Ghana in Search of Regional Integration Agenda 191 All in all, NEPAD seeks to create the conditions conducive for investment, growth and development and the targets set are in line with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, i.e. to reduce by half the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015, reduce infant and child mortality rates, enrol all children of school­going age in primary schools by 2015, eliminate gender disparities in enrolment in primary and secondary education by 2005 and reduce maternal mortality ratios by two-thirds by 2015. Now, within the peace and security architecture of the AU is established the Peace and Security Council whose functions include the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa, engaging in early-warning and preventive diplomacy, peace support operations and interventions in Member States in defined grave circumstances, peace-building and post-conflict reconstruction. The problem, however, is how complementary this architecture is to that of the ECOWAS Regional Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution, Peacekeeping and Security, given that there appears to exist no structural relationship between the two organisations. The question is whether ECOWAS, and for that matter other Regional Mechanisms, will continue to exist as autonomous entities, or be integrated into the AU's structure. The answer appears to be given by the Protocol Relating to the Establishment of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union 229,230 which in Article 16 provides: 1. The Regional Mechanisms are part of the overall security architecture of the Union, which has the primary responsibility for promoting peace, security and stability in Africa. In this respect, the Peace and Security Council and the Chairperson of the Commission shall: a. harmonise and coordinate the activities of Regional Mechanisms in the field of peace, security and stability to ensure that these activities are consistent with the objectives and principles of the Union; b. work closely with Regional Mechanisms to ensure effective partnership between them and the Peace and Security Council in the promotion and maintenance of peace, security and stability. The modalities of such partnership shall be determined by the comparative advantage of each and prevailing circumstances. 2. The Peace and Security Council shall in consultation with Regional Mechanisms promote initiatives aimed at anticipating and preventing conflicts and, in circumstances where conflicts have occurred, peace- making and peace­building functions. 3. In undertaking these efforts, the Regional Mechanisms concerned shall, through the Chairperson of the Commission, keep the Peace and Security Council fully and continuously informed of their activities and ensure that these 229,230 Adopted on 10 July 2000; entered into force on 26 December 2003.