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AU Ghana Summit in July to be focused
on the roadmap to Union Government
From Kwaku Osei Bonsu, GNA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Jan 31, GNA – African Political Leaders have
resolved to dedicate their next ordinary Summit to be held
in Ghana in July, to the single item agenda of a roadmap to
establishing a Union Government for the region.
This is to honour the pioneering role Ghana and its first
President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah played in the formation of the
Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now transformed into
African Union (AU).
The decision was part of declarations made at the Union’s
two-day Eighth Ordinary Session of Heads of States and
Government that ended in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa,
on Wednesday.
The leaders re-affirmed their decision to allocate at least
10 per cent of their national budget to agriculture to
reduce the continent’s annual expenditure of 20 billion
dollars on agricultural imports.
Besides, an African Education Fund is to be established
through voluntary contributions of the member countries of
the AU.
On the situation in Somalia, they called for immediate
deployment of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),
a stabilization force, to that country.
They also called on member countries and AU partners to
support the Transitional Federal Institutions.
Regarding Sudan, they encouraged the AU, the United Nations,
and the Sudan Government to speed up the process of
implementation of the conclusions reached based on their
high level consultations, to enable the world body, as a
matter of urgency, take all necessary measures for the
funding of the peace support operation in Darfur.
The Heads of State and Government also appealed to the
international community to give the necessary assistance to
countries emerging from conflicts to enable them consolidate
peace and stability.
GNA
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