West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Dinner with H.E. N'Guessan Affi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

"WAEMU: Seventy-Two Million People, Eight Countires, One Common Market"

Washington, D.C., April 23, 2002

Sponsored by Cargill Incorporated

with support from: Cohen & Woods International; ExxonMobil; Chocolate Manufacturer's Association; Schaffer AfricaGlobal Group; CTD/Manchester Trade

Van Yeutter (CCA Board Member and International Business Development Director, Cargill Incorporated), H.E. N'Guessan Affi (Prime Minister of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire)

Remarks from Dinner

Remarks by Van Yeutter, International Business Development Director, Cargill Incorporated

Remarks by H.E. N'Guessan Affi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

Remarks by Gloria Cabe, Vice President, The Corporate Council on Africa

Remarks by Rosa Whitaker, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa

Photos

Moussa Touré (President, WAEMU Commission)

(l to r) H.E. Mamadou Mansour Seck (Ambassador to the U.S. from Senegal), Rosa Whitaker (Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa), Prime Minister Affi

(l to r) Brendan Harrington (Cargill Incorporated), Van Yeutter, H.E. Bohoun Bouabre (Minister of Economy & Finance, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire), William Shaughnessy, Wilbur Chocolate, Prime Minister Affi, H.E. Pascal Kokora (Ambassador to the U.S. from the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire)

(l to r) Minister Bouabre, Lori Jackson (Washington Representative for International Relations, Exxon Mobil Corporation), Susan Carter (Exxon Mobil Corporation), Chaitan Jain (Exxon Mobil Corporation), Prime Minister Affi

(l to r) Prime Minister Affi, Moussa Touré

(l to r) Guy Mbengue (CEO, APEX-CI), David Miller (Managing Partner, Schaffer AfricaGlobal Group), Minister Bouabre, Mima Nedelcovych (Partner, Schaffer AfricaGlobal Group), Prime Minister Affi, Warren Weinstein (Schaffer AfricaGlobal Group), Ambassador Kokora

(l to r) Moussa Touré, Van Yeutter, Prime Minister Affi

(l to r) Prime Minister Affi, Robert Krill (Director, Business Development, Westar Group, Inc.)

(l to r) Ambassador Herman Cohen (President, Cohen & Woods International, Inc.), Prime Minister Affi, Moussa Touré

Photos: Jim Kirby

Historic Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Signed Between the U.S. & WAEMU

Remarks by Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Deputy U.S. Trade Representative

Investment/Partnership Opportunities in Mali

* Provided by Centre National de Promotion des Investissement, Republic of Mali

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