The acting Executive Secretary of the United Nation’s (UN) ECA, Antonio Pedro said this in a statement on the Commission’s website.
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In one of his bestsellers, The Zahir, Paulo Coelho said there are two major problems in life: knowing when to begin and knowing when to stop.
The UN body said in a statement that this would manifest with oil exporting nations losing up to $65 billion in revenues as crude oil prices continue to tumble.
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe, and the African Union’s High Representative for Infrastructure Development, Raila Odinga, met in Addis Ababa on Thursday and discussed ways through which the ECA can support his work to ensure the continent speedily tackles its infrastructure challenges.
The Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Wednesday met with key heads of United Nations agencies in Ethiopia to discuss how the UN in the region can coordinate better and deliver as one.
Speaking at the on-going three-day High-Level Policy Dialogue on Development Planning in Africa, which is underway in Cairo, Egypt, Boko, Principal Regional Advisor and Head of Development Planning and Statistics at the ECA, said it was unacceptable that Africa’s development agenda continued to hampered by such illegal actions.
Speaking at the beginning of a three-day high-level policy dialogue on development planning in Africa that is being held in Cairo, Egypt, Elhiraika said the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development both underscore that countries need to mobilise greater financial resources if they are to achieve the SDGs.
Forty-six years after, Dr. Yakubu Gowon, former military Head of State, has again defended the Udoji award to civil servants…
The commission said she would be bringing to the position a longstanding track record of policy advice and result oriented implementation in the region, coupled with a strong strategic vision for the region