MEDIA ADVISORY.

African Union Senior Officials Meeting.

What: African Union Senior Officials Meeting convened under the theme “Towards Universal Birth Registration in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges during COVID-19”

When: Tuesday, 11th August 2020, 1400 Hours EAT.

Where: A virtual event. Join the Zoom Meeting here:

https://zoom.us/j/91481846927?pwd=MXFqUGNhMGVuRExDZmhPelJscjZWdz09

Meeting ID: 914 8184 6927

Passcode: 920012

Who: Convened by the African Union Commission Department of Economic Affairs in collaboration with UNICEF, the African Union Senior Officials Meeting will bring together Registrar Generals of AU Member States, representatives from the Regional Economic Communities, civil registration experts, civil society organizations, the private sector, and development partners.

Background.

This event is part of the No Name Campaign that was launched on the 17th of June 2020 by the African Union and UNICEF, “For every child, a legal identity”. The campaign rallies for the speedy implementation of commitments by the African Union member states, towards universal registration of children at birth and the urgency to reposition civil registration and vital statistics in Africa, to address the indignity of invisibility.

Countries’ representatives will share their best practices and lessons learnt that led to progress during the last decade. Digitization, decentralization, integration in health services are the key elements to progress made.

For more information, visit https://au.int/en/newsevents/20200617/no-name-campaign

For further information please contact:
Doreen Apollos, Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission | E-mail: ApollosD@africa-union,org | www.au.int|Addis Ababa | Ethiopia
Sandra Bisin, UNICEF: +221 77 819 2300, sbisin@unicef.org
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