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President Thabo Mbeki to Attend NEPAD
Heads of State Implementation Committee Meeting, Kigali,
Rwanda, 13 - 15 February 2004
President Thabo Mbeki will attend the NEPAD Steering
Committee, Heads of State Implementation Committee Meeting
(HSGIC), and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
Forum of participating Heads of State and Government
respectively from Friday-Sunday 13-15 February 2004
in Kigali, Rwanda.
The Steering Committee meeting and HSGIC will review
progress made during 2003 in the implementation of the
NEPAD economic revival programme, determine the agenda
for 2004 and examine outstanding issues arising from
the last HSGIC held in Maputo, Mozambique on 9 July
2003.
Discussions will also include, among others, regional
economic plans for the implementation of the NEPAD programme
and multilateral trade negotiations.
Support for NEPAD continues to grow and a firm foundation
for sustained implementation at a much higher level
is being established with the Secretariat and Steering
Committee are now focusing on facilitating, expediting,
coordinating and energizing implementation.
The APRM meetings will discuss the way forward in the
APRM process leading to the start of the first set of
country reviews since these countries will be decided
upon at the meeting.
Issued by Ronnie Mamoepa on 082 990 4853.
Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001
11 February 2004
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