Organization of the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly to Consider How to Support the New Partnership for Africa's Development

A/RES/56/511View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 22 Final review and appraisal of the implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s, published in 2002.

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Africa Conferences Development Assistance Partnership

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Decides that the high-level plenary meeting to consider how to support the New Partnership for Africa’s Development to be held on 16 September 2002 shall consist of two plenary meetings, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., and one separate informal panel;

Decides also that the list of speakers for the debate in plenary shall be organized on a first-come, first-served basis. The order of precedence shall be as follows: (a) heads of State/heads of Government; (b) Vice-Presidents/Crown Princes or Princesses; (c) Deputy Prime Ministers; (d) the highest-ranking official of the Holy See and Switzerland, in their capacity as observer States, and of Palestine, in its capacity as observer; (e) Ministers; (f) Vice-Ministers; and (g) chairmen of delegations. Should the level of representation change, the replacement speaker will be accommodated in the last position available in the appropriate category;

Decides further that the informal panel shall be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., in parallel with the afternoon plenary meeting, and that it will have as its theme “The international community’s partnership with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development”;

Decides that the informal panel shall have five panellists who will be the heads of State of the five initiating countries of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, namely, Nigeria, South Africa, Algeria, Senegal and Egypt;

Decides also that the head of State of Nigeria shall present orally a summary of the discussions in the informal panel to the General Assembly at the end of the debate in plenary.

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