African Union The 15th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union (AU) will be held in Kampala, Uganda from today to 27 July, under the theme “Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa”. In an interview with New African, the AU Commissioner for Social Affairs, Bience Gawanas, explains why this theme was chosen and its significance, bearing in mind there are just five years to go before the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline.
The interview with Commissioner Bience Gawanas can be read here.
The agenda of the 15th African Union Summit is scheduled as:
14-16 July
African Union – Civil Society Organizations Pre-Summit Forum
17-19 July
African Youth Forum
19-20 July
Twentieth (20th) Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC)
19-21 July
Gender Pre-Summit Meeting
20-24 July
Meetings of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
21 July
Meeting of the Peace And Security Council at ambassadorial level
22 July
Ministerial Committee on Candidatures
22 July
Ministerial Committee on the scale of assessment
22-23 July
Seventeenth (17th) Ordinary Session of the Executive Council
22-23 July
African Private Sector Forum (Business Roundtable)
22-23 July
Drafting Committee
24 July
Africa Food and Nutrition Day
24 July
23rd Summit of the NEPAD Heads Of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC)
24 July
Working Lunch / Launching of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
24 July
Meeting on Health Financing
24 July
Launch of the African Peace Hub
24 July
Meeting of the Committee of Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC)
24 July
Summit Meeting of the Eastern Africa Standby Brigade Coordination Mechanism (EASBRICOM)
24-27 July
Meetings of the Organization of African First Ladies Against Hiv/Aids (OAFLA)
25 July
Investment Roundtable / Working Lunch
25 July
Committee of Ten Heads of State on the United Nations Reforms
25-27 July
Fifteenth (15th) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union
26 July
African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Working Lunch
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