A Monitoring Mechanism to Review Commitments Made Towards Africa's Development

A/RES/66/293View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 63a New Partnership for Africa's Development : progress in implementation and international support, published in 2011.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 9	—	23
	Subprogramme 1	Data and knowledge management for evidence-based policies and advocacy in support of Agenda 2063	3

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 9	—	23	—
	Subprogramme 1	Data and knowledge management for evidence-based policies and advocacy in support of Agenda 2063	3	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2014–2018

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2018	A/73/270	Biennial report on the review of the implementation of the commitments made towards Africa's development report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/66/293
2014	A/69/163	Biennial report on the review of the implementation of the commitments made towards Africa's development report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/66/293

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Africa Coordination Within UN System Development Partnership Project Monitoring

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Decides to establish a United Nations monitoring mechanism to review commitments made towards Africa’s development, building on existing monitoring mechanisms in line with paragraph 39 of the political declaration adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 63/1 of 22 September 2008;

Also decides to conduct a biennial review under the aegis of the General Assembly in the context of its agenda item on the development of Africa;

Further decides that the monitoring mechanism shall be a General Assembly-driven process and established within existing structures;

Stresses the centrality of the principles of mutual accountability and partnership in the monitoring mechanism, focusing on commitments of both development partners and African countries;

Also stresses the importance of the monitoring mechanism being grounded on reliable, available and timely data, including at the country level, to enable conduct of the assessment of outcomes and impact, including on a cluster-based approach;

Further stresses the need for the monitoring mechanism to focus on the implementation of multilateral commitments of both development partners and African countries arising from, inter alia, major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields;

Requests the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa to serve as the secretariat for the review, in coordination with relevant entities of the United Nations system;

Calls upon relevant entities of the United Nations system, including funds, programmes, specialized agencies and regional commissions, in particular the Economic Commission for Africa, and invites all relevant international and regional organizations to contribute to the review upon request;

Recognizes the important role that civil society organizations, the private sector, parliamentarians, the media, academia and foundations play in mobilizing support for and monitoring Africa’s development, and in that regard invites them to contribute to the biennial review;

Requests the Secretary-General to mobilize and coordinate the relevant entities of the United Nations to ensure coherence with other processes at the national, subregional, regional and global levels;

Also requests the Secretary-General to identify and reallocate resources, as appropriate, within the regular budget of the United Nations to enable the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa to fulfil its mandate effectively regarding the monitoring mechanism;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session the first biennial report on the review of the implementation of commitments made towards Africa’s development.

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