Nabil Ammar, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of the Republic of Tunisia; Your Excellency, Mme Sihem Boughdiri, Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Tunisia; Your Excellency, Dr Sidi Ould Tah, President of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA); Your Excellency Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Ambassador and Permanent Observer of the African Union. [...] I would also like to express my appreciation to the Government and People of the Republic of Tunisia for the warm welcome and gracious hospitality accorded to all of us. [...] All the fore-going are the eco-system of fighting the scourge of illicit financial flows which in some African countries are as high 17% of Gross Domestic Product and in others, they are as high as 47% of total exports. [...] It is funded by the European Union (EU), the German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), and the Government of Finland and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale 7 Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through the Good Financial Governance in Africa Programme. [...] This initiative is part of broader international efforts, including the Addis Tax Initiative, the resolution on the Impact of IFFs on Development Finance, and the AU Special Declaration on IFFs.
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