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Date
: 22/10/2004
Source: The Presidency
Title: T Mbeki: Opening of NEPAD Stakeholders Dialogue
STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, AT THE
OPENING OF THE NEPAD STAKEHOLDERS DIALOGUE, Sandton Convention
Centre, Johannesburg, 22 October 2004
Your Excellency, President Obasanjo, President of the Republic of
Nigeria and Chairperson of the African Union and the NEPAD
Implementation Committee,
Your Excellency, President Wade, President of the Republic of
Senegal and Vice-Chairperson of the Implementation Committee,
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Welcome to South Africa and welcome to this NEPAD
Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue. I hope this dialogue will help all of
us to play our part and help accelerate the implementation of all
NEPAD programmes.
As we all know, the African continent is currently engaged in a
deep and fundamental renewal process. The over-arching objective of
this process is to break the vicious cycle of political
instability, poverty, and underdevelopment, as well as Africa,
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