On the Theme of the Summit: “Maternal, infant and child Health and Development in Africa” adopted actions to be undertaken in various Member State, in particular the actions aimed at attaining the MDGs 4, 5 and 6, including the launching of CARMMA, mobilisation of adequate resources for integrated?

Participantsat the Annual Conference on African Women in Politics held on the 7^th – 9^th June 2010, organized by the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) have called on governments to, among other things, strengthen legal and policy frameworks in their?

The 9^th Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting (9WAMM) was held in Bridgetown, Barbados on 7-9 June 2010. Delegations from 32 countries attended the Meeting. The Meeting was opened by the Hon Freundel Stuart, Acting Prime Minister of Barbados and chaired by the Hon Stephen Lashley,?

The workshop, which was organized by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) in collaboration with Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), had a consortium of CSOs and other Non-State Actors (NSAs) in attendance. Also in attendance are the Executive Director of CISLAC Auwal Musa Rafsanjani?

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) held a stakeholder Road show/Town Hall meeting involving about three hundred stakeholders drawn from across the North-West geo-political Zone in Kaduna on 27^th May 2010. Speakers, discussants and participants were drawn from?

We, the undersigned African civil society organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa, call on African governments to make the most of the upcoming review conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which will take place from May 31 to June?

We, members of civil society Participating in ‘Civil Society Experts Consultation on Maternal, Child and Infant Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa’ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 17-18, 2010, organised by Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition (SOAWR), IPPF-Africa?

In March 2010 delegates from 17 countries and 3 continents met in Nairobi, Kenya for a Pan-African Conference on Tax and Development. Hosted by Tax Justice Network for Africa, the conference had three key themes: harnessing domestic tax policies for development; taxation of extractive?

Participants from the African Regional Conference on the Right of Access to Information today released the Regional Findings and Plan of Action to advance the right in Africa. The conference found that while access to information is a fundamental human right, political and institutional constraints?

The 12^th Summit of the Committee of Heads of State and Government Participating in the African Peer Review Mechanism [APR Forum] was held on 30 January 2009 at the African Union Commission Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Summit was chaired by H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister?

We the citizens of Kenya wish to issue this statement in support of the decision by the United States Government to withhold funds that had been earmarked towards Kenya’s Free Primary Education programme. As aggrieved citizens we agree and demand that those responsible for the misappropriation of?

The Africa Partnership Forum held its 13th regular session in Addis Ababa on 25th January 2010, and was addressed by the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union. The Forum conveyed its deepest condolences to the government and people of Ethiopia on the tragic loss of life following the air accident?

The follow-up meeting on Prevention Movement ("50 by 15") for SADC Parliamentarians (MPs) in collaboration with Civil Society (CSOs) was held at Southern Sun Hotel, Hyde Park, Johannesburg, South Africa on the 24^th - 26^th January 2010.

At the PARIS21 Consortium meeting, held in Dakar, Senegal from November 16 to 18, 2009, the participants unanimously affirmed that an effective and efficient statistical system is an essential element of good governance and that urgent action is still required if the data needed to monitor the Millennium?

Les dirigeants des organismes de gestion lectorale, des partis politiques, des services de scurit, de la socit civile et des mdias de 25 pays d’Afrique subsaharienne se sont runis Accra, au Ghana, du 12 au 14 novembre 2009, en vue de procder une valuation des lections sur le continent?

Leaders from election management bodies, political parties, security services, civil society and media from 25 sub-Saharan countries gathered in Accra, Ghana from November 12-14, 2009 to assess recent elections across the continent and develop recommendations for raising standards of professionalism,?

reprsentants des tats membres africains de l'Organisation des Nations Unies suivants: Afrique du Sud, Algrie, Bnin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Congo (Rpublique du), Cte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, gypte, thiopie, Gabon, Gambie, Ghana, Guine, Guine Equatoriale, Kenya, Lesotho, Libria,?

We, the representatives of the following Member States of the United Nations in the Africa region: Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo (Republic of), Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana,?

WE, the Heads of State and Government of Africa and South America, meeting in the Second Africa-South America Summit (II ASA) in Nueva Esparta State, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela on 26 and 27 September of 2009;

We, participants in the Parliamentary Conference on Democracy in Africa on the second International Day of Democracy, have reviewed the challenges to democracy worldwide and in Africa in particular. We have taken note of the global opinion poll commissioned by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on?

The Southern African Judges Forum was held in Kasane, Botswana, on 7-8 August 2009, under the theme “Sustaining the Rule of Law to promote Socio-economic Development in the Eastern and Southern African Region”. The Forum was attended by Chief Justices and Judges from Angola, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar,?

