I now turn to the progress report on the implementation of the African Charter on Statistics and the Strategy for the Harmonisation of Statistics in Africa, of December 2012. After the adoption of the African Charter on Statistics and the Strategy for the Harmonisation of Statistics in Africa as reference frameworks to guide the production of quality, and comparable and timely statistical data in Africa, the three Pan-African institutions, namely the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank, recognised the need to develop action plans for the effective implementation of these two initiatives.