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Roundup: AU summit to dwell on women empowerment, development in Africa

Xinhua, January 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Women's empowerment and development towards Africa's Agenda 2063 will be top on the agenda of the upcoming African Union summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Meanwhile, some pre-summit activities began holding on Wednesday, such as the 8th Gender Pre- Summit that took place on January 21-22 and the 3rd Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) Conference of the Parties which kicked off on Thursday and ends on Saturday at the AU Conference Center.

The 24th AU summit officially started on Friday with the 29th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) at AU headquarters, where the PRC is expected to discuss items on the agenda in preparation of the summit, to be submitted to the Executive Council for adoption.

According to the PRC agenda for the 24th AU summit, the ambassadors will for two days exchange views on specific reports of the commission.

On the other hand, the 26th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council will hold on January 26-27.

During the two-day meeting, the Ministers of External Affairs and other ministers or authorities designated by the governments of AU Member States are expected to deliberate on the different reports of the ministerial meetings organized by the AU Commission during the last six months.

The 32nd Summit of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC), the 22nd Summit of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Forum of Heads of State and Government, and the meeting of the Peace and Security Council at the Level of the Heads of State and Government have been scheduled to take place on January 29.

The 24th AU summit is scheduled to take place on January 30-31.

For two days, the Heads of State and Government will consider the progress report of the Commission on the AU Agenda 2063; the report of the Commission on the Ebola crisis; the report of the Conference of Ministers of Finance and Economy on the Alternative Sources of Financing the AU.

The leaders will also consider the report of the Peace and Security Council on its activities and the State of Peace and Security in Africa; the report of the Commission on the Establishment of the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, among others. Endi