President Yoweri Museveni is expected to open the ninth Ministerial-Level Meeting of the African Union Committee of Heads of State and Government today on the reform of the United Nations Security Council at the Commonwealth Speke Hotel-Munyonyo.
In a government statement yesterday, the ultimate objective of the two days level meeting is to unanimously and unequivocally chart out a common African position and build the momentum required for Africa to demand its rightful place within the United Nations system.
The meeting will be composed of two segments including one of Permanent Representatives from New York and Addis Ababa on the first day that will precede the meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the second day.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the meeting will further set the stage ahead of the 35th Summit of the C-10 Heads of State and Government, scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February 2022, to discuss and adopt its outcome for subsequent submission to the closed-door session of the assembly among others.
Members of this Committee include the Heads of State and Government of Senegal, Algeria, Kenya, Zambia, Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, Libya, Namibia, Equatorial Guinea and Uganda. END