Category: APO-OPA

    UNFCCC COP17 curtain-raiser press briefing 27 November in Durban   PRETORIA, South-Africa, November 21, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A day before the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban (28 November to 9 December 2011), UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres will brief the media already on location about her expectations […]

    Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the capture of Saif al-Islam   BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, November 21, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following […]

  ICC / President of the Assembly of States Parties welcomes arrest of Saif Al- Islam Gaddafi   THE HAGUE, Netherland, November 21, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Speaking in New York, the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, welcomed the arrest […]

    Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the violence in Egypt   BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, November 21, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, made the following statement today: “I am extremely concerned at […]

    Malabo to host third Africa –South America (ASA) senior officials meeting   MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, November 21, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Preparations ahead of the third Africa-South America senior officials meeting is on high gear in Malabo, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, where high officials from the 54 African Union Member States […]

    UN Security Council press statement on Liberian elections   NEW YORK, November 21, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Filipe Moraes Cabral (Portugal):   The members of the Security Council commend the people of Liberia on the completion of their presidential […]

  European Council conclusions on Libya   BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, November 21, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 3124th FOREIGN AFFAIRS Council meeting Brussels, 14 November 2011 The Council adopted the following conclusions: “1. The EU welcomes the Declaration of Liberation of Libya made on October 23, which marks the beginning of a new era […]

  European Commission Provides support for Ivorian Refugees and Asylum seekers in Ghana and Togo   ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, November 21, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The European Commission (EC) has allocated another EUR 980,000 to assist Ivorian Refugees and Asylum-Seekers affected by the Ivorian crisis in Ghana and Togo. This funding is channeled through […]

    Libya: aid for 10,000 people returning to Sirte   GENEVA, Switzerland, November 18, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An estimated 25 per cent of Sirte’s inhabitants are now back in their homes. Others who had been displaced by the fierce fighting that ended last month are coming to the city to check on […]

    Press statement of the 298th meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU)   ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, November 18, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Peace and Security of the African Union (AU), at its 298th meeting, held on 17 November 2011, was briefed by the Commissioner for Peace […]