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The Authority meetings are held in closed sessions and usually decisions are taken by consensus. The session leaders have to issue a communiqué, recording any decisions made. These directives and decisions taken by the Authority are binding on all member States and the other organs to which they are addressed. The COMESA Council of Ministers
The SADC is the largest of the AFTZ member trade blocks and covers a population of some 248 million people and a zone whose cumulative GDP is $379bn in 2006. COMESA was established in 1994 as a replacement for the Preferential Trade Area. It includes 20 nations, with a combined GDP of US$286.7bn in 2006.
The most recent members to join were the Francophone African nations of Gabon and Togo on 29 June 2022, who along with Mozambique and Rwanda are unique in not having a historical constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom or other Commonwealth states. Currently, fifteen of the member states are Commonwealth realms, with the Head of the ...
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA or ECA; French: Commission économique pour l'Afrique, [2] CEA) was established in 1958 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to encourage economic cooperation among its member states (the nations of the African continent) [3] following a recommendation of the United Nations General Assembly. [4]
also member of SADC and COMESA Djibouti: 2000– 23,200 also member of IGAD and COMESA Egypt: 2001– 1,010,408 also member of COMESA, candidate to AMU/UMA Eritrea: 1999– 117,600 also member of IGAD and COMESA Gambia: 2000– 10,689 also member of ECOWAS/CEDEAO and WAMZ Ghana: 2005– 239,567 also member of ECOWAS/CEDEAO and WAMZ Guinea: 2007 ...
At a summit conference of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa which took place in Yaoundé on 25–26 February 1999, member states decided to create an organisation for the promotion, maintenance and consolidation of peace and security in Central Africa, which would be called the Council for ...
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM; / ˈ tʃ ɒ ɡ əm / or / ˈ tʃ oʊ m /) is a biennial summit meeting of the governmental leaders from all Commonwealth nations. [1] Despite the name, the head of state may be present in the meeting instead of the head of government , especially among semi-presidential states .
The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union (EU), and the African Union (AU). [2] [3] It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation and sustainable development, through annual meetings of Heads of State and Heads of Government.