The United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s was adopted by
the United Nations General Assembly in 1991 by its resolution 46/151 of 18 December 1991. In the
resolution, the Assembly called for a mid-term review of the implementation of the New Agenda, followed by
a final review and assessment. In 1999, the Economic and Social Council requested that the Secretary-General commission an independent evaluation of the
New Agenda, and the General Assembly stressed that such an evaluation should be independent and of a high-level quality. A 12-member Panel of Eminent
Personalities, supported by a small team of senior independent experts, was established by the Secretary-General to carry out this task.
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