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"Africa has a Bright Future" - Konare at AME Banquet
Fundraiser event in Arlington, VA,
September 17, 2005
Alpha Oumar Konare, then chairperson
of the African Union Commission,
delivered a rousing speech at the
first annual African Methodist
Episcopal Church — Service And
Development Agency (AME-SADA)
Founders’ Awards Banquet. In
this speech, he acknowledged the
present challenges faced by Africans,
including poverty, malaria,
HIV/AIDS, and conflict, but he
said that, due to concerted efforts
by African leaders and the African
Union to improve the standard of living in Africa, and to improvements
in the policies of African
governments and the work of the
African Union, Africa will soon be
able to use its land and human resources
more efficiently for its development.Mr. Konare was later presented with a Special Humanitarian Award by Bishop McKinley Young, the chairman of the AME-SADA board. Konare was president of Mali until stepping down in 2002. Since becoming chair of the African Union Commission in 2003, he has worked to increase the influence of the African Union on its member states.
Mr. Andrew Natsios, the administrator for US Agency for International Development (USAID) also gave a speech extolling US development policy towards Africa. US foreign aid for Africa, especially in the areas of trade, malaria, Tuberculosis, and HIV/ AIDS, has increased substantially in recent years.
WHAT IS WHADN?
The Western Hemishpere African Diaspora Network (WHADN) was created to implement Article 3(q) (amended) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU): [The Union shall] invite and encourge the full participation of the African Diaspora as an important part of our continent, in the building of the African Union." This initiative was launched during the historic First African Union Western Hemisphere Diaspora Forum held in Washington, D.C. from December 17-19, 2002, an event convened by the AU and coordinated by The Foundation for Democracy in Africa.
The House of Nanny and the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC) are two initiatives WHADN is currently working on.
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