World Chronicle 793: A. Babatunde Thomas, UNSIA

Michael Littlejohns interviews Dr. A. Babatunde Thomas, Coordinator of the United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa (UNSIA), for World Chronicle program 793.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:08
• Production Date: 27 March 2000
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: A. BABATUNDE THOMAS; JEROME HULE; JOHN METZLER; MICHAEL LITTLEJOHNS
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM-WIDE SPECIAL INITIATIVE ON AFRICA - UNSIA
• Subject Topical: DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 2150833
• Parent Id: 824816

Description

AFRICA

The United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa is a set of concrete and coordinated actions to maximize support for development in Africa. Launched in March 1996, the UN Special Initiative on Africa brought together all executives heads of the United Nations specialized agencies and organizations, including the Bretton Woods institutions, to pledge their commitment to Africa, a renewal of hope and optimism. Four years later, has the UN Special Initiative on Africa been able to achieve any significant change for the long suffering African population? In this edition of World Chronicle, Dr. A. Babatunde Thomas, Coordinator of the UN Special Initiative on Africa discusses the challenges of development in Africa.

• Scripts: File; 793.pdf (35.54 KB)