DIRCO Annual Report

Programme: Continental Cooperation

Deviation from planned target to actual achievement 2021/22

Planned annual target 2020/21

Audited actual performance 2018/19

Audited actual performance 2019/20

**Actual achievement 2020/21

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The AU Assembly welcomed with appreciation the “exemplary, timely, focused and effective leadership to Africa’s response to COVID-19” that was demonstrated by the AU Bureau, under the able leadership of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Heads of State and Government commended the achievements of the African Union in response to the pandemic, including the implementation of the Africa Joint Continental Strategy for Covid-19, the establishment of the African Union Covid-19 Response Fund, the formation of an African Medicines Supplies Platform; the Partnership to Accelerate Covid-19 Testing, the appointment of African Union Special Envoys for Covid-19 Response, and the invaluable work of the newly established African Vaccines Acquisition Task Team.

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