Dominica welcomes the establishment of the South Fund for Development and Humanitarian Assistance and the generous initial pledges of the Governments of Qatar, India and China to this Fund.

Until China sees its economic interests in Africa as tied to the continent s political development, such horrors will continue.

As China Gains, Will Southern Africa?

Is China a Friend of Africa?

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First, the Governments of Qatar, China and India pledged donations at the Summit to launch a South fund for development and humanitarian assistance.

In accordance with the priority accorded to Africa by the international development agenda and by UNIDO itself, however, it has been decided to retain the Special Resources for Africa (SRA) as a separate budget line to fund programme activities in Africa.

The Chinese Government is ready to implement the relevant programmes through the China Africa Cooperation Forum and other cooperation channels so as to support Africa in enhancing development and implementing NEPAD.

In addition, 48.7 million euros were committed in 2003 alone, from the European Development Fund, to support small arms and light weapons projects in Africa.

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3 United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report, 2001 Making New Technologies Work for Human Development (New York, Oxford University Press, 2001). See also UNDP and United Nations Children's Fund, The Millennium Development Goals in Africa promises and prospects , a report prepared at the request of the G 8 Personal Representatives for Africa (New York, 2002).

(c) Development of Africa

Geographical initiatives, like the European Development Fund (EDF), support implementation of agricultural policies in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries (the Development Cooperation Instrument provides similar support in Latin America, Asia, and South Africa).

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It included doubling aid for Africa by 2010 from 25 billion to 50 billion a year and immediate relief of 100 per cent of the debt owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Development Association (IDA) and the African Development Fund by 18 heavily indebted poor countries.

As an important step to reinforce South South cooperation, China and African countries established the China Africa Cooperation Forum in 2000, which laid down a comprehensive and detailed plan for China Africa cooperation.

The representative of China said that the report on economic development in Africa was very constructive, and analysed the utilization of FDI by African countries.

Africa New Agenda for Development

East Africa Road Network Project (five Projects) East Africa Railways Development

Indeed, South Africa, not China, is the country making the largest investments in the rest of Africa.

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All over Africa, China is financing and constructing basic infrastructure.

At the same time, while the Wolfowitz scandal unfolded, China was playing host to the Africa Development Bank (ADB), which held its Board meeting in Shanghai.

Between Africa and South, East and Southeast Asia South Africa is investing in Hong Kong (China) and Singapore.

Economic and social development in Africa

They include, inter alia, the World Bank's Prototype Carbon Fund, the Bank's Community Development Carbon Fund, and the Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

The AfDB was founded in 1964 and comprises three entities The African Development Bank, the African Development Fund and the Nigeria Trust Fund.

Southern Africa has the potential to export such goods to China.

For, excluding oil, Africa has a negative trade balance with China.

While China and India grow rapidly, most of Africa is stagnating.

In favour China, Cuba, Guatemala, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe.

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Ms. Vanda Altarelli, International Fund for Agricultural Development