Kicking off Africa Week - Guterres Says Women and Youth Can Unleash Continent’s Potential

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Kicking off Africa Week - Guterres Says Women and Youth Can Unleash Continent’s Potential

The Secretary-General said the international community must change the way it looks at the African continent. Kicking off ‘Africa Week’ at UN, Guterres says women and youths can unleash continent’s potential.

Africa must focus on young people, empower women and girls, and be innovative in leveraging resources and financing for development, Secretary-General António Guterres said Monday as the United Nations kicked off Africa Week. “Africa Week is to raise awareness and mobilize support. I am convinced that, together, we can meet the challenges,” Mr. Guterres said in his remarks to the high-level inaugural event at UN Headquarters in New York.

The Secretary-General said the international community must change the way it looks at the African continent.
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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)