Assembly/AU/Dec.442(XIX)
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15.
ACKNOWLEDGES Africa’s recent partnership engagements at the G8 and G20
Summits held in Camp David, United States and Los Cabos, Mexico in May and
June 2012 respectively and WELCOMES the New Alliance for Food and Nutrition
Security in Africa as a notable outcome of the G8 Summit WHILE
UNDERSCORING the imperative for the Initiative to be aligned with identified
African priorities and systems as reflected in CAADP and REITERATES that G8
countries should fulfil their outstanding commitments to Africa especially those
made at Gleneagles and L’Aquila;
16.
CALLS FOR deeper engagement and increased level of interaction between
African and G8 leaders at G8/Africa Outreach Sessions, adequate consultations
amongst invited African leaders prior to these Sessions and appropriate
preparations through the Africa Partnership Forum (APF) to assure its value
addition as platform for dialoguing on the Continent’s priorities for the G8
partnership process;
17.
THEREFORE MANDATES the HSGOC Chairperson to lead a multi-pronged
lobby campaign to reinvigorate this high level partnership with the G8 with the
technical support of the Agency, and REQUESTS NPCA in collaboration with the
Commission to engage the Government of United Kingdom as a country to
assume G8 Presidency in 2013 to ensure that African priorities and interests are
fully reflected in the agenda of the G8 in 2013;
18.
REAFFIRMS the G20 as key platform for Africa to strengthen collaboration
towards promoting global economic cooperation and ACKNOWLEDGES the
relevant outcomes arising from the 2012 G20 Summit as they relate to Africa,
especially the 'AgResults' Initiative to improve food security by encouraging
private sector innovation of new agricultural products and systems, encouraging
the implementation of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) programme and the Los
Cabos Growth and Jobs Action Plan to stimulate global employment and growth.
APPRECIATES the continuing work of the G20 High Level Panel on
Infrastructure and RE-STATES the need for the Panel to consider leveraging
public funds in form of surpluses available in emerging economies for higher
investment returns in developing Africa’s infrastructure;
19.
RECALLS Decision Assembly/AU/7(XVIII) and NOTES progress by the
Commission and NPCA under the auspices of the Africa Platform for
Development Effectiveness (APDev) in actively advancing Africa’s quest for
adequate voice in the Global Partnership (GP) for Effective Development
Cooperation and COMMENDS the contributions of the Governments of South
Africa, Rwanda and Mali to the Post-Busan Interim Group (PBIG) which made
proposals on the governance structures and monitoring framework for Busan
commitment;
20.
NOTES the allocation of two (2) seats to Africa in the new Global Partnership
namely Co-Chair, representing the AU and other recipients of development