| Date | 27 November 1996 |
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| Started | 10:00 |
| Ended | 12:40 |
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Agenda item 42
Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity
Report of the Secretary-General (A/51/386)
Draft resolution (A/51/L.19)
Mr. Mpay (Cameroon)
It is my honour, in my capacity as the Chairman of the African Group, to comment on the progress of cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which has over the years been very useful in the promotion of development in Africa.
Over the past 35 years, African countries had dramatic experiences with development. A number of countries have made some progress in the area of economic growth and development, but others have yet to find solutions to the critical problems facing their development efforts. In all of these countries, cooperation arrangements between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity in various aspects of development have provided a major impetus. Cooperation between the two organizations has, by and large, covered consultations, the exchange of information, and the promotion of economic and social development.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary-General of the OAU have consulted on several issues affecting the development of Africa. The cooperation between the United Nations Development Programme and the OAU has concentrated on strengthening the managerial and administrative capacities of the OAU and on providing support for the African Economic Community. The United Nations Environment Programme has provided financial and technical support for the organization of an African expert group meeting to prepare an African consensus and common perspective and position regarding the application of the Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa.
The United Nations Population Fund has just completed a four-year project with the OAU to strengthen the technical capacity of the organization in areas relating to population and development, with a view to assisting member States in adopting and implementing population policies. The relationship between the OAU and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has been further consolidated by joint efforts to address the consequences of forced population displacement in the Great Lakes region within the framework of a Plan of Action adopted at Bujumbura in 1995.
At the programme level, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is collaborating with the OAU on the development of a Common African Agricultural Programme. FAO is working with the OAU on the preparation of the nineteenth FAO Regional Conference information document on the Programme. We welcome the efforts of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the reinforcement of its cooperation with the OAU in the implementation of the United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa. In the framework of institutional capacity-building in Africa, UNESCO has offered to contribute to strengthening the OAU secretariat.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has provided financial resources under its different facilities, especially under the Structural Adjustment Facility and the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, to African countries in support of their structural adjustment programmes. The IMF has also engaged in the mobilization of additional resources for African countries, in the context of multilateral conferences on aid coordination and the rescheduling of debt by the Paris Club. Furthermore, we welcome a project concerning cooperation with the OAU by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in the context of the African Economic Community and the Cairo Agenda for Action. The project will assist the OAU in the elaboration of a protocol for an appropriate strategy to promote regional cooperation and integration, with particular reference to the development of the private sector and to the preparation of selected high-impact regional programmes.
The fact that most of the countries on the continent continue to experience poor economic growth and development -- with resulting poverty aggravation, high rates of unemployment, high rates of inflation, decreasing production and environmental degradation -- makes increasing commitment to and intensification of cooperation more urgent than ever. In particular, cooperation is urgently needed in the few countries experiencing political stresses and strains. The OAU will welcome increasing support for its Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution. In particular, there is a need for more support for the development of its preventive diplomacy capacity. In this connection, we continue to urge the support of the United Nations for OAU efforts to manage peaceful democratic transition in Africa.
In addition, our organization will continue to count on the support of the United Nations in coping with emergency situations created by acts of war. In particular, we are counting on the United Nations cooperation with the OAU to end hostilities, support rehabilitation efforts and provide assistance in dealing with issues of refugees and displaced persons.
I should like to underscore once again the importance of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF) to Africa's development. The recently concluded mid-term review of UN-NADAF offers the international community another opportunity to find durable solutions to development problems in Africa. The review has made it abundantly clear that, while African countries themselves will need to continue with their political and economic reforms, these efforts will need to be more effectively complemented by the international community if the gains in economic growth and development that some countries have made are to be incremental and sustained.
We feel that, in the context of this review, it is obvious that the United Nations must adequately fund all its agencies and organs concerned with the implementation of UN-NADAF as we march on in the second half of the Programme.
External debt is a serious issue in African development. Each Integrated Programme for Commodities is welcome, but it is clear that this may not necessarily provide an adequate and final solution to this problem, given the inherent limitations. We therefore continue to urge the international community to continue to search for better arrangements which take into consideration the interest of debtors and creditors, but with ample provisions for unloading the debt burden.
African countries have come a long way in the liberalization of their investment codes. There is increasing need for foreign direct investment, while attempts are being made to consolidate the political and socio-economic environment. In an increasingly globalized world economy, the international community should also continue to assist African countries in their efforts to be more competitive, remove the impediments to their exports and help in their efforts to promote export diversification.
In reiterating, I would like to restate that the need for foreign aid will remain critical for many countries. This will be vital for many weak countries in terms of capacity-building and the development of social and economic infrastructures. There should be a serious commitment on the part of the international community to meeting the needs of these countries.
I would like to say in conclusion that the OAU continues to count on the increasing support and cooperation of the United Nations as we are about to cross into the next century. We believe that more meaningful cooperation will continue to emerge, given the assumption that the full development of all continents and countries worldwide would be to the advantage of all, especially in terms of higher prosperity in under-developed countries.
I would like to add that the draft resolution introduced in connection with this question is still being negotiated, so we will ask for the postponement of action on this draft resolution.
Mr. Campbell (Ireland)
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