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NEWS IN BRIEF
n Globalization, foreign investment
"great
opportunities to Africa" – seminar Delegates
to an OAU Day Seminar held at UNU Headquarters in Tokyo called for the
mulltilateral trading system to be more responsive to the development
aspirations of Africa.
In a statement released at the conclusion
of the March 19 meeting, participants drawn from the African diplomatic
community in Tokyo agreed that globalization, trade and foreign direct investment present
enormous opportunities to Africa.
"However, these opportunities cannot be
fulfilled without the collective establishment and implementation of a
framework that enables all countries to face up together to the challenges
and share in the dividends of globalization, investment and free
trade," the final statement said.
"Aid is no substitute for trade; in fact, Africa loses more to trade
barriers than it gains through aid. The multilateral trading system must
therefore be responsive to the development aspirations of Africa." Full
text of Statement
n UNU/INRA backs new computer
course at Cameroon university The UN Coordinator and
UNDP Representative in Cameroon, Patricia de Mowbray, represented the
Rector of UNU at a June 9 ceremony to present software and equipment worth
US$15,000 to Prof. Jean Tabi Manga, Rector of the University of Yaounde 1 in
Cameroon. The materials will facilitate teaching and practical
work in new postgraduate courses on computer applications to natural resources
initiated by the university's Department of Computer Science with the support of
UNU/INRA.
Coming Events: Third International Training Course in Plant Tissue Culture
Technology, July 8-29, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana. Third Course in Computer Applications to Natural Resources in Africa, for
academics and scientists from Francophone Africa, July 10 - August 5, University
of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Publication:
UNU/INRA Annual Lectures 1999 is out in print and can be downloaded
in pdf format from the INRA website.
The lectures cover Africa's Biopolicy Agenda in the 21st Century and
Natural Resource Conservation and Management.
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