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Via Femnet & Oxfam AU
2015 Summit of the African Union Will Have the Theme: Year of Women's
Empowerment & Development towards Africa's Agenda 2063
The
Summit of the African Union has agreed to hold its 24th Ordinary Session at the
AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 30-31 January 2015 under the
theme: “Year of Women’s Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda
2063.”
The
23rd Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union concluded in Malabo,
Equatorial Guinea on 27 June 2014. The summit’s Assembly, comprising Heads of
State and Government of the African Union, was held from 26-27 June 2014 under
the theme: “ 2014 Year of Agriculture and Food Security”.
The
Heads of State and Government adopted a number of key decisions with a view to
enhancing the socio-economic and political development of the continent,
notably in the areas of education, health, agriculture, trade, women and youth
development.
The
Assembly agreed to hold its 24th Ordinary Session at the AU Headquarters in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 30-31 January 2015 under the theme: “Year of Women’s
Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda 2063”.
The
Assembly received an update report on the development of Agenda 2063: the 50
year vision for Africa. The popular version of Agenda 2063; the Africa we Want
was tabled, and the Assembly instructed the Commission and the NEPAD Agency,
together with the UNECA, the African Development Bank to popularise it widely
and solicit further inputs from the African citizenry.
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