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UN Programmes on Africa

See also: UN peacekeeping

Africa a priority for new UN head — April 2007


UN New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s
(UN-NADAF)

UN-NADAF: A 'disappointing' decade for Africa — September 2002
Press Kit. Final Review of UN-NADAF — September 2002
General Assembly debates progress on UN New Agenda — November 1998


UN System-wide Special Initiative on Africa (UNSIA)

Governance reforms gather pace — August 1998

*Special Feature* Two-year review of UNSIA — March 1998
What is the UN System-wide Special Initiative on Africa?
UN Special Initiative tackles Africa's challenges with renewed momentum
Interviews: [K.Y. Amoako] [James Gustave Speth] [Callisto Madavo]
Special Initiative: highlights of progress
Focus on priorities:
Education:
Boosting basic education in Africa
[Box 1: World Bank see benefits from partnership on education]
[Box 2: Girls' education — a priority]
[Box 3: Mozambique plans to have every child in school by 2006]
Enrolment to rise in the Sahel
Governance:
Making good governance a reality
[Box 1: Civil society empowerment plays a critical role]
[Box 2: Peace-building through communications]
Health:
Target: a stronger health sector
[Box 1: With few funds, WHO combats African maladies]
Children:
Helping to save the lives of children
Population:
People: the agents of development
Information Technology:
Africa connects to the Internet
For an African 'information society'
[Box 1: Telecommunications infrastructure a key]

Improving Africa's water supply — October 1997
[Strengthening water basin management in the Zambezi]
[FAO promotes African food security]

Good governance key to progress — July 1997

Special Initiative promotes civil society links to governance — July 1997
[Box 1: Consensus Statement on governance in Africa]

Pro-poor policies, external support needed to combat poverty — July 1997

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