ECA Conference of African Ministers

African Finance Ministers Set July Target for Trade Concessions
ECA Press Release No. 13/2004
Kampala, 23 May 2004 - African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have ended their annual conference demanding that rich countries remove obstacles holding up international trade negotiations by July.
 Ministerial Statement
   (PDF version PDF version of the report ) (MS Word version)

 Joint ADB/ECA symposium: 24 May 2004, Kampala, Uganda

 Ministerial Meeting:  21-22 May 2004 [Draft Programme of work] Photo Gallery [21 May]  

Ministerial Statement (Click here for PDF version PDF version of the report ) (MS Word version)

Speeches, 22 May 2004

Trade, Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa
Remarks by Omar Kabbaj, President of the African Development Bank Group, 22 May 2004

Speech delivered by Ambassador Sigurd Illing,
Head of Delegation of the European Commission in Uganda, 22 May 2004

African Trade Policy in the Context of National Development Strategies, By T. Ademola Oyejide, 22 May 2004

Press Release, 21 May 2004:

ECA Executive Secretary K.Y. Amoako (left) and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (right)Amoako Calls for Action on African Unemployment, Poverty
ECA Press Release No. 12/2004:
ECA Executive Secretary K.Y. Amoako has predicted that Africa faces sharply worsening unemployment and poverty unless governments take multi-faceted actions to create jobs.

Speeches, 21 May 2004

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Prospects for the Doha Trade Round and Steps by African Countries to Draw on the Post-Doha Trading System
By Dr. Kipkorir Aly Azad Rana, WTO Deputy Director-General

Statement by Mrs. E. Tankeu, AU Commissioner for Trade and Industry, 21 May 2004.

Opening Remarks by the Outgoing Chair, H.E. Mr. Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance of South Africa (delivered by Honourable Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Ghana), 21 May 2004.

Opening Statement by K.Y.Amoako, Executive Secretary of the ECA. 21 May 2004.

 Experts Meeting: 18-20 May 2004
[Agenda, Draft Programme of work]; Photo Gallery [Day 1,Day 2, Day 3]

Report of the Committee of Experts
(PDF version PDF version of the report)

Experts Group Meeting on External Debt - Outcomes and the Way Forward Powerpoint presentation
By Shamika Sirimanne, ECA, 19 May 2004

Progress Report on ECA/OECD “Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness” Powerpoint presentation
By Georges Ogboro, ECA, 19 May 2004

Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the ECA (left) and H.E. Mr. Gerald Ssendaula, Minister of Finance, Uganda (right) ECA Press Release No. 11/2004:
Africa Needs to Remove Obstacles to Trade, Says Amoako
Kampala, 18 May 2004 (ECA): African countries must do more to maximize the benefits of trade for development, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), K.Y. Amoako, said today.

Mainstreaming Trade in National Policies - An ECA ViewPowerpoint presentation
Participants in the exhibition area Presentation by Hakim Ben Hammouda, Director of Trade and Regional Integration Division (TRID), ECA. 18 May 2004.

Overview of Recent Economic and Social Conditions in Africa Powerpoint presentation
By Agustin Fosu, ECA, 18 May 2004.

Welcoming Remarks by H.E. Mr. Gerald Ssendaula, Minister of Finance, Uganda. 18 May 2004. H.E. Participants

Statement by K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of the ECA at the opening of the Experts Meeting. 18 May 2004.

Opening Remarks by Ms. Kamilla Gumede, the Outgoing Chair,
Deputy Director, National Treasury, South Africa.
18 May 2004.

ECA Press Release No. 10/2004
Ministers to Discuss Trade Policy and Development Agenda in Africa