The high-level meeting on Africa’s development needs will take place at United Nations headquarters in New York on 22 September 2008. The theme of the meeting is: “Africa’s development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward.”
The meeting takes place at a time of both promise and challenge for the continent. While on the one hand many African countries have shown strong GDP growth and progress on the MDGs over the last few years, rising world prices for food and oil, climate change and intractable conflict threaten to reverse these gains. The high-level meeting provides an opportunity for world leaders to come together to renew their commitments to Africa’s development and focus attention on how to address the challenges.
In its resolution 62/242, the General Assembly decided that this meeting will be held at the highest possible political level, with the participation of Heads of State or Government, ministers, special representatives and other representatives, as appropriate. Given the importance of the issues, the President of the General Assembly has written to all delegations to encourage representation at the highest political level.
The meeting will also be attended by civil society organisations, intergovernmanetal organisations, UN agenices, funds and programmes, as well as the Bretton Woods institutions the World Trade Organization, the regional development banks, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
The meeting will conclude with the adoption of a Political Declaration.
PROGRAMME
STATEMENTS
SIDE EVENTS PROGRAMME
- Calendar of Side Events, Concept Notes and Detailed Programme
- Printable Version of Calendar of Side Events
- Statement by the Member States and Observers
SIDE EVENTS SUMMARIES
- A Response to the World Food Crisis
- Africa's Vulnerability- The Energy Crises, Climate Change and Environment
- Migration, Population Displacement and Sustainable Development in Africa
- The MDG Africa Steering Group and the Gleneagles Scenario Approach to Scaling
- Africa Women's Forum
- Crime as an Impediment to Security and Development
- The Governance Challenge in Africa
- African Private Sector Initiative
- Microcredit, Microfinance, Inclusive Finance
- Youth:Development and Employment
DOCUMENTS
- Political Declaration
- Second Information Note
- Report of the Secretary-General (A/63/130)
- Recommendations of the MDG Africa Steering Group
- Resolution 62/242
- First Information Note
NEWS COVERAGE
- Press Release(22 September 2008)
- Press Conference(18 September 2008)
- Press Release (18 September 2008)
WEBCAST
MEDIA INFORMATION
LETTERS
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the revised draft political declaration for the high-level meeting on the theme " Africa's development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward" which will take place on 22 September 2008. (9 September)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the second information note on the organizational arrangements for the high-level meeting on the Africa's Development needs. (5 September)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the list of side events that will be taking place during the high-level meeting on Africa's Development needs on 22 September 2008. (25 August)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting a draft political declaration for the high-level meeting on the theme " Africa's development needs: state of implementation of various commitments, challenges and the way forward," to be held on 22 September 2008. (20 August)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations regarding the high-level meeting on Africa's development needs 22 September 2008. (16 May)
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