What: Ministerial meeting of the Fourth Ordinary Session of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons.

When: 23 - 24 May 2022; 9.30AM.

Where: Sipopo Congress Centre, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. 

Who: The STC on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons will be addressed by the African Union Commission Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs & Social Development (HHS); Government Representatives from Equatorial Guinea; Ministers from the African Union Member States.

Background information:

The 4th Ordinary Session of the Specialised Technical Committee (STC) on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons will focus on validating an important legal instrument that will contribute to the operationalization of the African humanitarian Agency, Migration governance within and outside the continent and several policy documents that will enhance effective governance of migration, refugees and IDPs issues in the continent and a progress report on the implementation of the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons in Africa. The Meeting will also prepare for the Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference that will take place from 25 – 27 May in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

Objectives: The STC on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons will consider and validate the various legal and policy documents in the areas of humanitarian interventions and migration governance in Africa (i.e. the Statute of the African Union Humanitarian Agency (AUHA); documents in preparation of the African Union Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference as well as consider Report of the Senior Officials for the implementation of Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, among other reports).

More working documents can be accessed here.

For further information, please contact:

Yusuf Mohammed, African Union Commission, Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development,; Mohammedy@africa-union.org

Sarah Abdel-Mohsen Elsayed: African Union Commission, Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Ethiopia,. ElsayedS@africa-union.org

Doreen Apollos | Information and Communication Directorate | African Union Commission | Tel: +251 115 517 700 | E-mail: ApollosD@africa-union.org l | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.