This was addressed during the annual African union summit in Addis Ababa the capital city of Ethiopia, Guterres said UN will now extend support to Sudan.

African Union summit 2020,Courtesy Photo

The 33rd African Union (AU) summit was a two-day meeting, under the theme “Silencing the Guns: Creating conducive conditions for Africa’s development”

The annual African Union summit begun on Sunday February 9^th 2020, the Libya conflict and Sudan where the most important issue on the agenda.

Sudan has been welcomed back to the international scene   after the overthrow of the former president Omar al-Bashir.

Africa leader at the summit will later discuss on how to restore peace and end civil in Libya

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Ban Ki Moon and President Museveni were speaking during a bilateral meeting at the sidelines of the UN High Level Thematic Debate on UN cooperation with Regional and Sub-Regional Organisations in the maintenance of global peace and security for development.

The two leaders also discussed Regional issues covering Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo -DRC. The Secretary General thanked the President for sparing time to come and deliver the key note address.

Ban Ki Moon commended President Museveni and other regional leaders for their efforts that brought peace to Burundi leading to the democratic transition. He also thanked President Museveni for his efforts in stabilizing Somalia under AMISOM.

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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon are among the world leaders who have left Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after attending the 18th African Union summit.

Others who have left Ethiopiaare Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi, and Libyan interim Prime Minister Abderrahim el-Keib. Over 40 heads of states attended the summit.

The summit kicked off with the selection of Benin’s President  Thomas Boni Yayi as the African Union chairman for the year running.  The chief guests at the summit were from China and UN.

Beijing also donated $200-million to African Union headquarters. Giving remarks on the donation, Museveni thanked china for promoting mutual interests inAfrica.

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In a closed-door meeting this morning at UN Headquarters in New York, the Council’s 15 members adopted by acclamation a resolution on extending Mr. Ban’s time in office.

The Council recommended that Mr. Ban serve a second term starting on 1 January 2012 and ending on 31 December 2016, Ambassador Nelson Messone of Gabon, which holds the Council’s rotating presidency this month, told journalists.

Under Article 97 of the UN Charter, the Security Council makes a recommendation and then the General Assembly makes a decision on the appointment. The consistent practice is that the Council recommends one candidate.

Earlier this month Mr. Ban, who has been in office since January 2007 and is the eighth UN Secretary-General, said he would be “deeply honoured” to serve a second term.

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Ban who was speaking today during a visit to Ethiopia said that while there has been remarkable progress in the fight against maternal mortality, more effort is still needed.

UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon

According to a news relase from the UN, Ban met with the staff providing essential services to communities previously living without ready access to such care at Ambo Mesk.

The UN boss said training good health workers and good midwives can save a lot of women’s and also children’s lives.

He said statistics show that every 25 minutes, another Ethiopian woman dies from complications related to child birth. Most are in rural areas, far from any clinic.

Ban also visited a larger health centre, a few kilometres away, which supports the health post by providing it with supplies and on-the-job training.

“I hope that the Government will try to expend these posts, clinics and centres and also hospitals,” the Secretary-General said

Ban commended Ethiopia on its commitment to improve maternal and child health, including its goal of quadrupling the number of midwives. “The country is a good example of how a little investment can go a long way in saving many lives,” he added.

At a major UN development summit in New York last September, participants adopted the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, committing $40 billion in resources to a global effort to save the lives of 16 million women and children by 2015.

The Strategy identifies the finance and policy changes needed, along with vital interventions to help improve health and save lives. It is expected to prevent, between 2011 and 2015, the deaths of more than 15 million children under five, as well as 33 million unwanted pregnancies and the deaths of 740,000 women from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth.

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ICC chief prosecutor Moreno Ocampo

The Uganda President speaking at the ICC Review Conference opened in Munyonyo Kampala on Monday told delegates that African leaders are the main beneficiaries of the ICC and therefore should embrace it.

The conference which attracted over 15,000 delegates from all parts of the world will run up to June 11, 2010.

Some of the delegates attending the ICC Kampala meeting are the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, the former UN secretary General, Kofi Anan among others.

Museveni also condemned the acts of terrorism, tribalism and genocide.

The president further says his government is after peace, security, good governance and Prosperity for All among others.

By Zacharia Tiberindwa

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