15th AU SUMMIT / Schedule of press conferences and briefings / 19 – 27 July 2010
KARTHOUM, Sudan, July 26, 2010/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 15th AU Summit / Schedule of press conferences and briefings / 19 – 27 July 2010
Date / Venue Time Names/fields
Observations
Monday, July 19, 2010
14:00-16:00
FES-DCI Training
16:30-17:00 Mrs Habiba Mejri-Cheikh,
Head, Division of Communication and Information
Useful tips for the coverage of the Summit CONFIRMED
17:00-19:00 FES-DCI Training
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
11:00
H.E. Mr. Erastus Mwencha,
Deputy Chairperson of the AUC
Follow-up on the implementation of Strategic Plan for 2009-2012 CONFIRMED
16:00
Mr Ben Kioko
AU Legal Counsel
Status of ratification of AU/OAU Treaties, Protocols and Conventions
Universal Jurisdiction
Update on the Hissène Habré case POSTPONED
End of the session H.E. Chairperson of PRC
Press conference on outcomes of PRC session
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
10:00 Amb Jean Mfasoni,
Secretary to the Commission
Pre-Summit Briefing Briefing on the theme of the Summit CONFIRMED
11:00 AU-EU joint press conference
AU-EU Summit CONFIRMED
14:30
Mrs Litha Musyimi – Ogana
Director of the Director of Women, Gender and Development
African Women Decade
CONFIRMED
Thursday, July 22, 2010
14:00
General Elly Tumwine
Peace Hub CONFIRMED
15:00
H.E. Mrs. Elisabeth Tankeu,
Commissioner for Trade and Industry
Multilateral trade
EPA
Industrialization in Africa
CONFIRMED
16:00 Mr. Idriss Ndele Moussa
Chairperson of the PAP
Status of the transformation of the role of PAP, from consultative to legislative
(Update)
Ratification of AU Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance CONFIRMED
Friday, July 23, 2010
11:00 H.E. Dr. Jean Ping
Chairperson of the AUC
Monthly Press Conference
CONFIRMED
SA
15:00 Prof Jean-Pierre Ezin
Commissioner for Human Resources Science and Technology
Pan-African University Project
AU Scientific Awards and grants
CONFIRMED
End of the session H.E. Chairperson of Executive Council and H.E. Jean Ping Chairperson of AUC
Press Conference on outcomes of Exc. Cl. Session
Saturday, July 24, 2010
11:00
H.E. Mrs. Julia Dolly Joiner,
Commissioner Political Affairs
Preparations of the Summit on Shared Values
Update on the AU convention on the protection and assistance of IDP’s in Africa
Afro-Arab Summit
CONFIRMED
13h50-14h30 H.E. Jean Ping
Chairperson of AUC
Launch of PIDA CONFIRMED
15h30
H.E. Dr. Maxwell M. Mkwezalamba, Commissioner for Economic Affairs
Alternatives sources of funding
Integration of NEPAD
Outcomes of the G8 and G20 Summits
Financial institutions
CONFIRMED
16:30 Mr Ben Kioko
AU Legal Counsel
Status of ratification of AU/OAU Treaties, Protocols and Conventions
Universal Jurisdiction
Update on the Hissène Habré case CONFIRMED
17:30-18:00 Mr Abdelbagi Jibril
Deputy Director North South xxi
Civil society expectations of CAHOSCC
Petition for climate justice on behalf of 210 African NGO’s DONE
Sunday, July 25, 2010
9:00 -13:30
Opening ceremony of the 15th AU Summit
14:00 – 15:00 Mr Alioune Tine, President RADDHO
Mr Clément Abaifouta, Chadian Victims Association
Mr Reed Brody, Human Rights Watch
Hissene Habré Case CONFIRMED
15:00-16:00 Joint Press Conference
H.E Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture
Josette Shiiran, Executive Director f WFP
Representative of NEPAD
Nutrition and agriculture in Africa CONFIRMED
16:00
H.E. Mr. Lamamra Ramtane
Commissioner for Peace and Security
Status of Peace and Security in Africa
Implementation of the Year of Peace and Security Campaign
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
17:00 Mr. Ibrahim Mayaki,
CEO NEPAD
Integration of NEPAD into AU Structures and Processes CONFIRMED
Monday, July 26, 2010
10:00
Mr Michel Sidibé, Executive Director UNAIDS
Mr Michel Kazakstine, Executive Director of Global Fund for HIV-AIDS, TB and Malaria
Prevention of mother to child transmission
Linking the AIDS response with maternal and child health
Sustained funding for health-related MDG’s CONFIRMED
11:00
H.E. Adv. Bience Philomena Gawanas, Commissioner for Social Affairs
Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa
CONFIRMED
OXFAM TO BE CONFIRMED
12:00-13:00 H.E Maxwell Mkwezalamba,
Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to UN Secretary General on MDG’s
MoU Signing AUC and MDG’s Center
Implementation of the MDG’s in AU Member States (Sub-Saharan Africa)
TO BE CONFIRMED
13:00 – 14:30 Mrs Asha-Rose Migiro, UN Deputy Secretary General
TO BE CONFIRMED
15:00 H.E Mrs Elham Mahmood Ibrahim
Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy
PIDA
Oil Fund
Maritime Charter
Transport corridors
Renewable energy initiatives
CONFIRMED
16:00 H.E Salim Ahmed Salim, Member Panel of the Wise
H.E. Mr. Lamamra Ramtane
Commissioner for Peace and Security
Amb. Adonia Ayebare, Director Intl Peace Institute
Launch of the Report of the Panel of the Wise on Elections related conflicts
CONFIRMED
Cocktail to be offered by the Panel
17:00 Mr Omar Faruk, President of the Federation of African Journalists and Mrs Cheikh, Head of the Division of Communication and Information of the AU
Safety of African journalists
CONFIRMED
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:30-12 Asha-Rose Migiro, TO BE CONFIRMED
10:30 – 11:00 OXFAM CONFIRMED
13:00 – 14:00 Training FES
End of business
H.E. Chairperson of the Union and H.E. Dr. Jean Ping, Chairperson of the AUC
Final Press Conference on outcomes of the 15th AU Summit
NB. Upon request AU Organs, partners, UN Agencies, Civil Society Organisations will be accommodated according to the agenda.
SOURCE
African Union Commission (AUC)
