Foreign Minister Leaves for Addis

The Foreign Minister, Mr Hackman Owusu Agyeman, left Accra on Monday, for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend the 75th Session of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Council of Ministers Meeting.

The meeting, which opens today, would discuss a wide range of issues including the budget of the OAU for the year 2002 and the statutory contributions of members.


On the agenda would also be a review of the process of operationalizing the African Union, as well as issues affecting the political and economic development of Africa.


Already in Addis Ababa for the meeting are Mr Kingsley Karimu, Deputy Director, Africa and OAU Desk of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mr Robert Afriyie, Assistant Director at the Office of the Foreign Minister.

Mr Owusu-Agyeman, who would be away for five-days was seen off by Mr. Mustapha Iddris, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and some officials of the Ministry.


On the Commonwealth front, Citizens and Governance Unit of the Commonwealth Foundation (CF) is to issue guidelines on governance to assist the 2003 Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) delegates formulate


policies that would ensure good governance in their respective countries. Mr Collin Ball, CF Director, said this in a feature on The Commonwealth's Civil Society.