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Conference News: UN to stop funding NGOs in sub-Saharan Aids fight
The UN agencies that sponsor Aids programmes say they will no longer direct funds to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in some sub-Saharan states because they lacked accountability.
NGOs today called the move retrogressive, saying it would harm efforts to fight the epidemic in a region where some 26.6 million people are estimated to be infected with the deadly HIV virus or have full-blown Aids.
Koichiro Matsuura, who chairs the funding committee for UNAids, the UN agency that leads the fight against the epidemic, said the UN agencies endorsed yesterday a proposal by Zambia and Zimbabwe to stop channelling Aids funds to NGOs because they lacked accountability.
"Aids money will no longer be given to NGOs. This is what the countries have proposed and it has been endorsed. The money will only be channelled through the governments' central authorities dealing with Aids," said Matsuura, after a two-day ministerial conference on how to accelerate the campaign against Aids in Africa in the Zambian town of Livingstone.
Published Mar 07, 2004 - 10:28 AM
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Conference News: Prime Minister Tony Blair has just launched a Commission for Africa[26 Feb. 2004].
Prime Minister Tony Blair has just launched a Commission for Africa[26 Feb. 2004]. The task of the Commission .. "will be a comprehensive assessment of thesituation in Africa and policies toward Africa - what has worked, what has not worked and what more can be done".... The initiative is expected to cover areas such as: education, economic issues, conflict resolution, health, the environment, governance, HIV/Aids and culture. The Prime Minister added that he will chair the meetings of the Commission and expects each Commissioner to consult widely. The Commissioners include: the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown [UK]; Michel Camdessus, the former director of the IMF[France]; Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker[USA];Trevor Manuel, the South African minister of finance; Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for International Development [UK]; Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minster of Ethiopia; K Y Amoako Secretary to the Economic Commission for Africa and Bob Geldof of Live Aid fame.
What are the likely prospects from the work of such a Commission on development engagement in Africa and some of the issues we are raising at this conference?
Published Mar 07, 2004 - 10:00 AM
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