Saturday, 13 October 2012
News Release: NEPAD’s “Africa Week”(15th To 19th October, 2012)
The African Union’s New Partnership
for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency, the Office of the UN Special Adviser
on Africa (OSAA), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Department
of Public Information (DPI) are co-organizing a series of activities to mark
the “Africa Week” (15-19 October) at the United Nations Headquarters in New
York on the margins of the UN General Assembly Debate on Africa.
During the “Africa Week”, the
organizers will launch three publications on Africa’s development: “Africa’s
Decade of Change” by the NEPAD Agency, Office of the Special Adviser on
Africa, and UNECA; “Assessing Progress in Africa toward the MDGs
2012” by UNECA, the African Union, African Development Bank and
UNDP; and “2012 Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness (MRDE)”
by UNECA/OECD. Issues to be discussed during the launch will include ways
of integrating Africa under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in
Africa; the implications of the RIO+20 outcomes for NEPAD and their impact on
the Post-2015 development agenda; and reflections on NEPAD’s achievements and
challenges over the past 10 years.
The launch will be followed by a
press briefing by Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, NEPAD CEO and the USG Maged Abdelaziz,
the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa and head of OSAA.
There
would be a press briefing and a reports launch co-organized by the
African Union’s new Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
Agency, the Office of the UN Special Adviser on Africa, the Economic Commission
for Africa and the Department of Public Information as part of activities to
mark the “Africa Week” on the margins of the UN General Assembly Debate on
Africa.
WHEN: Tuesday, 16
October 2012:
Reports Launch: 10:00am - 12:30pm
Press Briefing: 12:30pm – 1:15pm
By WHO: Dr. Ibrahim
Assane Mayaki, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating
Agency Chief Executive Officer, USG Maged Abdelaziz, Special
Adviser on Africa.
WHERE:
Reports Launch: Conference Room 6, NLB
Press Briefing: Press Briefing Room, DHL Auditorium
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