SA Coat of Arms 4.jpg Media Statement, 8 November 2016 President Zuma Arrives in Ethiopia to Attend the African Union High Level Committee on Libya President Jacob Zuma has this morning, 8 November 2016, arrived in Addis Ababa, in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to attend the African Union High Level Committee on Libya at the Level of Heads of States and Government scheduled to take today. The High Level meeting has been convened by the Chairperson of the African Union, President Idriss Déby Itno of the Republic of Chad, to review the evolution of the situation in Libya and related regional and international efforts aimed at addressing it, and to agree on a way forward. The members of the AU High Level Committee of Heads of States and Government on the Situation in Libya are Algeria, the Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Mauritania (Chair), Niger, South Africa and Uganda. The AU Representative for Libya is the former President of Tanzania, H.E. Jakaya Kikwete. President Zuma will also participate in the Second Extraordinary Summit of the Volunteering Nations of the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crises (ACIRC). The aim of this Summit is to discuss the status of the ACIRC Force following the conduct of the UTULIVU AFRICA I and II Command Post Exercises (CPX) and the verification of the pledged capabilities from May 2014 to April 2015. The ACIRC, which was established in 2013, consists of the following Volunteering Nations: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Chad, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. It was introduced as an interim measure, pending the full operational capability of the African Standby Force (ASF), to provide the AU with a rapid military response capability with the specific objective of preventing emerging genocides, crimes against humanity and war crimes President Zuma is accompanied by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane; Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and Minister of State Security, Mr David Mahlobo. Issued by: The Presidency, Pretoria Enquiries: Dr Bongani Ngqulunga on 082 308 9373 or [email protected] www.thepresidency.gov.za __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14407 (20161108) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000601d23988%2443519040%24c9f4b0c0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
