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Meeting of the Ministers of Health
As a Working Group of the STC-HPC
Addis Ababa, 25-26 April 2016 and
Geneva, 21 May 2016
Meeting of the Ministers of Health as a Working Group
of the STC-HPDC
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Introduction
Health experts define Africa’s health direction
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27 April 2016- With the continental and global consensus on sustainable development in the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063 the African Union on Tuesday finalised the review of key health policy instruments that will guide the continent for the next 15 years. The review follows the Decision of the Ministers of Health last year mandating the AU Commission to finalise the revision of key AU health policy instruments.
Closing remarks of the Chairperson of the AU Commission HE Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, At the Closing session of the Joint AU_UNECA Ministerial Meetings on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration Addis Ababa, 5 April 2016
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Your Excellency, Chairperson of the Bureau of Finance Ministers
Dr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of UNECA and my Co-host
Excellencies, Ministers and Central bank Governors
Honourable Guests, Delegates and Officials
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 05 April 2016: The African Ministers of Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Integration concluded their 9th annual meeting on 5th April 2016 with a strong call for the domestication of Agenda 2063 and 2030 for Sustainable Development which they said, offers a unique opportunity for Africa to achieve inclusive and transformative development with equity. The Ministers further recognized the role of Regional integration through the RECs in the implementation of both developments agendas.
AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION - EUROPEAN COMMISSION
8th College-to-College Meeting Joint Communiqué
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7 April 2016
Today, the African Union (AU) Commission and the European Commission held the 8th College-to-College meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was hosted by the African Union Commission, under the co-chairmanship of its Chairperson, Dr Nkosazana C. Dlamini Zuma and the Vice-President of the European Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4th April 2016 - H.E Mr. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) on 1st April 2016, received in audience the Chief Executive Officer of the APRM Secretariat, Professor. Eddie Maloka, who briefed him about the just concluded Expert Group Meeting on the revitalization of the African Peer Review Mechanism held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Professor Maloka expressed his optimism and keenness on the revitalization of APRM.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 05 April2016: H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and H.E Mr. Georges Wembi Lwambo , Minister of Planning of the Democratic Republic of Congo, had a press conference immediately after the closing of the joint AU-UNECA Ministerial Conference on Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Integration.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 05 April 2016: The African Ministers of Finance, Planning, Economic Development and Integration concluded their 9th annual meeting on 5th April 2016 with a strong call for the domestication of Agenda 2063 and 2030 for Sustainable Development which they said, offers a unique opportunity for Africa to achieve inclusive and transformative development with equity. The Ministers further recognized the role of Regional integration through the RECs in the implementation of both developments agendas.
Addis-Ababa, 5 April 2016: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has authorized the deployment of the Short Term Electoral Observation Missions (AUEOM) for the Presidential Elections scheduled for 8 April 2016 in the Republic of Djibouti and on 10 April 2016 in the Republic of Chad.
The missions will be undertaken from 06 to 14 April 2016 and will be led respectively by:
Ø Djibouti : H.E. Soumana Sako, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali
