Eritrea’s Diplomatic Activities in Brief

President Isaias Afwerki meeting with South Sudan's Presidential Envoy, 8 March, 2014

Eritrea’s Diplomatic Activities in Brief

By Eritrea's PM to the AU,

• On 3rd March 2014, Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea addressed the High-level Segment of the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council held in Geneva, Switzerland. (full text of the state-ment can be accessed at: http://eastafro.com/Post/2014/03/03/statement-by-h-e-osman-saleh-at-the-un-human-right-council/) 


• An Eritrean delegation led by Mr. Stifanos Habte, Minister of Trade and Industry participated in the 17th Summit of the Authority of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) held in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, from 26 - 27 February 2014. 


• The President of the National Union of Eritrean Women, Ms. Luul Gebreab is participating in the 58th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which is being held in New York, from 10-21 March 2014. On 11 March, Ms. Luul delivered a Statement on "Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls.” (full text of the statement can be accessed at: http://papersmart.unmeetings.org/media2/2261364/eritrea-r1.pdf) 


• An Eritrean Delegation led by Ambassador Abdella Mussa, Ambassador of the State of Eritrea to Libya and Permanent Representative to the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) took part in the 20th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of CEN-SAD, held in Khartoum, Sudan from 12 to 13 March 2014. 


• The Norwegian Special Envoy on Sudan and South Sudan, Ambassador Jens-Petter Kjemprud travelled to Asmara on the first week of March and held consultations with Eritrean officials on the resolution of the problem in South Sudan. The Eritrean and Norwegian sides affirmed that they hold similar views on the way forward in South Sudan.

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