Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt

"The African Development Agency has directly contributed to making tangible progress towards achieving the priority goals on the African continent to eradicate poverty, achieve food security, promote sustainable development, empower women, integrate the African economy into the global economy, and cooperate with development partners while maintaining Africa's leadership and ownership of development programmes. 

The position that AUDA-NEPAD occupies at the continental and regional levels makes us all proud, as it has become a distinctive sign of joint and serious African work within the framework of the vision for the continent›s future, which is agreed in Agenda 2063. 

Egypt played an important role in the establishment of NEPAD and will continue to support and strengthen the Agency in realising the aspirations of the African people for a better future."