Issue 2: July – August 2000

 

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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