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Commonwealth Secretariat press release

Press Statement - Commonwealth-sponsored meeting of Cameroon’s international partners

4 November 2003

Marlborough House, London, 31 October 2003

Press Statement

A Commonwealth-Sponsored Meeting of Cameroon's friends and international partners took place in Marlborough House, London, on 31 October 2003. The meeting, which was chaired by the Commonwealth Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Cameroon, the Hon. Christine Stewart, was attended by representatives of the following countries and organisations: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the African Development Bank Group, the British Council, the Commonwealth Foundation, the European Commission, La Francophonie, the United Nations, the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, the Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges' Association and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

The 11-member delegation from Cameroon was led by H.E. Grégoire Owona, Minister Delegate in the Presidency in Charge of Relations with the Assemblies and included H.E. Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute, Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with the Commonwealth, H.E. Professor Pierre Moukoko Mbonjo, Minister and Director of Cabinet of the Prime Minister and Head of Government, H.E. Samuel Libock-Mbei, High Commissioner for Cameroon to the United Kingdom, Dr Chemuta Divine Banda, President of the Cameroon National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms, and Dr Diane Acha-Morfaw, Acting President of the Cameroon National Election Observatory.

The Government of Cameroon presented to international partners its agenda for wide-ranging reforms in the areas of election management, human rights, the rule of law, and the independence of the judiciary and decentralisation. The Government also presented to partners a list of specific projects in those areas requiring financial and technical assistance in terms of their implementation.

International partners underlined the importance they attached to the implementation of the proposed reforms and elaborated a number of indicators in terms of establishing the necessary legal and administrative framework for the implementation of the reforms. They undertook to provide significantly enhanced financial and technical assistance towards this process.

The Commonwealth undertook to continue to facilitate the co-ordination of international assistance in support of the programme of reforms agreed with the Government of Cameroon within the framework of the Cameroon / Commonwealth Commission.
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