13 Jul 2007: ISS Seminar, Addis Ababa: Post-Accra Declaration: What Next for the Union Government of Africa?

ISS Seminar: Post-Accra Declaration: What Next for the Union Government of Africa?
Addis Ababa, 13 July 2007

 

The Direct Conflict Prevention Programme (DCP) of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS)-Addis Ababa office would like to cordially invite you to a roundtable discussion to reflect on the recently concluded African Union (AU) Summit. The AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government, meeting at its 9th Ordinary Session in Accra, Ghana, from 1st to 3rd July 2007, issued the Accra Declaration which agreed to among other things: 1) accelerate the economic and political integration of the African continent, including the formation of a Union Government of Africa; 2) identify the contents of the Union Government concept and its relations with national governments; 3) rationalize and strengthen the Regional Economic Communities (RECS); 4) define the relationship between the Union Government and RECS; 5) elaborate a road map and time-frame for establishing the Union Government; and 6) identify additional sources of funding for the Union.

 

You are invited to participate in this important discussion on the contents of the Accra Declaration and the prospects for the Union Government of Africa. Please forward to interested colleagues.

 

Chair: Mr Kenneth Mpyisi, Director, ISS Addis Ababa

 

Speakers: Dr Admore Kambudzi, Secretary, AU Peace and Security Council; HE Ambassador Msuya Mangachi, Ambassador of Tanzania to the African Union

 

This public seminar will take place in the conference room of the ISS Offices in Addis Ababa. Directions: First Floor, Ki-Ab Building, (50 metres from Adams Pavillion), Alexander Pushkin Street, Pushkin Square, Sarbet, Addis Ababa

 

Time: 11h00 seminar starts and ends at13h00 with refreshments

 

For enquiries please contact: Ms Yemisrach Tadesse, Phone : (+251) 011 372 11 54; Fax: (+251) 011 372 5954; E-mail: [email protected]