Ethiopia
The African Women Leaders Network discusses the formation of an African Women’s Fund among other initiatives to enhance women’s leadership in transforming Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 April 2018- Following its first launch at the High-Level Women Leaders Forum for Africa’s Transformation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in June 2017, the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) supported by the African Union Commission, UN Women, and the Federal Republic of Germany, is convening the Second Women Leaders Forum for Africa’s Transformation: a groundbreaking initiative, which seeks to enhance the leadership of women in the transformation of Africa with a focus on governance, peace, stability and development, and on creating space for Afric
Communique: AU-UN High Level Dialogue on Human Rights
Conclusion of the First AU-UN High Level Dialogue on Human Rights
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 24 April 2018: The 1st African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) High Level Dialogue on Human Rights was convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 24 April 2018 as part of the longstanding commitment to strengthen ongoing collaboration between both institutions.
The Dialogue was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the AUC and H.E. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
First AU-UN High Level Dialogue on Human Rights
Statement of Amb. Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, at the Adwa Pan-African University Conference
Your Excellency Dr. Aby Ahmed, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,
Your Excellency Dr. Haile Mariam Desalegn, former Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and my dear friend,
Your Excellency Seyum Mesfin, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia,
Your Excellency Dr. Workeneh Gebreyehu, Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia,
Your Excellency Debretsion Gebremichael, Honourable Minister of Communication and Information Technology,

Press Conference: The Second Women Leaders Forum of Africa's Transformation #AWLNetwork2018
Allocution du Président de la Commission de l'Union africaine, S.E. M. Moussa Faki Mahamat, à l'occasion de l'ouverture du dialogue de haut niveau Union africaine-Nations unies sur les droits de l'homme
ADDIS ABÉBA, ETHIOPIE
24 AVRIL 2018
Monsieur le Haut-Commissaire des Nations unies aux Droits de l’homme,
Chers collègues et amis des Nations unies et de l’Union africaine,
Je voudrais vous souhaiter à tous la bienvenue au siège de l’Union africaine à l’occasion de ce Dialogue de haut niveau sur les droits de l’homme.