WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Government, along with other G8 members, will co-host a side event at the United Nations General Assembly to announce three new Cooperation Frameworks for African countries as part of the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. Announced just before the 2012 G8 Summit at Camp David last May, the New Alliance is a commitment by G8 nations, African countries and private sector partners to support agricultural development in Africa.
The event, titled New Alliance: Progress and the Way Forward, will bring together representatives from New Alliance and G8 countries, as well as the private sector and civil society, to announce the expansion of New Alliance cooperation frameworks to Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Mozambique. Representatives will also discuss progress over the past four months in Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania, the initial three New Alliance countries announced in May.-UNS
