Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
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Addis Ababa, 18th February 2019: The African Union Commission (AUC) has set into motion a three-day capacity building workshop for Member States and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on the application and domestication of the Yamoussoukro Decision instruments in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 18 to 22 February 2019.
Health is at the Heart of Africa’s Developmental Agenda
ADDIS ABABA, 21st FEBRUARY 2019: The Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Kwesi Quartey, has said that health remains at the heart of Africa’s continental developmental agenda. In his opening address to a joint technical meeting on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) held at the African Union Commission (AUC) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 21 and 22 February 2019, he assured participants of AUC’s commitment to creating synergies for controlling and preventing the spread of EVD across the continent.
Addis Ababa , 20th February 2019: Representatives of African Union Member States met at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa to discuss how to establish an Africa CDC Health Situation Room that will connect health information systems from different African countries.
The Situation Room is a software application developed by UNAIDS, which directly accesses HIV/AIDS information systems within Member States and produces flexible and readily comprehensible reports for decision-making by health officials.
February 27, 2019, Addis Ababa: The African Union Commission’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA) and the AUDA-NEPAD last week organized a workshop for the Training of Trainers on the AU Malabo Declaration Biennial Review process.
Addis Ababa, 26 February 2019: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the historic Advisory Opinion issued yesterday by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965. This Advisory Opinion was delivered in response to a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 22 June 2017, at the initiative of the African Group in New York.
The Chairperson of the Commission would like to highlight three key aspects of the ICJ Advisory Opinion:
Debrezeit, Ethiopia, 26th February 2019: His Excellency Amb. Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission took part in the opening session of the Retreat of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa), together with the Deputy Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) for Knowledge Delivery Mrs Giovani Biha, as well as the Director for Eastern Africa and Representative UNSDGs, Dr. Chimimba David Phiri.
I. Introduction
1. Sur invitation du Gouvernement de la République du Sénégal, le Président de la Commission de l’Union Africaine (CUA), Son Excellence Monsieur Moussa Faki Mahamat a dépêché une Mission pour observer l’élection présidentielle du 24 Février 2019.
GENÈVE, LE 25 FÉVRIER 2019
Monsieur le Président du Conseil des droits de l’homme,
Mesdames et Messieurs les représentants des États membres,
Monsieur le Secrétaire général des Nations unies,
Madame la Haut-Commissaire,
Mesdames et Messieurs,
Il m’est doublement agréable de m’adresser à cette 40ème session du Conseil des droits de l’homme.
D’abord, parce qu’il s’agit pour moi d’une première depuis que je dirige la Commission de l’Union africaine.
