The African Citizens and Diaspora Organization Directorate of the African Union Commission (CIDO) has the honor to inform African Civil Society and Diaspora Community that following its previous notices for CSOs on the July 2011 AU Summit, the AU Commission has granted the observer status to the following Civil Society Organizations at the forthcoming 19th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council and the 17th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union scheduled to be held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from 26 June to 1 July 2011:
1- Save the Children International /SCI
2- Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
3- Youth Partnership for Peace and Development YPPD
4- Friederich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
5- Tanzania Teachers’ Union (TTU)
6- KwaZulu Natal Refugee Council
7- Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network)
8- First Steps Network (FSN)
9- Union des personnes handicapées du Burundi (UPHB)
10- Femmes Africain Solidarité (FAS)
11- Water Aid (WABF)
12- Development Network of Indigenous voluntary Associations (DENIVA)
13- Zimbabwe Youth Organizations Network
14- Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA)
15- African Council of Religious Leaders
16- IPAS, Africa
17- The General Forum for Arab-African Non-Governmental Organization
18- Oxfam International

CIDO would like to stress that each CSO is entitled to two badges and would kindly request that it should forward the two names of its representatives for onward transmission to the office of the Secretary of the Commission.

It is important to note that the AU will bear no responsibility for travel and maintenance costs of CSOs accredited through our Office. CIDO remains available to assist CSOs or Diaspora representatives seeking appropriate facilities.

With regard to the AU-CSOs Pre-Summit meeting, CIDO regrets to announce that due to late release of funds, the AU CSOs Pre-Summit will not take place ahead of the Malabo Summit.

Jalel Chelba,
Head of Civil Society Division
Citizens and Diaspora Organization Directorate (CIDO)
AU Commission