UN System Support for UN System Support for NEPAD NEPAD NEPAD NEPAD Dr. Cheryl Larsen Dr. Cheryl Larsen Chief, CAPDU Chief, CAPDU Office of the Special Adviser on Africa Office of the Special Adviser on Africa
Advocacy for Africa’s Development Advocacy for Africa’s Development Needs Needs High High-level Meeting on level Meeting on Africa’s Development Needs Africa’s Development Needs Political Declaration: affirm Political Declaration: affirm commitments and strengthen commitments and strengthen commitments and strengthen commitments and strengthen monitoring mechanism monitoring mechanism Subsequent HLM on Subsequent HLM on MDGs: new commitments MDGs: new commitments totaling $16 billion totaling $16 billion
Financial support Financial support World Bank lending in 2007 World Bank lending in 2007 on infrastructure projects: on infrastructure projects: more than $ 1 billion more than $ 1 billion 2008 2008 –2009: WB plans to 2009: WB plans to approve $ 2 billion for new approve $ 2 billion for new approve $ 2 billion for new approve $ 2 billion for new NEPAD projects NEPAD projects For example, projects will For example, projects will strengthen transport, trade, strengthen transport, trade, energy, water, and energy, water, and telecommunications. telecommunications.
Debt Relief Debt Relief Continued progress in multilateral (and bilateral) debt Continued progress in multilateral (and bilateral) debt relief and cancellation efforts within the framework of relief and cancellation efforts within the framework of HIPC and MDRI HIPC and MDRI IMF debt relief IMF debt relief IMF debt relief – reported a total of $ 4.6 billion as of IMF debt relief – reported a total of $ 4.6 billion as of reported a total of $ 4.6 billion as of reported a total of $ 4.6 billion as of the end of 2008 to 18 countries in sub the end of 2008 to 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa Saharan Africa IMF anticipates that 6 more countries in sub IMF anticipates that 6 more countries in sub-Saharan Saharan Africa will get debt relief within the next two years so Africa will get debt relief within the next two years so that almost half of Africa’s poorest countries will that almost half of Africa’s poorest countries will benefit. benefit.
Helping countries agree on solutions Helping countries agree on solutions to difficult problems which affect to difficult problems which affect everybody everybody IMO High IMO High-level level meeting in Djibouti meeting in Djibouti – January 2009 January 2009 Regional agreement Regional agreement to prevent and deter to prevent and deter acts of piracy and acts of piracy and armed robbery armed robbery against ships against ships
UN helping countries to build their UN helping countries to build their countries countries Food and agriculture: UN’s Food and agriculture: UN’s FAO gave policy guidance FAO gave policy guidance and programme advice for and programme advice for NEPAD’s agricultural plan NEPAD’s agricultural plan (CAADP) (CAADP) (CAADP) (CAADP) Environment: UNEP helped Environment: UNEP helped write NEPAD’s plan write NEPAD’s plan UN lends staff: DPKO, UN lends staff: DPKO, UNHCR, UNIFEM, UNHCR, UNIFEM, UNICEF, UNAIDs all work UNICEF, UNAIDs all work with African Union . with African Union .
Technical and Institutional Support Technical and Institutional Support Electoral Assistance: Electoral Assistance: DPA and Peacekeeping DPA and Peacekeeping Missions Missions Governance: Governance: African Governance: African Governance: African African Peer Review Mechanism Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), ECA, UNDP (APRM), ECA, UNDP
The UN working to inform Africans The UN working to inform Africans about NEPAD about NEPAD Africa Renewal magazine Africa Renewal magazine NEPAD special issue NEPAD special issue Radio broadcasts, press Radio broadcasts, press releases, television feeds, releases, television feeds, releases, television feeds, releases, television feeds, photos, webcasts, and photos, webcasts, and much more… much more… www.un.org/AR www.un.org/AR africarenewal@un.org africarenewal@un.org
Thank you very much! Thank you very much! Thank you very much! Thank you very much! http://www.un.org/africa/osaa/ http://www.un.org/africa/osaa/
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