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Africa Holds Summit to Talk Reforms
March 26, 2002
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 10:27 a.m. ET
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- African leaders held an impromptu
summit Tuesday to respond to Western demands for economic
and political reforms ahead of a massive aid influx to
combat poverty, disease and conflict gripping the world's
most underdeveloped continent.
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, in remarks at the
beginning of the one-day meeting, called on presidents and
diplomats from 19 countries to decide upon a code of
conduct for African countries requiring assistance.
The assistance plan, dubbed the New Partnership for African
Development or NEPAD, is the brainchild of Britain, South
Africa, Nigeria and Algeria. The plan was accepted in
principle by leaders of the world's wealthiest nations at
the Group of Eight summit in Genoa, Italy, last year and
details are to be hashed out at the G-8 summit in Canada in
June.
Before then, African leaders need to agree upon clear
conditions for development assistance including peace,
security and stable conditions for banking, agriculture and
other sectors, Obasanjo said.
``Peace and security form the bedrock of achieving
sustainable development,'' Obasanjo said, adding that
African leaders were also required to show a commitment to
developing health and education in their countries.
``What are these codes and how does adherence determine
African countries' participation in NEPAD? What happens to
countries who are judged to fail to adhere to them? ... We
need to provide answers to these and more questions at this
meeting,'' Obasanjo added.
The leaders went into discussions behind closed doors after
the Nigerian president's speech. The meeting was expected
to wrap up on Tuesday evening.
Ravaged by AIDS and civil unrest, Africa is home to the
bulk of the world's 50 poorest nations where several
hundred million people survive on less than a dollar a day.
After decades of aid cutbacks, rich nations agreed earlier
this month at the U.N. Conference on Financing for
Development in Mexico.
Arguing that aid is no longer a case of altruism, the world
leaders said richer nations make better markets for their
products -- and breed fewer terrorists.
Aside from Obasanjo, the leaders attending the conference
included the presidents of South Africa, Mozambique,
Rwanda, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Algeria and Gabon.
Ministers and diplomats from Ethiopia, Mauritius, Tunisia,
Egypt, Mali, Botswana, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and
Sao Tome were also present.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Africa-Summit.html?ex=1018486934&ei=1&en=a42f59356aee813d
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