African First Ladies To Meet In Nigeria
April 29, 1997
Paul Ejime, PANA Correspondent
LAGOS, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to host the first African First ladies
peace summit in Abuja, the Federal Capital, from May 5 to 7.
A spokesman at the Nigerian Presidency said the agenda for the Abuja summit
is expected to focus on the search for peace in the troubled spots on the
African continent.
Mamman Naisir, Chief Press Secretary to the Nigerian First Lady, Mariyam
Abacha, said on Tuesday that most of the invited guests had agreed to attend
personally or send delegates to the summit.
The meeting will be jointly organised by Nigeria, the Organization of African
Unity (OAU) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), as well as the
Africa Peace Mission secretariat, temporarily based in Abuja.
Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha will be the special guest of honour.
Nasir said the OAU Secretary general, Salim Ahmed Salim and officials of
other international agencies would address the forum.
The summit was endorsed by the 65th OAU Council of Ministers during its
session, held last February in Tripoli, Libya.
The ladies summit will be a follow-up to the 1995 World Women's Conference in
Beijing, China.
According to the hosts, the meeting will part of the contribution of African
women's contribution toward peace, in view of the fact that it is females and
children who are the worst hit by the numerous conflicts on the continent.
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