Objectives:



- To eradicate poverty;



- To place African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development;



- To halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process and enhance its full and beneficial integration into the global economy;



- To accelerate the empowerment of women



Principles:



- Good governance as a basic requirement for peace, security and sustainable political and socio-economic development



- African ownership and leadership, as well as broad and deep participation by all sectors of society;



- Anchoring the development of Africa on its resources and resourcefulness of its people;



- Partnership between and amongst African peoples;



- Acceleration of regional and continental integration;



- Building the competitiveness of African countries and the continent;



- Forging a new international partnership that changes the unequal relationship between Africa and the developed world; and



- Ensuring that all Partnerships with NEPAD are linked to the Millenium Development Goals and other agreed development goals and targets.