MEDIA ADVISORY

Invitation to Media Representatives

What:                         Opening of the 18th Ordinary General Assembly of Organization of the African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA)

When:                        31st January 2017

Time:                         09:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Where:                       African Union Headquarters, AUC Old Plenary Hall

Theme:                     Building on 15 years of engagement to harness the demographic dividend of Africa through promoting the needs of adolescents and their access to youth-friendly health services

Objective:                 The 18th Ordinary General Assembly of OAFLA will officially open on 31st January 2017.  It will adopt minutes of the 17th Ordinary General Assembly; activity and financial reports will be presented and will discuss and adopt recommendations of Steering Committee.  Highlights of the opening will include welcome remarks by H.E. Mme. Roman Tesfaye, First Lady of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Opening Statement by H.E. Mrs. Gertrude Mutha-rika, First Lady of the Republic of Malawi and President of OAFLA; group photo of the First Ladies and speeches by representatives of stakeholders of OAFLA.

Media representatives are invited to cover the opening ceremony of the 18th  Ordinary General Assembly of OAFLA on 31 January 2017 at 9:00 a.m.

For Media inquiries, contact:

Nardos Berhanou |  Communication Officer   |OAFLA Secretariat  I E-mail: nardos@oafla.org I  Tel: 251 911 657261

Rahel Akalewold | Information and Communications Directorate | African Union Commission I E-mail: rahela@africa-union.org I  Tel: 251 115 182551/251 911 683737

For further information:

Directorate of Information and Communication | African Union Commission I E-mail: DIC@african-union.org I Website: www.au.int I Addis Ababa | Ethiopia

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