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The 38th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council opens with a call on the need to build fully functional machinery with quality execution on development
Honourable Dr. Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Chairperson of the Executive Council,
Honourable Members of the Executive Council,
Madame Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa,
Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission,
Commissioners,
Presidents of the Commissions of Regional Economic Communities,
Executive Secretaries of Regional Economic Communities,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Opening Remarks by the Chairperson of the Executive Council of the African Union, Minister Of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Dr Naledi Pandor, Delivered During the 38th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council On 3 - 4 February 2021.
The AUC presents its compliments to the Permanent Missions of Non-African States and the IOs accredited to the AU and has the honour to inform them about the invitations to the 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union scheduled for 06 and 07 February 2021.
What: Official opening of the Thirty-Fourth (34th) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union (Video conference/Virtual).
Speakers at the opening ceremony includes:
Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 976th meeting held on 29 January 2021, on AU Guidelines on Elections in Africa in the Context of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and Other Public Health Emergencies.
Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 975th meeting held on 27 January 2021, on Peace, Security and Development: taking security challenges into account in financing development
Addis Ababa, 1 February 2021: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat commends the United Nations-facilitated Libyan Dialogue Forum (LPDF) and the Libyan people as LPDF delegates begin to vote on 1-5 February 2021 in Geneva, for candidates to serve in a new interim government.
The Chairperson commends the transparent process of nomination for candidates to serve in a new unified interim government, which includes posts for the presidential council and the post of prime minister, expected to oversea national elections scheduled for 24 December 2021.
The African Union’s Economic Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) Secretariat, has committed to actively engage Africa’s Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for a sustainable and waste free continent.
Delivering a keynote presentation yesterday at the ‘Let’s Do It World Conference,’ ECOSOCC’s Head of Secretariat, William Carew, highlighted the key aspirations of the continent as anchored under the AU’s Agenda 2063 and the Union’s commitments for improving sanitation on the continent.
