15th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council Opens in Sirte
TRIPOLI, Libya, June 29, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Executive Council of the African Union will converge in the Ouagadougou Conference Centre, Sirte, Libya, from 28 June ahead of the 13th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, under the theme: “Investing in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security”.
During the meeting, the ministers will brainstorm on a number of issues on their agenda, including the report of the AU joint Conference of Ministers of Agriculture, Land and Livestock, which was held from 20-24 April 2009, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as well as the report of the 2nd joint AU/ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, organised from 2-7 June 2009, in Cairo, Egypt.
The ministers will consider the Report of the 6th meeting of African Chiefs of Defence Staff and Heads of Security (ACDS) and the 3rd Ordinary Meeting of Ministers of Defence and State Security (AMDSS) that took place from 11-15 May 2009, in Addis Ababa.
The Executive Council will also discuss the report of the fourth AU Conference of Ministers of Integration (COMAI IV), that took place from 4-8 May 2009, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, as well as that of the 4th AU Conference of Ministers of Health (CAMH4), held from 4-8 May 2009, in Addis Ababa.
Other items for discussion during the 15th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council will include: consideration of the report of the Chairperson of the AU Commission; the adoption of the Report of the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council on the modalities for the implementation of the Assembly decision on the transformation of the African Union Commission into the African Union Authority; and the Report of the Commission on Implementation of the Assembly decision on the Abuse of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction.
Items proposed by Member States feature amongst the other issues to be considered by the ministers.
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African Union Commission (AUC)
