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Bi-Weekly Newsletter
Permanent Mission of the State of Eritrea to AUand UNECAPress Section

National Service: A toolfor EconomicDevelopment, NationalCohesion and theDefence of Sovereignty

Volume 1, Issue 15

EU Ready to Strengthen Engagement andPartnership with Eritrea
The outgoing Head of theDelegation of the European
Union (EU) to Eritrea,
Ambassador Marchel
Gerrmann, underscored that
relations between Eritrea andEU are anchored on mutualinterest and shared values.
Furthermore, he expressed
EU’s readiness to enlarge
and strengthen its engagement and partnership withEritrea. He made the statement in an interview with thelocal media on 31 July inAsmara.

on the development priorities set by the Eritrean
Government, and citedthe building of a gas
terminal in Massawa, as
well as irrigation andagro-processing projects
as some of the programs
being implemented under
the partnership.

Ambassador Gerrmann elucidated that
EU’s collaboration with Eritrea is based

The outgoing Head of theEU Delegation commended the frank discussions and consultations
he held with Eritrean
Government officials and the warmhospitality accorded to him during
his tenure in Eritrea.

01 August 2014

Inside this issue:
Eritrea
Participated inCOMAI VII
Eritrea’s
Membership inRegional andContinental
Organizations

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Eritrea Continues to Register Progress in Combating
HIV/AIDS
Eritrea has strong record in battling HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases.
The country is on track to achieve theUN Millennium Development Goal
related to combating HIV/AIDS, malaria,
and other diseases.
Eritrea’s HIV-related figures are amongst
the best across the African continent.
According to a report released last monthby the UNAIDS:♦with 0.6% HIV prevalence rate,
Eritrea has one of the lowest rates inthe continent,♦between 2005-2013, Eritrea
succeeded in decreasing AIDS
related deaths by 67% (the SubSaharan average was 39%),♦at close to 60%, the antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment
coverage in Eritrea is among
the top in the continent.

Eritrea’s success in combating HIV/AIDS is founded upon the multisectoral and self-reliant approach it
adopted towards combating thescourge.

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Eritrea Participated in COMAI VII
An Eritrean Delegation participated in the 7th
Conference of African Ministers in charge ofIntegration (COMAI VII) that took place from
14-18 July 2014 in Ezulwini, the Kingdom ofSwaziland, under the theme “Infrastructure andIntegration.’

The Conference adopted strategies and action plansto speed up infrastructure development to support
regional integration. The Ministers also recommended the establishment of an African Integration
Fund and endorsed a new African Regional Integration Index that will help track the status of integration in the continent.

Eritrea’s Membership in Regional and Continental Organizations
Eritrea is an active member of all the three major
Pan-African Organizations and three of the eight
African Regional Economic Communities(RECs), i.e. African Union (AU), United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA),

African Development Bank (AfDB), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa(COMESA), and Community of Sahel-Sahran
States (CENSAD).

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