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Mugabe to host 25th AU Summit in Joburg this week
08 Jun 2015 at 20:35hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe is set to host the 25th AU Summit in Johannesburg's Sandton Convention Centre this week.
The meeting is likely to be attended by heads of state and will be chaired by Mugabe who is presently the chairman of the AU.
The summit will focus on something called Agenda 2063 - which is a somewhat vague call "to all segments of African society to work together to build a prosperous and united Africa based on shared values and a common destiny"
The AU is going to spend some time looking at how to raise money. Membership dues are unreliable and there is a growing bureaucracy to fund. President Jacob Zuma will start the ball rolling with a fund-raising dinner and a golf day "to encourage private companies to donate money to the AU Foundation".
The meeting will discuss Africa's plan for the "transformation of the UN Security Council". It currently has 15 member states‚ five of which are permanent and five of which are "non-permanent". Africa would like a permanent seat on the council.
Africa is also keen to establish something called the African Standby Force‚ a military contingent drawn from across the continent to head military interventions and to stop the embarrassing reliance on France and others to send in paratroopers when there is a coup.
Tied to the above will be a focus on the threat of terrorism as experienced by Kenya and Nigeria among others. An effort will be made to commit more countries to fighting the terror threat‚ or at least supporting those caught up in fierce fighting.
Former SA President Thabo Mbeki is expected to table his report on illicit financial flows‚ which basically found that Africa was a money-laundering paradise.
The meeting is likely to be attended by heads of state and will be chaired by Mugabe who is presently the chairman of the AU.
The summit will focus on something called Agenda 2063 - which is a somewhat vague call "to all segments of African society to work together to build a prosperous and united Africa based on shared values and a common destiny"
The AU is going to spend some time looking at how to raise money. Membership dues are unreliable and there is a growing bureaucracy to fund. President Jacob Zuma will start the ball rolling with a fund-raising dinner and a golf day "to encourage private companies to donate money to the AU Foundation".
The meeting will discuss Africa's plan for the "transformation of the UN Security Council". It currently has 15 member states‚ five of which are permanent and five of which are "non-permanent". Africa would like a permanent seat on the council.
Africa is also keen to establish something called the African Standby Force‚ a military contingent drawn from across the continent to head military interventions and to stop the embarrassing reliance on France and others to send in paratroopers when there is a coup.
Tied to the above will be a focus on the threat of terrorism as experienced by Kenya and Nigeria among others. An effort will be made to commit more countries to fighting the terror threat‚ or at least supporting those caught up in fierce fighting.
Former SA President Thabo Mbeki is expected to table his report on illicit financial flows‚ which basically found that Africa was a money-laundering paradise.
Source - RDM News Wire
