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Gaborone, Botswana, 30 May 2023 (ECA) - Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) need global support to turn around their social and economic fortunes to achieve sustainable development in line with the goals of the Vienna Programme of Action (VPoA).A High-level Africa Regional Review of the Vienna Programme of Action for the Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade

News and Press Release in English on World and 1 other country about Contributions and Protection and Human Rights; published on 29 May 2023 by AU and ECA

Addis Ababa, 29 May 2023 - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) have launched a joint project aimed at shaping a positive narrative and eliminating barriers to safe international migration within Africa.The project, entitled ‘International Migration in Africa: Shaping a Positive Narrative and Removing Barriers to

Addis Ababa, May 31, 2023 – The Africa, Caribbean and pacific conference on the implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15 and Nineteenth Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) kicked off yesterday the 30 May 2023 at the African

Gaborone, Botswana, 29 May 2023 (ECA) - Landlocked Developing Countries, currently experiencing economic and infrastructural challenges, need increased technical and financial support to achieve sustainable development, leaders have called during the High-level Africa regional review meeting of the Vienna Programme of Action (VPoA) for Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs)

Sharm El-Sheikh, 26 May 2023 (ECA) - Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Hanan Morsy, has called for continued collective action in support of the Africa High-level Working Group on Global Financial Architecture (HLWG).“Our key objective is to build African consensus on what needs to be done and amplify the continent's

Addis Ababa, 24 May 2023, (ECA) - Africa should accelerate the full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area while creating a conducive business environment to attract private sector participation in one of the largest free trade areas in the world, experts have urged.The AfCFTA is a free trade area launched in 2019 by African countries to create a single

Sharm El-Sheikh, 22 May 2023 – African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have called for reforms of the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) system to strengthen the global financial safety net and make more liquidity available to developing countries.The call for reforms was made during a meeting of the Africa High-level Working Group on the Global

Juba, 19 May 2023 (ECA) – The Government of the Republic of South Sudan has pledged to establish a coordinating structure to accelerate infrastructure projects along the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor. This announcement was made by the Transport Minister, Mr.

Interview with Victor Konde, Scientific Affairs Officer at the Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Division, ECA Q. The Science, Technology and Innovation Forum has become an integral part of the annual African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development on assessing SDGs implementation. What was the focus of the STI forum held in Niamey in early 2023?VK: The Fifth