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dbaldeh
USA
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 Posted - 02 Jul 2008 : 20:38:44
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AU Summit Resolution On Zimbabwe
African Union (Addis Ababa)
DOCUMENT
2 July 2008
Posted to the web 2 July 2008
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
The African Union Assembly, meeting in its 11th Ordinary Session held on June 30 to July 1, 2008 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt,
DEEPLY CONCERNED with the prevailing situation in Zimbabwe;
DEEPLY CONCERNED with the negative reports of SADC, the African Union and the Pan-African Parliament observers on the Zimbabwean Presidential run-off election held on June 27, 2008;
DEEPLY CONCERNED about the violence and the loss of life that has occurred in Zimbabwe.
CONSIDERING the urgent need to prevent further worsening of the situation and with a view to avoid spread of conflict with the consequential negative impact on the country and the sub-region;
FURTHER CONSIDERING the need to create an environment conducive for democracy, as well as the development of the people of Zimbabwe;
EXPRESSING its appreciation to SADC, and its Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation, as well as the Facilitator of the intra-Zimbabwe dialogue, His Excellency Thabo Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa, and His Excellency Jean Ping, Chairperson of the African Union Commission for the ongoing work aimed at reconciling the political parties;
RECOGNISING the complexity of the situation in Zimbabwe;
NOTING the willingness of the political leaders of Zimbabwe to enter into negotiations to establish a Government of National Unity;
NOTING FURTHER the preparatory discussions on this matter had already started, under SADC facilitation;
Hereby decide:
1. TO ENCOURAGE President Robert Mugabe and the leader of the MDC Party Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to honour their commitment to initiate dialogue with a view to promoting peace, stability, democracy and the reconciliation of the Zimbabwean people;
2. TO SUPPORT the call, for the creation of a Government of National Unity;
3. TO SUPPORT the SADC Facilitation, and to recommend that SADC mediation efforts should be continued in order to resolve the problems they are facing. In this regard SADC should establish a mechanism on the ground in order to seize the momentum for a negotiated solution;
4. TO APPEAL to states and all parties concerned to refrain from any action that may negatively impact on the climate of dialogue;
5. In the spirit of all SADC initiatives, the AU remains convinced that the people of Zimbabwe will be able to resolve their differences and work together once again as one Nation, provided they receive undivided support from SADC, the AU and the world at large.
This was the communique that was issued by African leaders at the conclusion of their summit in Egypt.
This is an absolute shame, the document is a rubber stamp coming from toothless dogs barking for nothing other than more hunger for power.
How in the world do you ask a party that clearly lost an election, intimidated its voters and literally watch millions of their people starve to death, to negotiate for power sharing?
Simply put, many of these leaders did not have the BALLS to face Mugabe and tell him the stinky facts. Why? because they have more dirt in their backyards. Which leader have the moral audacity to stand up and say "you must go" when they have the worst record. This is a shame. No wonder the world is laughing at us....
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Baldeh,
"Be the change you want to see in the world" Ghandi
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kaanibaa
United Kingdom
1169 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jul 2008 : 21:11:02
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| It is not surprising news at all, just take a look at the composition of the summit, you will find that a majority of them are heartless rulers suppressing their country men .This is what they would do , the few among them who would stand up for the oppressed won't get the others to join them as that would in a way be an attack on their own brutal leadership.We are doomed ! |
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jambo
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Posted - 03 Jul 2008 : 12:37:53
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| so another has passed and what was achieved nothing, they will wait until UK, USA and others issue sancations and then start to cry. south africa willnever speak out, but they will one of country to feel the brunt of any action taken against Zimbabwe |
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dbaldeh
USA
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Posted - 03 Jul 2008 : 19:35:54
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Jambo and Kaanibaa, it is just beyond me how these African leaders can wake up everyday knowing their people are starving, dying beyond any reasonable numbers due to lack of simple health facilities?
I just cannot comprehend how much power these African leaders want? How much humiliation can our people take while these leaders show their manliness and egos.
80 years old, Mugabe and others still want to be President. What about the amount of stress and insecurity that comes with being President. Don't these folks know about retiring and enjoying the private quite life left of one's life time?
What reason do African leaders have to celebrate and laught when the whole world is watching our continent crumble into ruins. I just don't get it do you? |
Baldeh,
"Be the change you want to see in the world" Ghandi
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jambo
3300 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 11:26:21
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thought you might be interested in this addition. a bit long but stick with it.
DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
PRESS RELEASE N0. 92/2008
CITIZENS AND DIASPORA DIRECTORATE ASSESS 13TH ORDINARY SESSION OF COUNCIL AND 11TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN UNION ASSEMBLY
Addis Ababa 4 July 2008 - The Citizens and Diaspora Directorate of the African Union Commission (CIDO) has acknowledged in a communiqué sent to Member States that, the outcome of the last Ordinary Sessions of the Council and Assembly of the Union, that took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 24 June to 1st July 2008, was particularly significant as a representative of the civil society, Prof. Kairu, President of the African Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation (ANEW) formally presented to the Assembly of Heads of States and Government, the Declaration of the AU-CSO Pre-Summit meeting held in Sharm El Sheikh from 17-19 June 2008 (see attachment). The presentation was well received and commended by the Assembly. “Our expectation is that this maiden address has also established a tradition of pre-summit presentation that will be adhered to in subsequent Summits of the Union”.
Meantime, the Council further adopted a decision on the report of ECOSOCC which commended the efforts of the Interim and Credentials Committees of ECOSOCC and the Commission on elections into ECOSOCC, recognized it as an appropriate foundation for launching ECOSOCC and requested the Chairperson of the Commission in consultation with the Chairperson of the Union to set an early date for launching the Permanent Assembly of ECOSOCC. A full text of the decision is attached. As a follow-up to this decision, the Commission has initiated earnest consultations with the Tanzanian authorities and we are hopeful that the launching will take place in early August 2008 at the latest. Similarly, the Assembly passed an important decision regarding preparations for the African Diaspora Summit to be held in South Africa from 7-11 October 2008 and its implementation plan thereafter. It is significant to note that the civil society meeting on 7 October will start the Summit proceeding.
On the other hand, the Assembly endorsed the Turkish-African Summit to be held in Turkey in late August 2008. In line with the agenda of civil society inclusion in Summit processes, a Turkish African Civil Society meeting will also be held from 14-16 August 2008 in Turkey as part of the events leading to the Summit. We urge the African Civil Society Community to support these processes and ensure active participation in the agenda of the Union as it seeks to implement the provision of the Constitutive Act of the Union in order to create a “people-driven” and “people-oriented” community in the African Union.
Attached are the Civil Society Declaration, Decisions on ECOSOCC, and Decision on Strategic Partnerships of the African Union, respectively.
AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone : +251 11-5517 700 Fax : +251 11-5517844website : www. africa-union.org
DECLARATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS DELIVERED TO THE 11TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION, JUNE 30TH, 2008
WE the members of African Civil Society comprising organizations working on, among others, water and sanitation, gender, youth, human rights, peace and security and sustainable development issues,
HAVING MET in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 17 to 19 June 2008 with the support of the Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) and the Directorate of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission, as part of the programme for the Eleventh Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, to discuss issues affecting our Union generally and water and sanitation issues specifically;
EXPRESSING our appreciation to H.E. President Hosni Mubarak, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Government and people of Egypt for their warm hospitality during our meeting;
FURTHER EXPRESSING our appreciation to H.E. President Jakaya Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Chairperson of the African Union for his able leadership of the Union and the positive strides that have been achieved since his assumption of the mantle of leadership of the Union in engaging African citizens;
ACKNOWLEDGING the contribution of H.E. Jean Ping, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, towards broadening the space for civil society participation in the Union, particularly in the African Union Commission, the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union and the Pan-African Parliament;
NOTING WITH DEEP SATISFACTION that this is the first time that African Civil Society has been invited to speak directly to the Union’s Heads of State and Government;
AFFIRMING our role as complementing the work of our governments towards achieving Africa’s developmental goals, particularly through building links between the community and government, providing a voice to the voiceless and offering alternative perspectives on the challenges we are facing as a continent;
RECALLING the Millennium Development Target to “reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation”;
COGNISANT of the fact that water, sanitation and hygiene for health and livelihoods is critical to Africa’s development and that Water is Life, Sanitation is Health and Dignity;
FURTHER COGNISANT of the effects of lack of access to clean and safe water and adequate sanitation, including, long hours being spent collecting water and not being available for productive activities, women and girls risking their life when collecting water from distant sources, increase of the disease burden, resources being spent on treating preventable diseases, higher mortality from diarrhoea-related diseases than from malaria and HIV/AIDS combined as well as girls missing out on school due to inadequate school sanitation facilities; and
BEARING IN MIND THAT the problem of many Africans living without access to clean and safe water and without adequate sanitation facilities has reached crises proportions and has been compounded by the inadequate resources allocated to these sectors, the inadequate policy interventions aimed at these sectors as well as adverse developments brought about by extraneous factors such as climate change.
