§ The Earl of Caithnessasked Her Majesty's Government:
What evidence, with particular regard to Zimbabwe, they have that African leaders have held each other accountable for sound economic management, promotion of peace, security, people-centred development, good governance and human rights, to which these leaders committed themselves by signing up to NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) at the recent G8 summit. [HL5103]
§ Baroness AmosThe New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) has an implementation committee that has been working to define standards of political and economic governance and design a peer review mechanism to uphold them. They are not specific to Zimbabwe but are part of a long-term African agenda to achieve peace and security, uphold human rights and improve political and economic governance. These are not commitments that were entered into at the G8 summit but are specific to NEPAD. The G8 summit agreed to an action plan for Africa, which has been placed in the House Libraries.