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President Mbeki to attend World Economic Forum Pretoria
- South African President Thabo Mbeki will on Thursday 25 January 2007 depart
for Davos, Switzerland where he will attend the annual World Economic Forum under
the banner "Shaping the Global Agenda," scheduled from Thursday - Sunday
25-28 January 2007. President Mbeki will be supported by Ministers Mandisi
Mpahlwa and Trevor Manuel. President Mbeki and his delegation will participate
in this Forum within the context of South Africa's priority to promote North-South
co-operation in support of the African agenda through amongst others, the World
Economic Forum. The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting offers a unique
opportunity for leaders from all walks of life - business, government, the media,
academia, the arts and civil society - to shape the global agenda for 2007. In
this regard, Davos 2007 will focus on the following issues: - Driving
growth;
- Scaling up sustainable solutions;
- Addressing global fault
lines;
- Exploring identity and the communication disconnect; and
- Defining
leadership mandates and the power of the network.
Accordingly President
Mbeki will on Friday 26 January 2007 participate in a session entitled "Africa
Sets a New Pace," during which discussions are expected to focus on, among
others, how resource-rich economies can be incentivized to introduce good governance
systems and which successful non-resource driven economies can provide models
for growth and what strategies are needed to support and sustain growth? President
Mbeki is expected to depart from Davos on Saturday 27 January 2006 for Addis Ababa
ahead of the African Union Heads of State and Government Summit scheduled from
Sunday - Tuesday 28-30 January 2007. Issued by Ronnie Mamoepa on 082 990
4853 Department of Foreign Affairs
Private Bag X152
Pretoria
0001 24
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