OAU Heads of State and Government Support Ben Ali's Initiative for the creation of a World Solidarity Fund
Heads of state and government of the Organization Of African Unity (OAU) meeting in Durban, South Africa, decided on Monday July 9th 2002, to speed up the process of setting up the World Solidarity Fund.
By this decision, the conference of the heads of state and government reaffirmed its support to president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's initiative, as well as its conviction that the fund would be a great contribution to the strengthening of international solidarity and cooperation, with a view to eradicating poverty in the world, particularly on the African continent. This would be in line with the aims set by the program of fighting poverty fixed during the September 2000 United Nations Millennium Summit.
The conference also reasserted that this fund would represent an efficient instrument to achieve the targets of the African union and the new partnership for development in Africa (NEPAD).
Furthermore, the heads of state and government called on the OAU/African union Secretary-General to carry on efforts and consultations with the United Nations Secretary-General and to follow closely negotiations on the mechanisms for setting up this fund, scheduled to take place during the next session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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