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AFRODAD aspires for an equitable and sustainable development process leading to a prosperous Africa. AFRODAD Mission To secure policies that will redress the African debt crisis based on a human rights value system. AFRODAD Objectives include the following: 1 To enhance efficient and effective management and use of resources by African governments; 2 To secure a paradigm shift in the international socio-economic and political world order to a development processthat addresses the needs and aspirations of the majority of the people in the world. 3 To facilitate dialogue between civil society and governments on issues related to Debt and development in Africaand elsewhere. From the vision and the mission statements and from our objectives, it is clear that the Debt crisis, apart from being apolitical, economic and structural issue, has an intrinsic link to human rights. This forms the guiding philosophy for ourwork on Debt and the need to have African external debts cancelled for poverty eradication and attainment of social andeconomic justice. Furthermore, the principle of equity must of necessity apply and in this regard, responsibility ofcreditors and debtors in the debt crisis should be acknowledged and assumed by the parties. When this is not done, it isa reflection of failure of governance mechanisms at the global level that protect the interests of th