Freetown — Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and permanent representative (PR) to the African Union, His Excellency Ambassador Andrew Bangali, on Tuesday 19th January 2010 left Addis Ababa as a member of the Commission's second pre-election assessment and humanitarian mission to the Republic of Sudan.
The objective of the mission was to assess the state of preparedness of the Sudanese government ahead of the country's elections slated for 11th April 2010.
The mission also undertook a humanitarian assessment duty by visiting internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Darfur.
Ambassador Bangali, who is also accredited as Sierra Leone's PR to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa or ECA is vice chair of the sub-committee on refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons, a committee that is drawn up by the AU permanent representatives' committee (PRC) and the African Union Commission.
Other members of the delegation included: The AU commissioner for political affairs, Her Excellency Mrs. Julia Dolly Joiner; Mr. Kimena Polla, Zambia's deputy Ambassador to Ethiopia; Justice Lewis Makame, chairman of Tanzania's Electoral Commission, Mr. Adekunle Adeyemi, erstwhile Ambassador of Nigeria cum expert on conflict resolution; Dr. Fonkam Samuel Azu'u, chairman of the Electoral Commission of Cameroon; Alhaji Chermo Ceesay, special assistant to the Commissioner of Political Affairs; Mr. Guy Cyrille Tapoko, political officer at the political affairs department; Miss Haja Kamara, political officer at the political affairs department and Mrs. Roman Mekonnen, finance officer at the department of finance in the African Union Commission.
The delegation returned to Addis Ababa on Sunday 25th January 2010.
On 26th and 27th January 2010, Ambassador Bangali joined his colleague Ambassadors at the discussions and deliberations of the 19th ordinary session of the PRC ahead of the African Union summit at the commission's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Ambassador Bangali made series of pivotal interventions during the meeting and also used the occasion to extend Sierra Leone's heartfelt condolences to the victims of the Ethiopian airliner crash that took place on taking off from Beirut airport in Lebanon with 92 passengers on board.
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The committee is comprised of African Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives charged with the responsibility of overseeing the work of the commission.
The committee considered items on the agenda of the summit, which they will submit to the Executive Council.
The 16th ordinary session of the executive council scheduled for 28th and 29th January 2010 considered and adopted the report of the PRC for transmission to the heads of state for decisions and declarations.
This year's AU summit is themed: 'Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development.'
Messers Amadu Koroma and Christopher Bockarie - Sierra Leone's deputy Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and second secretary at the mission respectively also attended the meeting.
Source:allafrica.com/
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