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Progress Report of H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairperson of the NEPAD HSGIC, to the second ordinary session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union

10 - 12 July 2003

Maputo, Mozambique

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Introduction

It is with great pleasure that I, on behalf of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC), report on the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) since the First Summit of the African Union (AU) in Durban, South Africa in July 2002.

On approving NEPAD as a vision, strategic framework and the socioeconomic development programme of the OAU, the 2001 Summit of the OAU in Lusaka, Zambia, resolved to establish the Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC) of fifteen members, comprising three Heads of State and/or Government from each of the five African regions. The Inaugural Summit of the AU in Durban, South Africa in 2002 resolved to increase this number to four members per region. The HSGIC and its supporting structures was mandated to oversee the further development and implementation of the programme for another year.

My initial report tabled at the first AU Summit held in Durban in July last year highlighted progress made with the preparation of detailed implementation plans for key NEPAD priorities, including Peace and Security, the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), Agriculture and Market Access, Human Resource Development, Infrastructure and the Environment.

Progress on the positioning and advocacy of the programme, both in Africa and abroad was also highlighted, as well as mobilisation of support by the development partners and the private sector. The Summit endorsed the NEPAD Initial Action Plan and resolved to encourage Member States of the African Union to adopt the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance and to accede to the African Peer Review Mechanism.

In presenting the report for the second year of implementation, I would like to comment briefly on the international situation as it relates to Africa’s development and thereafter focus on NEPAD’s unique contribution to the regeneration of our continent, progress in programme implementation, institutional arrangements, international support for NEPAD and challenges we currently face. I will conclude with proposals to take us forward.



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