CENTRAL AFRICAN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY COMMUNITY
FINAL COMMUNIQUE
- At the joint invitation of Their Excellencies Paul BIYA, President of the Republic of Cameroon and Professor Faustin-Archange TOUADERA, President of the Central African Republic, current Chairperson of the Conference of Heads of State of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), an Extraordinary Session of the said Conference was held at Unity Palace in Yaounde, on 16 December 2024.
- The main theme of the Session was “Assessing CEMAC’s Situation and Economic, Monetary and Financial Outlook: Measures to Consolidate Resilience”.
- The Summit was attended by the following:
- His Excellency Paul BIYA, President of the Republic of Cameroon;
- His Excellency Professor Faustin-Archange TOUADERA, President of the Central African Republic, current Chairperson of CEMAC;
- His Excellency OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea;
- His Excellency Brice Clotaire OLIGUI NGUEMA, Transition President of the Gabonese Republic, Head of State;
- Mr Anatole Collinet MAKOSSO, Prime Minister, representing His Excellency Denis SASSOU-N'GUESSO, President of the Republic of Congo;
- Mr TAHIR HAMID NGUILIN, Minister of State, Minister of Finance, Budget and Economy, representing Field Marshal MAHAMAT IDRISS DEBY ITNO, President of the Republic of Chad;
- Mr Baltasar ENGONGA EDJO 'O, President of the CEMAC Commission, reported on agenda items.
- In addition to the members of the Council of Ministers of the Central African Economic Union (UEAC) and the Ministerial Committee of the Central African Monetary Union (UMAC), the following also attended this extraordinary session: Mr ABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE, Africa Director, representing Ms KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr Ousmane DIAGANA, Vice-President of the World Bank for West and Central Africa, Dr Serge N'GUESSAN, Managing Director of the Central Africa Office, representing Mr AKINWUMI ADESINA, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, H.E Thiery MARCHAND, Ambassador of the French Republic to Cameroon, representing the French
Government and Mr Yvon SANA BANGUI, Governor of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC).
- The Conference of Heads of State was preceded by the extraordinary sessions of the Ministerial Committee of the Central African Monetary Union (UMAC) and the Council of Ministers of the Central African Economic Union (UEAC), held respectively on 9 and 14 December 2024 by videoconference.
- The official opening ceremony of the Conference was marked by the opening address of His Excellency Paul BIYA, President of the Republic of Cameroon, Summit host, followed by a speech by H.E. Professor Faustin-Archange TOUADERA, President of the Central African Republic, current Chairperson of the CEMAC Conference of Heads of State.