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President Mbeki to attend AU Summit Pretoria - South African
President Thabo Mbeki, supported by Foreign Minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma,
will lead a senior South African government delegation to the 8th Summit of African
Union Heads of State and Government and 6th African Peer Review Forum in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia scheduled from Sunday - Tuesday 28-30 January 2007. President
Mbeki will attend this Summit within the context of South Africa's commitment
to consolidate the African agenda through, among others, the strengthening of
the institutions of the African Union. Minister Dlamini Zuma led a senior
delegation to the deliberations of African Union Ministers of Foreign Affairs
from Thursday - Friday 25-26 January 2007 which laid the foundation for the Summit
of Heads of State and Government. African Peer Review Forum (APRF)
President
Mbeki will attend the 6th African Peer Review Forum and the NEPAD Heads of State
and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC) meeting in Addis Ababa on Sunday
28 January 2007. It is expected that the country report of South Africa
will be presented at the APRF on Sunday 28 January 2007. The Forum will
examine cross-cutting issues as well as core issues of general application to
a number of countries arising out of the APRM reports of the countries already
peer reviewed. Issues on the agenda of the APRF will include: - Peer
review of South Africa
- First Annual Report on Implementation of Ghana's
Programme of Action.
- Statement on the Implementation of the Rwanda Programme
of Action
- Statement on the Implementation of Kenya's Programme of Action.
- African
Union Summit of Heads of state and Government
- The 2007 Summit will focus
on two main themes:
- The role of Science, Technology and Scientific Research
for the Development of Africa; and
- Climate change in Africa.
In
addition, African Union Heads of State and Government are expected to adopt the
budget of the Organisation for 2007. Launch of 2010 African Legacy Project
In
line with the general consensus to make the 2010 FIFA World Cup a truly African
event, South Africa, Ethiopia and the African Union will be hosting the launch
of the 2010 FIFA African Legacy Project at a dinner hosted in honour of FIFA President
Sepp Blatter and African Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa. The
Summit will also serve as a platform from which to launch 2007 as the International
year of African football. In this regard, the Khartoum Summit in January 2006,
declared 2007 as the International Year of African Football. The Confederation
of African Football (CAF) will, in 2007, also celebrate its 50th Anniversary and
the FIFA 2010 World Cup will be launched as an African event. Issued by
Ronnie Mamoepa on 082 990 4853 Department of Foreign Affairs
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