We, the participants at the Stakeholders meeting on the Domestication and Implementation of the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa held on 16th - 18th July 2009 in Kigali, Rwanda, organised by African Union Commission, United?

Addis Ababa: The Centre for Citizens' Participation in the African Union (CCP-AU), in collaboration with many of its partners, organised, at Beshale Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 5 and 6 June 2009, the Fifth Citizens' Continental Conference on the 13th African Union summit themed ‘Investing in Agriculture?

At the initiative of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Mr. Jean Ping, and in line with the relevant decisions of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the AU, the inaugural consultative meeting of the International Contact Group on Madagascar took place in Addis Ababa?

A Call to Action from the participants of the International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security

Preamble

Civil society organizations, district budget oversight committees, and councillors from across the country met at a conference organized by National Accountability Group (NAG) in collaboration with Movement of Concerned Kono Youth (MOCKY), National Coalition on Extractives (NACE),?

Relating to the Implementation of the Interparty Political Agreement

We the Heads of the Multilateral Development Banks and theInternational Monetary Fund met in Tunis on 12 February at the invitation of the African Development Bank. Discussions focused on recent developments in the global financial and economic crisis; the response of each institution; on the further?

As concern builds around the impact of the global financial crisis on Africa, several prominent African voices have called for an African Green Revolution to help "dampen the impact" in Africa and for greater investments in agriculture to spur economic growth.

12^th Ordinary Summit of the AU Heads of State and Government ends today in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa 4 February 2008 - The 12^th Ordinary Summit of the AU Heads of State and Government ended in Addis Ababa on 4 February 2009. The Summit concluded?

The Madrid high-level meeting on food security, convened by the Governmentof Spain and the UN, brought together a broad range of committed stakeholders from more than 126 countries. They came from national governments, civil society, trade unions, private sector, academia, donor agencies and multilateral?

(AU Monitor)--Le Centre pour la Participation des Citoyens au sein de l'Union africaine (CCP-AU), en collaboration avec beaucoup de ces partenaires, a organis la quatrime confrence continentale des citoyens sur le douzime sommet de l'Union africaine (UA) l'htel Beshale, Addis Abeba, Rpublique?

Participants in the Fourth citizens' continental conference on the 12th summit of the African Union issued the following communiqu with their recommendations to the heads of State and Government of Africa.

Communique issued at the end of a two-two training workshop for civil society organisations on their oversight role in the extractive industry's revenue and expenditure transparency, held at the NAF Club, Kaduna.

The 24th Plenary Assembly session of the Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum was held at Arusha, Tanzania under the theme:" the Role of Parliamentarians in addressing challenges and crises to sustainable development facing the SADC region, notably food shortages, electoral disputes,?

We, the participants in the sixth Africa Development Forum, representing stakeholders from across the African continent, women and men, governments and civil society, the private sector, youth, traditional and religious leaders, convening in Addis Ababa at the invitation of the African Union Commission,?

We, citizens of South Africa, gathered here today, as our forefathers and foremothers have done before in an imbizo; Proud of our history of struggle and the achievement of freedom by the people of our country over the last fifteen years of freedom and democracy, and confident of our abilities to?

Committments made at the conference entitled the Women's Platform for Action in Africa, held in Midrand from the 22 to 24 October 2008, bringing together about 200 women representing about every country on the African continent to deliberate on various issues under the theme: Women's quest?

Over 500 women and men, citizens, representing people’s organisations from 41 countries across Asia and Europe joined together in Beijing between the 13th and 15th October 2008 at the 7th Asia Europe People’s Forum to work ‘For Social and Ecological Justice.’ We focussed on developing strategies and?

We, Ministers in charge of Social Development of AU Member States, meeting at the First Session of the AU Conference of Ministers in charge of Social Development, in Windhoek, Republic of Namibia from 27 to 31 October, 2008.

1. Context of the Forum
   
   In the framework of the United Nations System special Initiative for Africa, UNDP and the UNECA initiated the Africa Governance Forum (AGF) in 1997. The main objective of the Forum is to gather African leaders, representatives of the private sector, civil?

1. The Prime Minister of India, H.E. Dr Manmohan Singh, the President of Brazil, H.E. Mr. Luiz Incio Lula da Silva, and the President of South Africa, H.E. Mr. Thabo Mbeki (thereafter referred as “the leaders”) met in Tshwane, South Africa, on 17 October 2007, for the 2nd Summit of the India-Brazil-South?