Description: Sixth session of the economic commission for Africa, Africa Hall, February 1964. Image: Description: The signing of a Plan of Operation, providing for the establishment of a new investment-promoting service in the African Development Bank on 1 February 1967, by representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Technical Cooperation and the African Development Bank. From left to right: Commissioner for Technical Cooperation, Victor Hoo; Administrator of the UNDP, Paul G. Hoffman; and President of the African Development Bank, Mamoun Beheiry of Sudan. Image: Description: The Central Africa Training Centre on Statistics at Yaoundé, Cameroon, February 1964. A middle level training centre established to promote statistical development for French-speaking African countries. A student in training on the use of graphics by the instructor, Marcel Nenert (left) of the French Technical Assistance organization Image: Description: Somalia Celebration of Independence: The Republic of Somalia achieved its independence on 1 July 1960. This picture shows students of the Islamic Cultural Centre participating in a Parade at the Mogadiscio Football Stadium, carrying banners, flags and emblems. Image: Description: An early textile factory in Malawi. Image: Description: African women journalists attending a regional study tour on mass communication media and the integration of women in development. Image: Description: MECHANIZATION: Evolution of agricultural mechanization in Africa. Image: Description: Group of participants attending a Budget Planning training course held at ECA, Addis Ababa, 1970. Image: Description: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT: In the rural village of Godino, a woman grinding grain to make a meal. In an effort to help rural women in Africa to improve their living conditions, ECA appointed experts on rural development, to the Pan African Women’s Centre in Addis Ababa, 1976. Image: Description: The Republic of Burundi becomes the sixth member country of the African Coffee Organization. The signing ceremony was held at the Africa Hall on 6 October 1986. Photo Image: Description: The Comoros became the nineteenth ECA/OAU Member State to sign the constitution for the African Regional Centre for Engineering, Design and Manufacture on 15 October 1979. Image: Description: ECA marking its twenty-fifth Anniversary Image: Description: Opening ceremony of the combined meeting of Trans-African Highway Authorities, Addis Ababa, October 1986. From right to left: Member of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Ethiopia (WPE) and Minister of Transport and Communication for Ethiopia, Yusuf Ahmed; Executive Secretary of ECA, Adebayo Adedeji; chief of ECA Transport, Communication and Tourism Division, Bongoy Mpekesa; and ECA Deputy Executive Secretary, MbaktamTchouta- Moussa. Image: Description: BIRTH OF A NATION: Secretary-General, Javier Perez De Cuellar (right) congratulating Sam Nujoma as the new President of Namibia, following the swearing-in ceremony on 21 March 1990. Image: Description: Joint meeting of the Organization of African Unity and Economic Commission for Africa with organizations of the United Nations system. Image: Description: After the signing ceremony. From left to right: Executive Secretary of the ECA, Adebayo Adedeji; Officerin- Charge of the Pan-African documentation and Information system (PADIS), Djamal-Eddine Benzine; Zambian Ambassador and Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary, Jegan C. Senghor. Image: Description: Ninth meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Transport, Communications and Planning, held in Addis Ababa, 12 and 13 March 1993 Image: Description: ENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS: African Union Symposium pre-African Development Forum event to examine the current status of the transition from OAU (from left to right: Secretary-General of the OAU, Salim Ahmed Salim, and ECA Executive Secretary, Kingsley Y. Amoako. Image: Description: African Centre for Women meeting on the committee on women and development 2001 Image: Description: The Third African Development Forum (ADF III), which was held in Addis Ababa, between 3 and 8 March 2002, under the theme “Defining Priorities for Regional Integration in Africa. Shown from (L-R) NEPAD Steering committee, Executive Secretary of ECA, Kingsley Amoako, and NEPAD Secretariat. Image: Description: MILESTONE: Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, celebrating the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement on 21 March 2018. In addition, 43 countries signed the Kigali declaration and 27 countries signed the protocol of the free movement of people. Image: Description: ECA, through its Social Development Policy Division, convened the first session of the Committee on Gender and Social Development in Addis Ababa, 19 and 20 November 2015. Image: Description: The second session of the Committee on Development Information Science and Technology (CODIST II) on the theme “Innovation for Africa’s Industrial Development” was held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, 2 –5 May 2011. Image: Description: Launch of the ECA Country Profiles at the Joint African Union Commission and ECA Conference of Ministers at Addis Ababa, March 2016. Image: