UN support toAU and its NEPAD Programme

New NEPAD official says integration into African Union on course
Addis Ababa, 27 March 2009 - The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has revealed that studies on the integration of the development framework into the African Union structures shall be completed by the end of April 2009.

Expert Group Meeting: “Africa's Cooperation with New and Emerging Development Partners:Options for Africa’s Development”
10-11 February 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Regional Media Dialogue on NEPAD
19-20 February 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa

Ninth Meeting of the Regional Consultation Mechanism of UN Agencies and Organizations Working in Africa in Support of the African Union and its NEPAD programme
21-22 October 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

UN agencies agree on how to help Africa respond to global crises and agricultural subsidies
Addis Ababa, 24 October 2008 (ECA) - UN agencies and organizations which met here this week have agreed on broad coordinated actions to respond to the challenges posed to Africa by rising food and oil prices, the global financial crisis, climate change and agricultural subsidies in rich countries.

Food crisis in Africa: Go beyond emergency food aid and supply side responses, said ECA Head Janneh
Addis Ababa, 21 October 2008 (ECA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and UN Under Secretary-General, Abdoulie Janneh, today in Addis Ababa called on the global community to go beyond the provision of emergency food aid or celebrating short term supply response to higher prices in responding to the global challenge of food crisis in Africa.

Global financial crisis, food shortage and climate change could derail Africa's MDG prospects, says UN Deputy Secretary-General Migiro
Addis Ababa, 21 October 2008 (ECA) - The global financial crisis compounded by the food shortages and the effects of climate change could derail Africa's prospects of attaining the MDGs across the board, the UN Deputy-Secretary General, Asha-Rose Migiro, said today as the 9th Regional Consultation Mechanism (RCM) meeting of UN agencies and organizations working in Africa opened in Addis Ababa.

Statement by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA, at the Ninth Meeting of the Regional Consultation Mechanism of UN Agencies and Organizations Working in Africa in Support of the African Union and its NEPAD Programme
21 October 2008

Experts begin discussions on how to improve UN support for the African Union and NEPAD
Addis Ababa, 16 September 2008 - ECA - About 60 experts from UN agencies, the African Union Commission (AUC), NEPAD Secretariat and Regional Economic Communities (RECs), today began a two-day meeting to review an independent report on measures to enhance the UN regional consultation mechanism (RCM) in support of the African Union and its NEPAD programme.

Statement by Mr Abdoulie Janneh, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the ECA at the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union
27 June 2008, Sharm-el-Sheikh , Egypt

Commission-wide Symposium on ECA's Support to AU and its NEPAD Programme
25 March 2008, UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia