AU ministerial team for Oslo donor conference on Sudan

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 9, 2005 (PANA) — An African Union Ministerial
delegation led by South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana
Dlamini Zuma will attend a two-day donor conference in Oslo,
Norway beginning Monday to discuss the reconstruction and
development requirements of Sudan.

In her capacity as chair of the AU Ministerial Committee on the
post-conflict reconstruction of the Sudan, Zuma will lead an
eight-member delegation of Foreign Ministers of Algeria, Egypt,
Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria and Sudan to the international
donor conference on the Sudan, Foreign Affairs spokesperson
Ronnie Mamoepa said Saturday.

He added that Zuma would present a report on the factual
situation in Sudan and make recommendations about the necessary
interventions and also help identify the role of international
donor partners in the reconstruction and development of that
Sudan.

The presentation at the conference will include inputs from
representatives of the African Union, the United Nations, the
World Bank, IGAD, the European Union, the Arab League, the United
States of America, the United Kingdom and the Joint National
Transitional Team of Sudan (comprising leaders of the Government
of Sudan and the Leadership of the Sudan People’s Liberation
Movement).