The third statistical commission for Africa opens in Cape Town

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA, Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, said ECA will work with other regional organizations to harmonize the production and dissemination of economic statistics in Africa to promote regional integration. Mr. Janneh made the remarks while opening the third session of the Statistical Commission for Africa (StatCom Africa III) Wednesday 18 January in Cape Town , South Africa . StatCom Africa is the intergovernmental body that guides the work of ECA in the area of statistics. It is holding its third biannual session in Cape Town on the theme: Harmonizing Statistics in Support of Economic, Monetary and Social Integration in Africa . The meeting is being held back to back with the African Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD), which also opened Wednesday at the same venue.

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Format: Press release biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: 2012-01
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10855/32070
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