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News and Events [ March 2007]  
28-30 March, 2007- Workshop for training phytosanitary Inspectors and plant quarantine Officers in Central Africa
N'djamena, Chad
Workshop Note | Programme
26-28 March, 2007- Civil Society Consultation on AU-EU Joint strategy for Africa's development
Accra, Ghana
Contact persons:
* Mr. Wuyi Omitoogun
E-mail: wuyiomitoogun@fmail.co.uk
* Mr. Andrew Idi
E-mail: idi_andrew@yahoo.com
* Dr. Francis Ikome
E-mail: ikomefrank@yahoo.co.uk
22-24 March, 2007- African Civil Society Forum 2007 (AfCSF 2007)
Theme: "Democratizing Governance at Regional and Global Level to Achieve the MDGs "
UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Official website: www.ngocongo.org
Organized by UNECA, UN-CONGO and AU-CIDO
19 March, 2007-
73rd Meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Agenda:
- Adoption of a Decision on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire
- Adoption of a Declaration on the situation in Somalia

17-20 March, 2007- Sub-Regional Workshop on human Rights education for North Africa
Theme: "Realising Women's Rights through Human Rights Education"
Algers, Algeria
Addis Ababa, 16 March, 2007- The Chairperson of the Commission, Alpha Oumar Konare, has followed with great concern the recent developments in Zimbabwe.
press release
16 March, 2007-
73rd Meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Agenda:
- Consideration of the Report of the Chairperson of the AU Commission
- Consideration of the draft modalities on the establishment of the panel of Wise

15-16 March, 2007-

4th Meeting of the Steering Committee on the Pan African e-Network Project

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

15 March, 2007-

Meeting of the bureau of the PRC

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Agenda

Addis Ababa, 14 March, 2007- PSD and OSSREA bring Civil Society Organisations Together on Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development
The Peace and Security Department of the African Union and the Organisation for Social Science Research in Southern Africa (OSSREA) jointly organized a consultative meeting on the AU's policy on Post Conflict Reconstruction and Development (PCRD) from the 12 th to 13 th March at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa.
press release
14 March, 2007-

Meeting of the bureau of the PRC Sub-Committee on Refugees

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

13-16 March, 2007-
Preparation for the 1st Africa-India Partnership Forum
New Dehli, India

12-13 March, 2007-

Consultative meeting on the African Union's Policy on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development and Decision with Civil Society Organisations,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Opening speech by the Director of AU PSC Departement

Decision on the au Policy framework on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and development -Doc. Ex.Cl/274 (IX)-
Report on the elaboration of a framework document on Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development PCRD)
12 March, 2007-

Press Conference at AU/UNIDO Information Platform for Investment in African Productive Capacity

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

12-13 March, 2007-

Expert Group Meeting on Information Platform for Investment in African Productive Capacity

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Aide-mémoire

This Expert Group Meeting will bring together African stakeholders at the country and regional levels to agree on a set of activities over the next four years that will drive Africa 's industrialization agenda. Participants will include Ministers, Heads of Regional Commissions and other African institutions along with the private sector and development partner representatives. The outcome of the Expert Group Meeting is expected to be a regional programme focusing on the role and contributions of local and foreign investors on industrial development, trade and prosperity. Starting from the initial efforts of African Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) in Johannesburg in June 2006, the themes and priorities set by African stakeholders will be integrated into the final design of the regional programme and a consensus document presenting its essential features will be crafted
Addis Ababa, 09 March, 2007- AUC AND EC JOINT TASK FORCE MEETS TO REVIEW PROGRESS ON COOPERATION
 The Joint Task Force (JTF) between the African Union Commission and the European Commission met from 8-9 March 2007 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa to review progress on agreed issues, since their last meeting in September 2006 and the Commission-to-Commission meeting in Addis Ababa on October 2, 2006. Both sides used the opportunity to further enrich their work on the development of a Joint Africa-EU Strategy, which is expected to be adopted at the next EU/Africa Summit in Lisbon later this year. They also prepared the ground for the next Commission-to-Commission meeting, scheduled to take place in the second half of the year. The meeting was co-chaired by Ambassador John Shinkaiye, Chief of Staff, AU Commission and Stefano Manservisi, Director-General, Directorate-General for Development and Relations with ACP Countries, European Commission.
press release
09 March, 2007- Press Conference at 14:00 at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Friday, 9 March 2007.
The European Commission Delegation to Ethiopia has the pleasure to invite the press to a press conference on the

