equip ourselves with the necessary capacities so that we can pursue our development agenda with vitality.