DECLARE THAT:
1. Peace and security, democratic and pluralistic governance are preconditions for reducing poverty and bringing about sustainable human development and African Union Member States should support and encourage efforts aimed at achieving these preconditions
2. Civil society is committed to working with governments and communities to ensure that water, as a scare and diminishing resource, is managed sustainably and equitably and that civil society will ensure that projects aimed at achieving this objective are independently monitored and evaluated. In addition, civil society organizations will improve their accountability to the communities that they work with and to the countries in which they work.
3. It is encouraging that the policy debate on water and sanitation issues is being conducted at the highest political level of the Union’s Assembly and the implementation and monitoring of the policy decisions reached thereat, should be undertaken by the relevant AU organs, the national and local government levels while involving all stakeholders, including, Civil Society Organizations.
4. The African Union be encouraged to endorse the eThekwani Declaration on Sanitation.
5. Water and sanitation be declared a basic human right by all African Union Member States.
6. A water and sanitation division be established in the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission.
7. A Water and Sanitation Cluster should be established under the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union and that the African Ministerial Council on Water (AMCOW) be fully integrated into the structures of the AU as one of its Specialized Technical Committees.
8. It is imperative that institutional responsibilities for sanitation issues, particularly at the national level, are clarified.
9. African Union Member States should be encouraged to develop national investment plans for water and sanitation, with clear budgets and institutional responsibilities towards increasing this investment to a minimum of 2% of respective national GDPs.
10. There should be effective consultation of citizens during policy development on water and sanitation issues and the attendant accountability and access to information mechanisms should be put in place during the policy development and implementation.
11. The policy development and implementation process should take into consideration the needs of marginalized groups, particularly those living with HIV/AIDS, the disabled, those living in informal urban settlements and nomadic communities.
Done at this 19 day of June 2008 in Sharm El Sheikh, the Arab Republic of Egypt.
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jambo
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Posted - 05 Jul 2008 : 11:31:31
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2nd half stick with it.
DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COUNCIL (ECOSOCC) DOC. EX.CL/412 (XIII)
The Executive Council:
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Commission on the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC);
2. COMMENDS the efforts of the Standing and Credentials Committees of the interim ECOSOCC and the Commission in implementing the previous Decision of the Executive Council on elections into ECOSOCC;
3. RECOGNIZES that these efforts have established an appropriate foundation for launching the Permanent Assembly of ECOSOCC;
4. REQUESTS the Chairperson of the Commission in consultation with the Chairperson of the Union to set an early date for launching the Permanent Assembly of ECOSOCC and to take all necessary measures to facilitate the process;
5. ALSO REQUESTS all Member States to provide adequate support for this process and to the Permanent Assembly of ECOSOCC as soon as it is established;
6. FURTHER REQUESTS the Permanent Assembly of ECOSOCC, when established, to take urgent and necessary steps to ensure that elections are organized in the remaining Member States where elections have not yet taken place.
DECISION ON PROGRESS REPORT ON THE VARIOUS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS OF THE AFRICAN UNION WITH JAPAN (TICAD IV), CHINA, SOUTH AMERICA, INDIA, TURKEY AND IRAN
DOC.EX.CL.421 (XIII)
The Executive Council:
1. TAKES NOTE of the Progress Report by the Commission on the Various Strategic Partnerships of the African Union (AU) with Japan (TICAD IV), China, South America, India, Turkey and Iran;
2. REAFFIRMS that these partnerships are important to the process of development of the Continent and that Africa needs to prepare adequately in order to benefit fully from the opportunities that these partnerships provide;
3. REQUESTS the Commission to take all necessary measures to facilitate the successful conduct of the Africa-Turkey Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, in August 2008, and the Second Africa-South America Summit scheduled for Venezuela, in November 2008;
4. CALLS ON Member States to participate effectively in both Summits in line with the 2006 Banjul Decision;
5. REQUESTS the Commission to continue working closely with the relevant AU organs with a view to strengthening existing partnerships and developing a strategy for the AU to ensure that Africa engages in win-win partnerships that will benefit the Continent as a whole;
6. DECIDES that the Commission and partners shall jointly organize all future meetings within the framework of the partnerships;
7. CALLS ON Member States to take necessary steps to take advantage of the outcomes of both the Africa-India Forum Summit and TICAD IV, and REQUESTS the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) and the Commission to elaborate with India an appropriate plan of action for the implementation of the Delhi Declaration and Framework of Cooperation as agreed in the Delhi Declaration;
8. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to take urgent steps to conclude the global review of all existing partnerships, including the criteria for such partnerships, rationalization of and participation of Member States at summits, as mandated by the July 2006 Banjul Decision, and make appropriate recommendations thereon to the Executive Council in January 2009.
JUST IN CASE YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE PLAYING CARDS.     |
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