occasion of the 5 th Joint Task Force of the European Commission and African Union Commission, 8-9 March 2007.
press release
08-09 March, 2007- EC - AUC Joint Task Force, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 06 March, 2007- The Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union signed the Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA) for the AU Mission in Somalia with The Ambassador of Somalia
The Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Ambassador Said Djinnit, received today in his office the Ambassador of Somalia, Ambassador Abdikarin Farah with whom he signed the Status of Mission Agreement (SOMA) for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
press release
06 March, 2007-Breakfast Meeting with the Press, of the Commissionner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Amb. Said Djinnit, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
05-09 March, 2007- 1st Consultation on the ASF logistic depots
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

05-06 March, 2007- Reinforcement of the Capacities of the RECs in the framework of the Consortium of Infrastructures in Africa and Coordination Mechanism
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Press Release
A high level delegation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Thursday 1st Marsh, 2007, at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, held a briefing meeting with the African Union Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC).
Press release

05-06 March, 2007-

Experts Meeting on Draft Strategy for Harmonization of Programmes and Degrees in Africa,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, 05 March, 2007- THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION WELCOMES THE AGREEMENT ON CÔTE D'IVOIRE SIGNED IN OUAGADOUGOU
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konaré, welcomes the agreement signed in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 4 March 2007, by Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, and Mr. Guillaume Soro, Secretary General of the Forces Nouvelles. This agreement opens the way for decisive progress in the peace process.
press release
Addis Ababa, 05 March, 2007- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konaré, condemns in the strongest terms the new attacks carried out on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March 2007 on the town of Birao, in the Central African Republic, by rebel forces of the Union des forces démocratiques pour le rassemblement (UFDR) . The Chairperson reiterates AU's opposition to the seizure of power by force, as enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the Union.
press release
3 March, 2007-- STATEMENT BY THE COMMISSION OF THE AFRICAN UNION ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF AFRICA ENVIRONMENT DAY
01-02 March, 2007-

Meeting of CISSA,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Press Statement


01-02 March, 2007- Debriefing and Validation of the AU Gender Audit, AU Draft Gender Policy and the AU Draft Gender Mainstreaming Strategic Plan Workshop Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Report | Programme | AU Commission Chairperson's Speeches pronounced by Dr Zoba

Addis Ababa, 1st March 2007 - A delegation of the International Criminal Court will today Thursday, 1st March at 4 p.m., hold a briefing meeting to the members of Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC).press release
 

ELECTIONS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION

The Commission of the African Union presents its compliments to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs/External Relations of all Member States and has the honour to refer to its Note Verbale reference BC/OLC/217/20/Vol.IV dated 16 February 2007 on the Modalities for the Elections of the Members of the Commission.
NOTE VERBALE

Modalities for the Elections of the Members of the Commission
Note Verbale |Decision


The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) and the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) organizes in cooperation with the Economic Commision for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU) the African Civil Society Forum "Democratizing Governance at Regional and Global Level to Achieve the MDGs" to be held between 22-24 March 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The purpose of the Forum is to bring together representatives of national, regional and international NGOs from Africa to explore the most effective ways to partner with and impact on African institutions: the African Union, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). more

African Group meets with the Director-General of the World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
09 March, 2007
press release

African Union Chairperson, Professor Alpha Konaré with the European COmmission Delegate
09 March, 2007
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Visit to Dr Zoba, AU Commissionner in charge of Infrastructures and Energy, by the European Commission Delegates
09 March, 2007
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 

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