ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 3, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — As part of the ongoing IGAD-led Mediation Process for South Sudan, a multi-stakeholder symposium will be held at the African Union Commission premises in Addis Ababa from 5-7
June 2014.
The symposium is expected to bring together up to 150 representatives of South Sudanese society, including delegates from the government, opposition, political parties, faith based groups, civil society and traditional leaders, and will initiate the inclusive phase of the mediation process based on a consensual, round table, multi-party dialogue.
The symposium follows the signing of Agreement on Resolving the Crisis by H.E Salva Kiir
Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan (RSS) and Dr. Riek Machar, Former Vice President of the RSS and leader of SPLM/A – In Opposition, on 9 May in Addis Ababa. The agreement signified a commitment by the two Parties to seek an inclusive political solution to the crisis in South Sudan.
WHEN – 5-7 June 2014
WHERE – African Union Commission Premises
PRESS EVENTS:
On 5 June 2014 ( 8.30 AM)
o Official Opening of Symposium to initiate inclusive phase of IGAD-led Peace Talks for South Sudan, to be presided over by the Ethiopian Foreign Minister H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, IGAD Executive Secretary Amb.(Eng.) Mahboub Maalim, Commissioner of the African Union Peace and Security Commission Amb. Smaïl Chergui and IGAD Special Envoys
On 5 June 2014 (10.30 AM)
o Press Briefing by Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom,
IGAD Executive Secretary Amb.(Eng.) Mahboub Maalim and IGAD Special Envoys on the aim of the Symposium and progress in the IGAD-led mediation process (TBC)
On 7 June 2014 (6.30 PM)
o Press Briefing on the outcome of the Symposium by Ethiopian Minister of Foreign
Affairs H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, IGAD Executive Secretary Amb.(Eng.) Mahboub
Maalim and IGAD Special Envoys (TBC)
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