The United Nations today urged African countries to empower the continent’s youth through schooling and jobs, stressing that the foundation for peace and development lay in giving young people opportunities to build better lives for themselves
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Africa’s Young People vital to Sustainable Development, Says UN Chief
25 May 2011 –One of Africa’s greatest untapped resources is its young people, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today, urging the continent to take advantage of the skills and talents of its youth to promote sustainable development. Mr. Ban spent Africa Day today in Ethiopia, the final leg of a three-country, five-day visit to the continent… Continue reading Africa’s Young People vital to Sustainable Development, Says UN Chief
Resource-rich Africa Well Placed to Transition to ‘Green Economy’ – UN official
28 March 2011 –Africa is well poised to take advantage of a host of opportunities on the continent for building a ‘green economy,’ one that generates decent jobs in an environmentally sustainable way, a senior United Nations official said today. “This continent is in many ways the envy of the 21st century world,” Achim Steiner,… Continue reading Resource-rich Africa Well Placed to Transition to ‘Green Economy’ – UN official
A Green Economy Statement by Achim Steiner to African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
Delivered at the 2011 Joint Annual Meetings of African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the Economics Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development 28 March 2011- Addis Ababa, Ladies and Gentlemen, We meet some 13 months before what could prove to be one of the… Continue reading A Green Economy Statement by Achim Steiner to African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development