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UPDATED: 17 Jun 2009 GMT
  • UN Security Council's multi-country tour of Africa

    Ambassador Susan Rice, the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, was in Addis Ababa May 15-17 as part of the UN Security Council's multi-country tour of Africa. The UNSC had consultations with AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping, front row third from the left & with the AU's Peace and Security Council.

  • U.S. Department of Treasury Visit

    At the invitation of the AU, a team from the U.S. Department of Treasury conducted a workshop on targeted economic sanctions for the benefit of AU Commission staff and Peace and Security Council members. The workshop was coordinated by the USAU and the AU’s department for Peace and Security.

     
  • AFRICOM Outreach 2009

    AFRICOM’s Chris Hernandez and CJTF-HOA’s Liaison Officer, Captain Jean Vité shown greeting AU Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha (Right) during the AU Minister of Defense Conference.

     
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AU Launches Commission Initiative Against Trafficking
On June 16, the African Union launched an anti-trafficking campaign at AU headquarters. The AU Commission Initiative Against Trafficking (AU.COMMIT) launch brought together members of AU Commissions, diplomats, NGO and Civil Society Organization representatives,

U.S. Department of Treasury Visit
On May 18-19, a team from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) conducted a workshop on targeted economic sanctions for the benefit of African Union Commission staff and Peace and Security Council members.

Ambassador Susan Rice, UN Security Council's Visit
Ambassador Susan Rice, the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, was in Addis Ababa May 15-17 as part of the UN Security Council's multi-country tour of Africa. The UNSC had consultations with AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping,

AFRICOM Outreach 2009
On May 11 – 15, the African Union (AU) held its Third Ordinary Meeting of the African Ministers of Defense and Security on the Establishment of the African Standby Force (ASF) and the Military Staff Committee (MSC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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