Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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The 28th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council Positions Agenda 2063 as key element of discussion
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27th January 2016: The African Union (AU) Executive Council has emphasized the importance of upholding human rights especially women’s rights in Africa for an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa under the Agenda 2063 framework.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 January 2016: The 31st Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) officially kicked off today 21 January 2016, at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa in the presence of the AUC Deputy Chairperson, Mr. Erastus Mwencha, AU Commissioners representatives from AU Organs, the RECs and invited guests.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20 January 2016: The closing of the 8th African Gender Pre-Summit on 2016 African Year of Human Rights, with Particular focus on the Rights of women at the AU headquarters on Wednesday 20 January 2016, was marked by high moments after the adoption of the final communiqué.
Statement of H.E Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), delivered by H.E. Dr Aisha Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the AUC, during the official closing ceremony of the 8th African Union Gender Pre-Summit on “2016, African Year of Human Rights with particular on the Rights of the Women”, on Wednesday 20 January 2016 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Your Excellency, Chairperson of the PRC,
Your Excellencies, Distinguished Members of the PRC,
Dear Colleagues,
Today’s launch of the project for the computerization of meetings of the AU Commission marks a new era in the working methods of the African Union Commission. It is a turning point, a date which is a milestone in the history of the African Union. Today, we are proud to say that, with regard to conference management, the Commission is at the forefront, comparable to other international and continental institutions as the United Nations and the European Union!
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 17 January 2016: The 27th session of the Gender is my Agenda Campaign (GIMAC) Pre-Summit Consultative meeting commenced on 17th January 2016 at the Conference Center of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “Looking towards 2020: Securing Women’s Rights through Gender Equality and Silencing the Guns in Africa.” The theme is in sync with the African Union’s dedication of 2016 as the “African Year of Human Rights with particular Focus on the Rights of Women” and will also address commitments to women’s human r
MEDIA ADVISORY/ 26TH AU SUMMIT
31ST ORDINARY SESSION OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (PRC)
Theme: “2016: African Year of Human Rights with a particular focus on the Rights of Women”.
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
When: Thursday 21 to Saturday 23 January 2016
Where: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Who: Organised by the African Union Commission (AUC)
