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Commission for Africa
| On February 26, 2004, British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched the Commission for Africa with a mandate to look afresh at the problems that beset Africa in hopes of generating new approaches to solving the continent's devastating social and economic conditions. |
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Back row (l-r): French Presidential Advisor on Africa Michel Camdessus, Executive Director of UN HABITAT Dr. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, Group Strategy and Development Director for Aviva PLC Tidjane Thiam, former US Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, Chairman of FATE Foundation Fola Adeola, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa K. Y. Amoako, Chairman of the Uganda Investment Authority Dr. William Kalema, Canadian Minister of Finance Ralph Goodale, and South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
Front row (l-r): Governor of the Bank of Botswana Linah Mohohlo, Bank of Botswana, British Chancellor Gordon Brown, Irish activist Sir Bob Geldof, Prime Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair, President of Tanzania Benjamin Mkapa, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Meles Zenawi, and British International Development Secretary Hilary Benn. Missing: Ji Peiding, NPC Standing Committee Member and Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, China.
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The commission brings together a group of 17 politicians, economists and opinion leaders from both developed nations and the developing states of Africa to discuss a variety of issues, including development finance, economic integration, trade, conflict resolution and peace building, human development, HIV/AIDS, natural resources, governance, culture, heritage, and participation.
The Commission for Africa held its first meeting in London on May 4, 2004, at Addis Ababa in October 2004, at Lancaster House in London in February 2005. After the group's report is published in March 2005, Britain plans to use these proposals to influence the agendas of the G8 and EU Summits through its chairmanship of those bodies in 2005. This page reports the progress of the Commission for Africa in the form of press releases, ongoing updates, and background material. |
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