Africa-Press – Mozambique. President Filipe Nyusi this Friday held a bilateral meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ahead of the e 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government, to be held on 18 and 19 February, the South African Presidency has announced.
The theme of the AU for the year 2023 is “Acceleration of AfCFTA Implementation”.
It is expected that the Assembly will take stock of the progress made thus far in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) following the start of trading on 1 January 2021.
African Heads of State and Government are expected to reaffirm their commitment to the full implementation of the AfCFTA and the significance of accelerating the finalisation of outstanding issues – including, the Rules of Origin and supporting Protocols.
The Assembly will also consider a myriad of thematic issues such as the report on the activities of the Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and the state of peace and security in Africa; the election of the new Bureau of the AU Assembly for the year 2023; the AU Institutional Reform; appointments to various organs of the Union as well as reports of the leaders on specific thematic issues.
The current Chair of the African Union, H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, will present the annual report of the chairperson as well as a report on global governance matters wherein the proposal for the AU to become a member of The Group of Twenty (G20) will be considered by the Heads of State and Government.
President Sall will also be handing over the chairship of the AU to the Island State of Comoros.
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