And many of them are not really familiar with the continent.

The importance that the African continent attaches to the Convention apos s implementation cannot be overemphasized.

78. Africa is still the continent with the largest mercenary presence.

The African continent is one of the regions of the world that is most affected.

The African continent is the region most affected by drought and desertification.

The African continent accounts for almost one third of the United Nations membership.

In the past four years, the African continent had witnessed extraordinary political reform.

A democratic, prosperous South Africa will have a positive impact on the whole African continent.

This arrangement's negative effects extend, moreover, to the entire African continent.

The African continent has a right to all the privileges enjoyed by other continents.

It is through its own efforts that the African continent will be able to overcome the difficulties it faces today.

The characteristics of the new mercenarism which was prevalent in Africa included the interrelation of traditional mercenary activity with big business, often involved in the extraction of valuable natural resources (e.g. in Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea).

South, past the unseen sprawl of Africa... until we rounded the Cape of Storms and steered a bold course east and northeast... for the Indian Ocean and beyond.

Recently, the US Treasury Secretary and Health Secretary visited Africa and looked dying people in the eye. Such people are dying not because early death is inevitable, but because they cannot afford the medicines to keep themselves alive.

Recently, the US Treasury Secretary and Health Secretary visited Africa and looked dying people in the eye.

The whole continent of Africa joins them and the rest of the world in that loss and bereavement.

The African continent already is involved in the preservation of natural resources for the world and will increase its efforts in that area.

Although it has witnessed a number of positive developments, the African continent continues to suffer from the persistence of tensions and conflicts in many of its regions.

In this respect, our continent, Africa, and many Asian countries should receive this support in a context of mutual respect.

quot Today, the African scene especially as projected by the audio visual mass media, confronts us with highly contradictory images.

While it is acknowledged that desertification is a worldwide phenomenon, its impact on the continent of Africa is profound and is spreading at an alarming rate.

I must say a few words here on the democratization movement that has shaken up the African continent over the past few years.

We will not achieve the harmonious and sustainable development of international relations if the African continent remains a hotbed of instability.

Benin wishes to see the African continent free itself of all fratricidal and internal wars, of all conflicts that impede its development.

A democratic, peaceful and prosperous South Africa will no doubt have a positive impact on southern Africa and the African continent as a whole.

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In particular, 6 of the 27 African Parties proposed photovoltaic electrification projects in the domestic sector.

In August 2004, UNODC launched a new Africa wide project on the prevention of drug abuse and HIV AIDS.

Calling upon all States to consider and respect the continent of Africa and its surrounding areas as a nuclear weapon free zone,

In short, such a Marshall Plan should make it clear that the African continent can prosper by shouldering its responsibilities.

Even without comprehensive reform of the Security Council, the African continent should also be granted a number of non permanent seats commensurate with its number of Members of the United Nations.

The African continent does not wish and will not accept to be the loser in whatever arrangements are made regarding the increase in Security Council membership.

His Government was also particularly conscious of the important role the various international organizations and the continent of Africa played in that respect.

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In his book, Africa's Odious Debt How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent , Ndikumana strives to combat many of the common narratives about Africa that are held as facts worldwide, such as the thinking that foreign aid subsidizes the African continent.

Marked by strong growth rates and an ever expanding economy, the African continent is bidding to attract investors and capital from abroad.

48. The African continent, which was politically and geographically close to the Middle East, saw promising prospects for peace and development in the recent events.

The fact remains, however, that the African continent still faces many difficulties, in the areas of economic development, democratization, conflict and so on.

English Page 3. Strongly renews its call upon all States to consider and respect the continent of Africa and its surrounding areas as a nuclear weapon free zone

The positive developments in South Africa may also lead to the conclusion of a Treaty making the whole African continent a nuclear weapon free zone.

Like Latin America, the continent of Africa has been notorious for its acceptance of or acquiescence in the violent overthrow of democratically elected Governments on the continent.

The secretariat was, in this regard, particularly seized of the potential and possibilities of the imminent reintegration of South Africa into mainstream African affairs.