Eleventh Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly

(APO)--While the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) are on day two of its 16th Ordinary Session, some activities involving the stakeholders and partners of the African Union have been scheduled to hold at the margins of the 11th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, in Sharm El Sheikh, Arab Republic of Egypt.

These activities include the meeting of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) that opens tomorrow Thursday 26 June 2008 with the 30th Meeting of the African Peer Review (APR) Panel of Eminent Persons followed by the 9th Summit of the APR Forum of Participating Heads of State and Government scheduled for 28 June 2008. It will be preceded by a Meeting with Uganda, Nigeria and Burkina Faso delegations to discuss the modalities of the Peer Review; a Meeting with the Representatives of the Heads of State of 5 Initiating Countries; a Pre-Summit Meeting of the APRM Advisors; and a Meeting with the APRM Trust Fund Oversight Committee.

Other meetings scheduled to take place on this day are: the Committee on the coordination between the African Union (AU), Regional Economic Communities (RECs), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB); the Ministerial Committee on Candidatures; and the ECOWAS meeting of the Mediation and Security Council.

Meanwhile, the 19th Summit of NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC) and the 9th Summit of the APR Forum of Participating Heads of State and Government, the Peace and Security Council as well as the Committee of Ten Heads of State on the United Nations Reforms are some of the activities scheduled to take place on 29 June 2008.

The Meeting of the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) will crown the side events ahead of the 11th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Union that kicks off 30 June and ends on 1st July 2008 in Sharm El Sheikh.

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