Media Coverage
Ethiopia: Fleeting Dreams At Half Time
9 April 2007
Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa)
Conference of African Ministers of finance, planning and economic development/fortieth session of the commission
9 April 2007
Southern African Regional Network
Ethiopian Prime Minister opens ECA conference of Ministers
7 April 2007
Afrora
Rwanda: Ethiopian Prime Minister opens ECA conference of Ministers
7 April 2007
Redtram International
Ethiopia: Prime Minister opens 40th ECA conference of Ministers
5 April 2007
Somalinet News
Ethiopia: Prime Minister opens 40th ECA conference of Ministers
5 April 2007
African News Dimension
Suspension of Trade Negotiations a Major Setback
4 April 2007
The African Executive
Conference of Ministers ends with the adoption of an action-oriented statement
4 April 2007
The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women

Conference of Ministers ends with the adoption of an Action-oriented statement on MDGs
4 April 2007

Action for Global Health
Ethiopian Prime Minister opens ECA conference of Ministers
4 April 2007
The New Times
Africa must not be left behind in race to achieve Development Goals - UN envoy
4 April 2007
Harold Doan & Associates Ltd.
Africa must not be left behind in race to achieve development goals – UN envoy
3 April 2007
UN News Centre
ECA chief calls for Africa's fast progress towards MDGs
3 April 2007
People's Daily Online, China
Ethiopia: Meles Calls for African Pro-Poor Accelerated Growth to Meet MDGs
3 April 2007
The Ethiopian Herald, Addis Ababa
Ethiopia: Doha Trade Talks Delay Affects Progress Towards MDGs - UN
3 April 2007
The Daily Monitor, Addis Ababa
Africa: No more talk, Act now-Sachs
2 April 2007
IRIN
Africa: Health tops agenda in Finance ministers' confab
2 April 2007
This Day (Lagos)
Meles calls for equitable growth on the road to MDGs
2 April 2007
Panapress
AU to establish African Statistics Institute
2 April 2007
BUANews
Africa: Continent Urged to Spend More On Health, Not Defense
2 April 2007
The Daily Monitor, Addis Ababa
Existing Africa's economic growth not enough to attain MDGs: UN agency
31 March 2007
People's Daily Online, China

Ethiopia: African Finance Ministers to Meet in Addis for Crucial Debate
31 March 2007

The Reporter, Addis Ababa
ECA chief urges Africa to scale up all interventions to meet MDGs
30 March 2007
People's Daily Online, China

Africa: Continent So Far Successful to Meet the MDGs - UNECA
30 March 2007

The Ethiopian Herald, Addis Ababa
Africa at large: Ministers to meet on MDGs
29 March 2007
The Guardian
Ethiopia: Angola Attends African Finance Ministers Conference
29 March 2007
Angola Press
Africa: Ministers to Explore Ways to Attain MDGs
28 March 2007
All Africa
African Ministers to meet over MDGs
26 March 2007
Rwanda Development Gateway
African ministers to consult on strategies for meeting MDGs
24 March 2007
People's Daily Online, China
African Ministers to Consult on Strategies for Meeting the MDGs
23 March 2007
Rwanda Information Exchange
French  

Conférence des ministres africains des Finances
9 avril 2007

Kaï Walaï, Cameroun
Afrique: Ouverture de la Conférence des ministres africains des Finances et du Plan
2 avril 2007
Angola Press Agency
Les ministres africains des finances appellent à accélérer le développement de l'Afrique
2 avril 2007
AtlasVista Maroc
Afrique: Les Ministres africains se concerteront à Addis-Abeba pour une réalisation accélérée des OMD
27 mars 2007
Infos Plus Gabon
   
Press Releases
Conference of Ministers ends with the adoption of an action-oriented statement.
ECA Press Release No. 06/2007
PM Meles opens ECA conference of ministers with call for self-reliance
ECA Press Release No. 04/2007
Experts meeting opens with call for the scaling-up of resources to meet MDGs
ECA Press Release No. 03/2007
African Ministers to Consult on Strategies for Meeting the MDGs
ECA Press Release No. 02/2007

ECA Media Advisory
Addis Ababa, 1 March 2007 (ECA): The 2007 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 2 – 3 April. The theme of this year's conference is: “Accelerating Africa's Growth and Development to Meet the Millennium Development Goals - Emerging Challenges and the Way Forward”.