Media Advisory

AU CAMPAIGN MISSION IN NAMIBIA TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ECOSOCC ELECTIONS

INVITATION TO MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES

What: The Mission of the African Union (AU) Sensitization and Motivation Campaign for the election of the 2nd General Assembly of the AU Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC).

When: 20th August 2014

Where: Hotel Safari, Windhoek, Namibia

Who: African Union Commission

Objective: The main objective of the AU Campaign in Namibia is to encourage and motivate the Namibian civil society community to register and participate in the continent-wide process of elections into the 2nd ECOSOCC Permanent General Assembly.

Background:
The African Union (AU) Sensitization and Motivation Campaign comes in compliance to Decision EX.CL/ 849(XXV) of the AU Executive Council, of June 2014 in Malabo, that mandated the Commission to conduct the campaign and to ensure that a new ECOSOCC Assembly is established before the end of the year 2014.

Namibia is a third stop of the Campaign that was previously undertaken in Zambia and Zimbabwe. The sensitization meeting with Namibian CSOs would include interactive session and presentations on the history, role, election process of the ECOSOCC, the summit decisions, application processes and procedures and the future of ECOSOCC as an organ.

Media representatives in Namibia are invited to take part and cover the Campaign.

For any further information please contact :

Ms. Afrah Thabit, Directorate of Information and Communication, E mail : Thabitma@africa-union.org, afraht@hotmail.com Cell: 081-0383606

For further information contact
Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: dinfo@african-union.org I Web Site: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia
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