the submission of the Charter to the United Nations General Assembly through a letter dated 6 July 1990. The
CSAR underlines challenges such as access to information, communication barriers, harmonisation of various
participatory processes, and capacity building as constraints preventing government from full compliance with
the Charter.
860.
The CSAR notes that Tanzania acceded to the UN Declaration on the Right to Development on 11 June 1976
and took positive steps, at both national and international levels, to attain its international commitments.
However, Tanzania’s efforts to achieve the Convention’s objective of ensuring that every human being is given an
opportunity to participate, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social and political development as their inalienable
fundamental human right has not been smooth. There are a number of challenges in fully complying with the
Convention, including having the necessary capacity to implement national and international frameworks, and
lacking adequate financial resources which hinders capacity to implement certain programmes.
861.
The CSAR indicates that Tanzania adopted/ratified other international and regional standards and codes such as
the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Convention on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, the United Nations Millennium Declaration,
the Constitutive Act of the Africa Union, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) for Women’s Empowerment. In addition, the Child
Development Policy the National Health Care Policy, the Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP,
2002-2006), and other policy measures including the Family Development Policy, were adopted with a view to
taking care of the development of children and the empowerment of women.
862.
The CSAR concludes that despite progress towards compliance with Tanzania’s international obligations, there
are still enormous problems and challenges to fully comply with the spirit of these codes and standards. These
challenges include children with disabilities, the harmonisation of various national laws, technical and financial
capacity for gender mainstreaming, inadequate national and local machineries for advancement of women, and
the lack of gender disaggregated data to measure progress in gender empowerment.
Table 6.1: Summary of Actions taken by the Government of Tanzania to comply with Charters and Conventions
STANDARDS AND CODES
1
ADOPTED/
SIGNED
RATIFIED
LAST
REPORT
Notes/
Reservations
Promote and accelerate broad-based sustainable socio-economic development
New Partnership for
23 October
Africa’s Development
July 2002
NA
2001
(NEPAD),(2001,Abuja Nigeria)
2
Africa Charter for Popular
Participation in Development
(1990)
16 February
1990
NA
3
World Summit on Sustainable
Development (2002,
Johannesburg, South Africa)
4 September
2002
December 2002
4
ENACTED
United Nations Millennium
Declaration and the Millennium
Development Goals (2000, New
York, USA)
8 September
2000
8 September 2000
173
National
and sectoral
trategies
embody
participation
at all levels,
e.g., O&OD
NA
NA
2008
Draft
Report for
submission
in 2011
Poverty
Reduction
Strategies,
MKUKUTA/
MKUZA
targets reflect
many of the
MDTs
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