16 我们忆及非洲国家 2000 年在阿拉伯利比亚民众国锡尔特举行的非统组织首脑会议特别常会上就取消非洲债务问题制定的目标 同时重申必须规划各种办法,以便在最近的将来将科隆倡议扩大所有外债过重的非洲国家
16. While recalling the objective set by African countries at the extraordinary session of the OAU Summit held in Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, in 2000 concerning the cancellation of the African debt, we reaffirm the need to plan, for the immediate future, ways of expanding the application of the Cologne initiative to all African countries grappling with excessive foreign debt. Similar treatment should be extended to those African middle-income countries whose economies are stagnating because of the debt overhang, and the issues of external debt should be addressed within the framework of an equitable international financial system organized on the basis of active partnership.