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The election of the Bureau Chair came about on the opening day of CoM24 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, with Andrew Bvumbe taking on the position from Uganda’s Rebecca Otengo. He adopted the agenda and programme of labor for the forty second assembly of the Committee of Consultants.
Bvumbe, Everlasting Secretary of Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Finance and Funding Promotion, thanked the ECA for the appointment and his predecessor for her laborious work within the submit over the previous yr. He urged delegates to prioritise motion and outcomes to maneuver past the discuss of Africa’s potential.
The Bureau represents Africa’s 5 subregions and contains a chair, three vice- chairs and a rapporteur. Bureau members are elected on the graduation of the primary assembly of every session, usually on a rotational foundation, in accordance with subregion.
Zimbabwe represents Southern Africa on the Bureau in 2024. The primary Chair is Egypt for North Africa whereas Central Africa was nonetheless consulting on its nomination for second Chair. Cote d’Ivoire is the third Chair representing West Africa whereas Uganda stays the rapporteur.
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