MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT/ OUAGA+10 EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, August 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Media representatives are kindly informed that the African Union is organizing an extraordinary session of the Assembly of the Union dubbed Ouaga+10 scheduled to take place from 26 August to 7 September 2014 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Venue: Ouaga 2000 Conference Center, Ouagadougou

Theme: The theme of the Extraordinary Summit is: “Employment, Poverty Eradication and Inclusive Development”.

Specific dates for the meetings of the different AU organs and decision-making bodies during the Summit will be as follows:

26 August: Meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee, Addis Ababa

2-3 Sept. 2014: Youth and Women Forum on Employment Poverty eradication& inclusive development, Ouagadougou.

3 Sept. 2014: Continuation of the meeting of the Permanent Representative Committee (PRC)

3-7 Sept. 2014: Exhibition on Employment

4 Sept. 2014: Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council

4-5 Sept. 2014: Social Partners' Forum

5 Sept. 2014 Forum on leveraging remittances for job creation, poverty eradication and inclusive development

6-7 Sept 2014 Extraordinary Assembly of the Union

More information with regard to media accreditation and coverage of the Summit is provided on the special webpage of the Ouaga+10 Extraordinary Summit at the following web link: http://summits.au.int/en/ouagaplus10/registration

Journalists are kindly invited to register online for accreditation to cover this Extraordinary Summit of the African Union.

The dateline for submission of accreditation request is Monday 25 August 2014.

For further information please visit the special webpage of the Ouaga+10 Extraordinary Summit: http://sa.au.int/en/content/extraordinary-summit-african-union-employment-poverty-eradication-and-inclusive-development

You can also visit the official website of the host country at the following link: www.ouagaplus10.com