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Year 2000
Reports of the Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on "Study on the future Geoinformation activities in Africa" held at the  Headquarters of ECA from 6 -10 Nov. 2000
- Report of the meeting (PDF, MS Word)
- Report of the working groups (PDF, MS Word)
- Background document (PDF, MS Word)
ADF 2000 Conference Daily Updates Page
Addis Ababa, 03 - 07 December 2000
Press Release No. 12/2000
"OUR CONTINENT DID NOT HAVE TO BE DEVASTATED LIKE THIS BY HIV/AIDS"
Opening Remarks on African Development Forum 2000
by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA, Addis Ababa, 03 December 2000
Africa Development Forum Civil Society Organization consultations
Keynote Address by Lalla Ben Barka, Deputy Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa
, Addis Ababa, 02 December 2000
Press Release No. 11/2000
1,500 Converge on Addis Ababa for African Development Forum 2000
Addis Ababa, 02 December 2000
Resolution of the Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance
Addis Ababa, 22 November 2000  [Link to Conference Website]
Statement on the High Level Intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development
English (PDF, MS Word)
The Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance
Addis Ababa, 21 - 22 November 2000 [Link to Conference Website]
Statement on the Third UN Conference for the Least Developed Countries
[English (PDF, MS Word)
, French (PDF, MS Word)]
The Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance
Addis Ababa, 21 - 22 November 2000 [Link to Conference Website]
Press Release No. 10/2000
Amoako Proposes New Global Compact with Africa
Addis Ababa, 21 November 2000
Statement by H.E. Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim,
Secretary General of the Organization of African Unity,
at the Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance,
Addis Ababa, 21 November 2000  [Link to Conference Website]
Statement by H.E. Ato Meles Zenawi,
Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
at the Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance,
Addis Ababa, 21 November 2000 [Link to Conference Website]
A new global deal for LDC's - A New global compact with Africa
by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA
at the Eight Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance
Addis Ababa, 21 November 2000
[Link to Conference Website]
Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance (Conference Website)
21 - 22 November, 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Press Release No. 09/2000
The Big Table - Frank Dialogue between Africa and the OECD
Addis Ababa, 19 November 2000
Press Release No. 08/2000
Ministers to Review Positions on Globalization, Financing Development
Addis Ababa, 18 November 2000
High-Level Regional Consultative Meeting on Financing for Development and Preparatory Meeting for the Third UN Conference on LDCs,
Statement by K. Y. Amoako, Addis Ababa, 15 November 2000
High-Level Regional Consultative Meeting on Financing for Development and Preparatory Meeting for the Third UN Conference on LDCs
15 - 17 November, 2000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Implementing the Habitat Agenda
Regional African Ministerial Conference on Habitat (Istanbul+5)
Statement by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA, Addis Ababa, 6 November 2000
Link to the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) Website http://www.unchs.org/
Perspectives on Africa’s Development (Publication)
Selected Speeches by K.Y. Amoako, May 2000, May 2000
Press Release No. 07/2000 [French]
ADF 2000 - AIDS: The Greatest Leadership Challenge, Addis Ababa, 3 - 7 December 2000
"African Food Security in the Knowledge and Information Era"
Address by K.Y. Amoako at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), 31 July 2000, Tampa, Florida, USA
Press Release No. 06/2000
Sharing Knowledge to enrich Research, Training and Policy Making [French]
Date: 16 August 2000
Report on Regional Cooperation
Statement to ECOSOC by Mr. K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, New York, 25 July 2000.
"Investing in People - Investing in the Future"
Address by K.Y. Amoako to the 72nd Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity, Lome, Togo, 6 July 2000
Invitation
African Development Forum online discussion on AIDS: The Greatest Leadership Challenge
Foreword by Dr. K. Y. Amoako to 'NET GAINS: African Women take Stock of Information and Communication Technologies'
Status of Women in Africa (CD-ROM & Book) (Flagship)
Press Release No. 04/2000
ECA launches new CD-ROM on Status of Africa's Women
Beijing + 5 : Perspectives from Africa Website.  Click here . . .
The Market, Democracy and Development in Africa, a keynote address at the 40th anniversary of Africa Confidential, 19 April, London
Enhancing India-Africa Cooperation in the Information Age,11 April, New Delhi, India
Opening remarks by K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa at the Workshop for Senior Policymakers on Poverty Reduction Strategies in Africa, Addis Ababa, 9 March 2000
Statement at the opening of the Global Knowledge Partnership Action Summit, by Lalla Ben Barka, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 8 March 2000
Address to the 71st Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, by K. Y. Amoako, UN Under- Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa, 6 March 2000, Addis Ababa
Claiming the 21st Century: Africa's Agenda
by Dr. K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa at the National Summit on Africa, (Washington D. C., 17 February 2000)

The Regional Conference on Brain Drain and Capacity Building in Africa
Addis Ababa, 22 - 24 February 2000

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Final Report (zipped and in MS Word format)

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Le phénomène de la fuite des cerveaux et le programme de retour de personnel qualifié mis en oeuvre par l’OIM en Afrique
Par Mme Ndioro Ndiaye, Directeur général adjoint, Organisation internationale pour les migrations, 22 Février 2000, Addis Ababa

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Statement by Lalla Ben Barka: Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa

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Press Release 01/2000

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Background Documents (English, French)

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AIDE-MEMOIRE (English, French)

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