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Sata leaves for Uganda today

Sata leaves for Uganda today
By Staff Reporter
Wed 14 Dec. 2011, 13:58 CAT

PRESIDENT Michael Sata is today expected to leave for Kampala, Uganda for the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Summit. This will be the first foreign trip for President Sata since winning the polls in September this year.

President Sata has in the past promised not to be a globetrotter like his predecessor Rupiah Banda but be prudent with state resources. In Uganda, President Sata is expected to hand over the chairmanship of ICGLR to President Yoweri Museveni.

President Museveni will hold the position of chairman for ICGLR for the next two years.

According to organisers, the heads of state will also be presented with a progress reports on the work of the ICGLR including regional committees on the illegal exploitation of natural resources, prevention of genocide and crimes against humanity, election observer missions and the strategic plan for the Levy Mwanawasa Regional Centre for Democracy and Good Governance based in Lusaka for their consideration.

The Summit would also appoint a new ICGLR executive secretary as the term of the incumbent expires at the end of this month, December 2011, and would consider the application of the Republic of Southern Sudan for membership.

This fourth ordinary Summit of ICGLR will run from the 11th to 16th December 2011 under the theme "United to Prevent, End Impunity and provide Assistance to Victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence"

The Summit will be preceded by the meetings of the first ladies, ministers of foreign affairs, ministers of gender, national coordinators and experts from government and civil society organisations from the 11-member states of the ICGLR and beyond.

Top on the agenda of the Summit is the special session dedicated to deliberate and strategise on tackling the endemic problem of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the Great Lakes Region.

In addition, the Summit will also consider the progress report on the implementation of the pact on security, stability and development in the Great Lakes Region, as they mark the 5th anniversary since its signing in 2006, in Kenya.

The heads of state will also consult on the security situation in the region, focused on tackling collectively the negative forces and armed groups for sustainable peace and stability.

Labels: MICHAEL SATA, UGANDA, YOWERI MUSEVENI

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