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MEDIA ADVISORY / 30th AU SUMMIT
36th Session of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC)
INVITATION TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 January 2018: Under the theme of “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation”, the 30th African Union Summit opened Monday 22 January 2018, at the level of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC), meeting at their Thirty Fifth (35th) Ordinary Session. The meeting at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has brought together Ambassadors of AU Member States based in Addis Ababa as well as Heads of Organs and Representation Offices abroad.
Media Advisory/ 30th AU Summit
32nd ORDINARY SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO OFFICIAL OPEN ON THURSDAY 25 JANUARY
Theme: “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation”
INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
When: Thursday 25 to Friday 26 January 2018
Time: As from 09:00 am
Where: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Who: Organized by the African Union Commission (AUC)
Addis Ababa, 22 January 2018 – The African Union (AU) during its 30th Assembly of Heads of State and Government holding from 22 – 29 January 2018 in its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will launch 2018 as the African Anti-Corruption Year. This follows the declaration made at the 29th Assembly of the Heads of State and Government in January 2017. The upcoming Summit of the AU will be held under the theme: “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation”.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 January 2018: The African Union Commission is set to launch the first AU Agenda 2063 Flagship project, the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 28th January 2018 as a historic event at the African Union Summit, nearly two decades after the adoption of the 1999 Yamoussoukro Decision.
The Commission of the African Union has noted the results of the election of the new Executive Committee of the Pan African Youth Union (PYU) during the Congress held in Khartoum Sudan from the 19th to the 21st of December, 2017. The Commission has also noted the reactions of the various youth organizations and young people who PYU purportedly sent as its representation to the elections.
