
2. The Conference will take place on 23 April in Brussels and will be co-chaired by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the AU Chairman Jean Ping. There will be statements from; the Somali President, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed; the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Amre Mussa; the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Conference, Professor Ekmelledin Ihsanoglu; the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana; and the EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel. Countries will then be invited to make statements and pledges and a press conference is expected at the end of the day. During the afternoon of the previous day, 22 April, there will be a preparatory briefing. This will include remarks by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, the UN Special Representative for Somalia, the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, the EC Director-General, the AU Special Representative to Somalia, the AMISOM force Commander and the Somali Defence Minister. ..MORE..http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EGUA-7R7KTB?OpenDocument
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