President Kiir Heads To South Africa For AU Summit South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit today traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa to attend the 25th African Union Heads of State Summit. 14 June 2015
By Jok P Mayom JUBA, 13 June 2015 [Gurtong]-The theme of the Summit is “Year of Women Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda 2063” with the agenda 2063 being a global strategy to optimize use of Africa's resources for the benefits of all Africans". Awan Guol Riak, the Minister in the office of the President told the press at Juba international airport that the twenty fifth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union will take place on the 14th to 15th of June. “Today His Excellency the President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit is traveling to Johannesburg in South Africa to attend to the summit of the African Union. On the sideline meetings of the African Union, today, there is a meeting of peace and security council where our Foreign Minister Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin is representing the President” said Guol adding that “In that sitting the issue of South Sudan is also being discussed.” Guol also said that the President will engage his counterparts in a bid to find a strategy to bring peace back to South Sudan. “The president will also engage his colleagues in the continent on how to find peace in our country knowing recently the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) had made resolutions that are contradicting” Regional leaders of the Great Lakes region during their meeting on the 2nd of June rejected direct participation of troika countries (US, UK and Norway) in the mediation in the South Sudan peace process. The leaders said troika countries should only play the role of observer but should not be directly involved in the peace process mediated by the East African regional bloc (IGAD). “All these things they are within our region and the key players who are trying to find a solution for our country. We are free to discuss with them the possible ways for us to reach the peace agreement “said Guol. The Heads of State and Government will adopt the budget of the AU, consider the report of the ministerial retreat on the first ten year implementation plan of Agenda 2063, consider the report of the ad hoc ministerial committee on the scale of assessment, and discuss the issue of integration with a focus on free movement of people, goods and services. Other reports to be considered by the Heads of State and Government during their meeting will include report of the; AU Commission on the Ebola Crisis, Peace and Security Council on its activities and the State of Peace and Security in Africa, including Terrorism, Radical Extremism and Africa’s Response, Governance (with focus on African Governance Architecture and Elections), Commission on the Situation in Middle East and Palestine. The Assembly will appoint 6 members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) and 3 members of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR). After discussing some issues raised by member states, the leaders will proceed to adopt the decisions and recommendations of the 27th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council before adopting the decisions and declarations of the 25th Ordinary Session of the Assembly. Posted in: Home -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqqSaATt0ypwDM3yTnTvV%2BTfor2_iPhymg%2BsOiv8MzOGg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
