AFRICAN UNION
الاتحاد الأفريقي
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone (251-011) 5517700
Pledging Conference for Countries of
Horn of Africa affected by drought and Famine
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 August 2011
Draft Programme of Work
10:00hrs - 10:30hrs - Opening - Welcome remarks by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission - Statement by H. E. Jerry Rawlings, former President of the Republic of Ghana and the High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission. - Address by European Commissioner for international cooperation, humanitarian aid and crisis response - Address by UN Deputy Secretary General - Address by the Current Chairperson of IGAD Assembly - Opening Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union
10:30hrs - 10:45hrs Overview of the drought situation in Somalia and the Horn of Africa by African Union Commission
10:45hrs - 11:00hrs Response of the International Community by UNOCHA
11:00hrs - 11:15hrs Funding gap analysis by the African Union Commission
11:15hrs - 11:30hrs Video Show Message by Master Andrew Andasi Address by the Chairpersons of the RECs
11:30hrs - 13:30hrs Pledging by Member States and others
13:30hrs - 13:45hrs Way forward by the African Union Commission
13:45hrs - 14:00hrs Any other Business
14:00hrs Press Conference --- End of Business---