The US delegation pledged that the American government will continue to stand by the country during its post-Ebola recovery processes and undertakings.
The commendation was made when President Sirleaf held separate discussions with the US Government’s delegation to the 25th African Union Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa led by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Greenfield and a delegation from the African Development Bank (AfDB) led by Dr. Donald Kaberuka and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
According to a dispatch, the meeting with the American delegation was focused on U.S-Liberia relations and discussion on key continental and global issues.
During the meeting with the African Development Bank’s delegation headed by Kaberuka, which was also attended by representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and officials of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), the Liberian leader pleaded for the AfDB and UNDP to support to the APRM, which is the continent’s premier governance tool.
She pointed out that the two groups are strategic partners to the African Union, needed to stand with the APRM which is currently faced with resource constraints to ensure the full revitalization of the secretariat and support to the work of peer review by the Panel of Eminent Persons which is even more critical.
Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister and Chairperson of the APRM Committee of Focal Point, Mr. Amara Konneh and Ambassador Fatuma Ndangiza, Chairperson of the APRM Panel of Eminent Persons, provided updates on the current state of the APRM to the AfDB and UNDP officials and emphasized the need to support the work of the APRM.
Kaberuka emphasized the need for an impact assessment as a key basis for revitalizing and reviving the APRM and said the Bank has been committed to the works that are of concern to the APRM for a long time.
He indicated that there was the need to mainstream and sustain the processes undertaken by the APRM and committed the AfDB to supporting the effort and work of the APRM.
LINA GDJ/PTK
Pres. Sirleaf’s Extraordinary, Exemplary Leadership Extolled
15 June 2015, 7:39 pm Written by Micat Liberia
MONROVIA, June 15 (LINA) – An American Government delegation has commended President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for her “extraordinary and exemplary leadership role” in eradicating the Ebola virus and the Liberian people for standing with their government in defeating the virus.
The US delegation pledged that the American government will continue to stand by the country during its post-Ebola recovery processes and undertakings.
The commendation was made when President Sirleaf held separate discussions with the US Government’s delegation to the 25th African Union Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa led by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Greenfield and a delegation from the African Development Bank (AfDB) led by Dr. Donald Kaberuka and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
According to a dispatch, the meeting with the American delegation was focused on U.S-Liberia relations and discussion on key continental and global issues.
During the meeting with the African Development Bank’s delegation headed by Kaberuka, which was also attended by representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and officials of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), the Liberian leader pleaded for the AfDB and UNDP to support to the APRM, which is the continent’s premier governance tool.
She pointed out that the two groups are strategic partners to the African Union, needed to stand with the APRM which is currently faced with resource constraints to ensure the full revitalization of the secretariat and support to the work of peer review by the Panel of Eminent Persons which is even more critical.
Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister and Chairperson of the APRM Committee of Focal Point, Mr. Amara Konneh and Ambassador Fatuma Ndangiza, Chairperson of the APRM Panel of Eminent Persons, provided updates on the current state of the APRM to the AfDB and UNDP officials and emphasized the need to support the work of the APRM.
Kaberuka emphasized the need for an impact assessment as a key basis for revitalizing and reviving the APRM and said the Bank has been committed to the works that are of concern to the APRM for a long time.
He indicated that there was the need to mainstream and sustain the processes undertaken by the APRM and committed the AfDB to supporting the effort and work of the APRM.
LINA GDJ/PTK
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