Sudan joins African Peer Review Mechanism
Jan 22, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan signed a document to join the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) which is affiliated to the New Partnership for Development in Africa (NEPAD).
By joining the APRM, the Sudan will be under its monitoring and will allow its mechanism to conduct the political, economic and environmental studies of the Sudan state.
Addressing the opening session of the Nepad mini-summit, the Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, said the African continent was suffering from ethnic conflicts, narrow loyalties and ethnic sectarianism.
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who presided over the ceremony in Khartoum, welcomed Sudan’s joining of APRM and outlined the objectives of Nepad in giving impetus to development, good governance and democracy in Africa.
He described the APRM as a unique African instrument of learning the best practice and experiences of the African among themselves.
After signing the joining agreement, al-Bashir affirmed Sudan’s adherence by the principles and duties of the APRM; saying that the government is now implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement successfully specially in regard to the division of power and wealth in all the states of the Sudan to guarantee the realization of development and stability, and is exerting great efforts to realize peace and security in Darfur.
APRM comprised the African heads of states and it is a political voluntary observatory mechanism within the umbrella of the AU and aimed at reviewing the governance in the African states in regard to the right application of democracy human rights, justice, development, and the existence of more transparency on the governance systems in the member states to enhance the political stability and socio- economic development and the realization of total integration in the African continent.
APRM membership include Algiers, Gabon, Kenyan, losthoto, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,.
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