Annual report 2008: Economic Commission for Africa.

Abstract

During the period under review, the intergovernmental machinery Commission was reviewed in fulfilment of ECA resolution 853 (XL) of April 2007. The review resulted in the elimination of overlapping bodies, creation of new bodies to align the machinery with the new programme structure of the Commission, and ensure coherence with the intergovernmental machinery of the African Union. Since the last session of the Commission in April 2007, the following subsidiary bodies held meetings: Committee on Development Information (CODI-V), which has been transformed into the Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST); the African Committee on Sustainable Development (ACSD), the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD); the Committee on Human Development and Civil Society (CHDCS); the Committee on Trade, Regional Cooperation and Integration (CTRCI); the African Statistical Commission (StatCom-Africa).