[AU-Monitor] Deadline Extended for ECOSOCC General Assembly Elections

[Hakima Abbas]

Deadline Extended for ECOSOCC General Assembly Elections

The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African  
Union is inviting participation from African and African Diaspora  
civil society organizations to participate in the election of  
representatives to the ECOSOCC General Assembly scheduled to be held  
between June to December 2007.  One hundred and thirty organizations  
will be elected to participate as candidates for election or as  
members of the Electoral College.  In response to appeals from member  
states and CSO’s, the ECOSOCC Secretariat has extended the deadline  
to 15 May 2007 for receipt of applications for the elections.  The  
English and French applications can be downloaded at  
www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor.  Interested civil society organizations  
should forward their applications electronically to cido at africa- 
union.org or by post to: The Credentials Committee, ECOSOCC  
Secretariat, c/o African Citizens Directorate (CIDO), African Union  
Commission, P.O. Box 3243, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


Retreat of Ministers of Foreign Affairs to Debate Union Government

 From May 8-9, 2007, the Executive Council of the African Union will  
hold a retreat of Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Durban, South  
Africa to debate the union government proposal in advance of the  
Heads of States Summit in June. The purpose of the retreat is to  
"undertake in-depth discussions on the nature of the continent’s  
integration agenda in order to determine where we are, where we are  
going, when and how to get there."  In addition to the retreat, the  
second conference of African Ministers in charge of Integration will  
be held on 7 – 11 June 2007 in Kigali, Rwanda, under the general  
theme "Accelerating Regional Integration to Support the Growth and  
Development of our Countries".  For more information and documents,  
please visit:
www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2007/june/Meeting_doc.htm.


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Hakima Abbas
Policy Analyst, AU-Monitor
Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice
Email: hakima at fahamu.org
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