23rd Ordinary Summit of the AU Kicks off in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea: Commission Chairperson has arrived for the summit
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea - 19 June 2014: African Union Commission Chairperson H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma arrived in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Thursday 19 June, ahead of the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union set for 20-27 June 2014.
Hosted by the President of Equatorial Guinea, H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the Summit is holding under the theme “Agriculture and Food Security”, the main topic for the year 2014.
Dr. Dlamini Zuma is due to address the opening session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee on Friday 22 June, alongside H.E. Hamadi Meimou, Mauritania's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the AU.
The AU Commission Chairperson will later on address the opening sessions of both the Executive Council and the Assembly of the Union, on 23 and 26 June respectively.
In keeping with tradition, the newly elected Presidents of Malawi, H.E. Peter Mutharika; H.E. José Mário Vaz of Guinea Bissau and H.E. Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt will be welcomed by the Assembly and will address the opening session on 26 June 2014. Special guests of the summit are UN Secretary General, H.E. Ban Ki-moon and Spain’s Prime Minister, H.E. Mariano Rajoy Brey, along with other invited guests.
Representatives of AU member states,
23rd Ordinary Summit of the AU Kicks off in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea: Commission Chairperson has arrived for the summit
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea - 19 June 2014: African Union Commission Chairperson H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma arrived in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on Thursday 19 June, ahead of the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union set for 20-27 June 2014.
Hosted by the President of Equatorial Guinea, H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the Summit is holding under the theme “Agriculture and Food Security”, the main topic for the year 2014.
Dr. Dlamini Zuma is due to address the opening session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee on Friday 22 June, alongside H.E. Hamadi Meimou, Mauritania's Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the AU.
The AU Commission Chairperson will later on address the opening sessions of both the Executive Council and the Assembly of the Union, on 23 and 26 June respectively.
In keeping with tradition, the newly elected Presidents of Malawi, H.E. Peter Mutharika; H.E. José Mário Vaz of Guinea Bissau and H.E. Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt will be welcomed by the Assembly and will address the opening session on 26 June 2014. Special guests of the summit are UN Secretary General, H.E. Ban Ki-moon and Spain’s Prime Minister, H.E. Mariano Rajoy Brey, along with other invited guests.
Representatives of AU member states, AU organs, observers, partners and the media have been arriving in Malabo ahead of heads of delegations and the AU Heads of State and Government.
In line with the theme of the year, a summit side event on African Agribusiness Forum is scheduled for Sunday 22 June. It will build on a series of consultations bringing out critical agribusiness issues aimed at translating political commitments into concrete action, and to accelerate agricultural transformation as an engine for inclusive growth and private sector investment in agriculture.
Meanwhile a pre-summit consultative meeting on the theme “Women at the Center of Africa’s Growth in Agriculture, Food Security and Agribusiness”, which is part of the AUC Chairperson’s initiative to enhance women’s involvement in agriculture and agribusiness, kicked off on Thursday, with over 60 participants representing women networks and organizations from Senegal, Mali, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Togo, Kenya, Liberia and Zimbabwe.
AU’s Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security, Mme Bineta Diop and Mr. Leo Heileman, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Coordinator delivered opening statements at the consultative meeting, which was officially opened by Equatorial Guinea’s Presidential Adviser for Gender Equality in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Gender Equality, Ms. Antonina Miko Mikue. Recommendations of the two-day conference will be submitted to the AU Summit.
JEE/wzmAU organs, observers, partners and the media have been arriving in Malabo ahead of heads of delegations and the AU Heads of State and Government.
In line with the theme of the year, a summit side event on African Agribusiness Forum is scheduled for Sunday 22 June. It will build on a series of consultations bringing out critical agribusiness issues aimed at translating political commitments into concrete action, and to accelerate agricultural transformation as an engine for inclusive growth and private sector investment in agriculture.
Meanwhile a pre-summit consultative meeting on the theme “Women at the Center of Africa’s Growth in Agriculture, Food Security and Agribusiness”, which is part of the AUC Chairperson’s initiative to enhance women’s involvement in agriculture and agribusiness, kicked off on Thursday, with over 60 participants representing women networks and organizations from Senegal, Mali, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Togo, Kenya, Liberia and Zimbabwe.
AU’s Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security, Mme Bineta Diop and Mr. Leo Heileman, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Coordinator delivered opening statements at the consultative meeting, which was officially opened by Equatorial Guinea’s Presidential Adviser for Gender Equality in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Gender Equality, Ms. Antonina Miko Mikue. Recommendations of the two-day conference will be submitted to the AU Summit.
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