African Civil Society Calls for Official Participation at US-Africa Leader Summit
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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The first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit will take place August 4–6
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2014/ -- With just weeks to go before the first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, which takes place August 4–6, a coalition of international NGOs and African civil society have called on President Barack Obama to provide official space for civil society participation and to address key issues of human rights and good governance.
The website and #WeAreAfrica campaign are the results of a Civil Society Forum, which was convened in Washington, DC in late June. This meeting was organized by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Open Society Foundations, Freedom House, Amnesty International USA, and Front Line Defenders. The Forum convened 18 prominent human rights activists (http://bit.ly/1oN7Szy) from 12 different countries to develop specific policy recommendations (http://www.we-are-africa.org/
The fundamental message conveyed by African civil society at the time, and to this date, has been that these issues and recommendations should be addressed at the upcoming Summit and that civil society be present as equal stakeholders in the future of U.S.-Africa relations.
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of Front Line Defenders.
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