Second U Thant Distinguished Lecture

2 October 2001, Tokyo, Japan

The New African Initiative outlines a strategy to reduce poverty and place Africa on a path of sustainable growth and development. The Initiative calls for a new relationship between Africa and the international community and was discussed at the recent G8 summit in Genoa.

Mbeki outlined his views on how Africa can tackle its enormous economic and social problems and make a contribution to the international community in the twenty?first century.
Related link : http://www.ias.unu.edu/events/uthantmbeki.cfm


The New African Initiative