African Union panel on Darfur to arrive in Sudanese capital on Saturday.August 20, 2009 (KHARTOUM) -- The high-level African Union African Union (AU), international organization established in 2002 by the nations of the former Organization of African Unity (OAU). The AU is the successor organization to the OAU, with greater powers to promote African economic, social, and political integration, Panel on Darfur (AUPD AUPD Automatic Update ) led by the former South African President Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born June 18 1942) is the current President of the Republic of South Africa.<ref name="gcis-profile2004" /> Early years Born and raised in what is now the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, Mbeki is the son of Govan Mbeki (1910 is expected to arrive in Khartoum on Saturday. Former South AfricaA's President Thabo Mbeki (Reuters) The panel, established last February in response to the imminent issuance of the ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce arrest warrant for the Sudanese President, aims to determine how best to quickly end the conflict and expedite the peace process to create conditions conducive to promote justice, healing, and reconciliation. The director of the African bureau at the foreign ministry, Ambassador Ibrahim Ahmad Ibrahim Ahmad, Ibrahim Ahmed or Ibrahîm Ehmed, (1914-2000), was a Kurdish writer, novelist and translator. He was born in Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan and studied Law at the University of Baghdad, graduating in 1937. Abdel-Karim, said in a press statement, that the AUPD will meet a number of Sudanese officials, organizations of civil society and Darfur rebel groups. The panel was supposed to submit its final report to the African Union Summit convened in Sirte, Libya last July but it demanded a two month-period to complete their contacts and to draft the final report. Last June the eight-member commission held a series of meeting in Khartoum and Darfur to listening to Darfurians and other stakeholders in a bid to determine a route to an effective peace process. In July, the AU summit held in Libya issued a resolution saying that its ICC members will not cooperate with the court in the apprehension of President Omer Al-Bashir though states such as Botswana announced they will not abide by this decision. Following this AU decision, the rebel Justice and Equality Movement The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is a rebel group involved in the Darfur conflict of Sudan. It is led by Khalil Ibrahim. Along with other rebel groups such as the Sudan Liberation Army, they are fighting against the government-supported Janjaweed militia. said severed contacts with the panel and cancelled a meeting with its members. The rebel movement said it would not deal with the commission. However, recently JEM said it might reconsider its position. (ST) Copyright 2003-2009 SudanTribune - All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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