03.05.2008
Vice President of Sudan to attend donor conference in Norway
More than 30 countries and organisations are sending delegates to the donor
conference Sudan Consortium in Oslo, Norway 5–7 May. The Second Vice
President of Sudan, H.E. Ali Osman Taha, will be heading the Sudanese
delegation.
First Vice President of Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, has been prevented from
attending the conference.
UN Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro will be heading the UN delegation.
Among other heads of delegation is the World Bank Vice President for the Africa
Region, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, EC Commissioner Mr Louis Michel, and US Special
Envoy to Sudan, Mr Richard Williamson.
-The Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan is in a critical phase. The parties must
redouble their efforts to implement the agreement, says Norway’s Minister of the
Environment and International Development Erik Solheim.
-The situation in Sudan is highly complex, and there is little hope for achieving peace in
Darfur unless the North-South peace agreement is successfully implemented, says
Solheim.
The Sudan Consortium will be opened by Norwegian Minister of the Environment and
International Development, Mr Erik Solheim, on 6 May at 09:00 at the Clarion Hotel
Royal Christiania in Oslo. A closed Darfur-session on 5 May will be openend by
Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Jonas Gahr Støre.
Accreditation: Members of the press must obtain personal accreditation. A press
secretariate will be open at the hotel (room “Grønland”) on 5 May from 14:00 to 16:00
pm, and from 08:00 on 6 May.