26th AU Summit: Online Accreditation for Journalists Now Available

MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT/ 26th AU SUMMIT
21st to 31st January 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

ONLINE ACCREDITATION FOR JOURNALISTS NOW AVAILABLE

The Directorate of Information and Communication (DIC) of the African Union Commission (AUC) hereby announces that, the online accreditation process for journalists and media coverage of the 26th AU Summit, scheduled to take place from the 21st to the 31stJanuary 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has been launched on the AU website: www.au.int.

Journalists interested in covering the upcoming AU Summit should register through the following link: http://au.int/en/summit/26/accreditation

A media advisory note explaining all the detailed arrangements for media coverage of the 26th AUSummit will soon be posted on the Summit web page: http://au.int/en/summit/26

Meanwhile representatives of the media are kindly informed that the 26th African Union Summit is scheduled to take place as follows:

21st – 23rd January 2016: Thirty-first (31th) Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC)
Venue: New Conference Center, AUC

25th January 2016: Retreat of the Executive Council to take place in Mekele, Ethiopia

27th – 28th January 2016: Twenty Eighth (28th) Ordinary Session of the Executive Council
Venue: New Conference Center, AUC

30th – 31st January 2016: Twenty Sixth (26th) Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union.
Venue: (Mandela Plenary Hall) New Conference Center, AUC

The theme of the Summit is: “2016: African Year of Human Rights with particular focus on the Rights of Women”

Journalists are invited to cover all the public sessions opened to the media.
A detailed programme of the side events as well as the statutory meetings during the 26th AU Summit will be made available subsequently.

For further information contact:
Esther Azaa Tankou,
Ag. Director of Information and Communication,
African Union Commission
Tel: +251 911361185
E-mail: yamboue@africa-union.org

Learn more at:
http://www.au.int
http://au.int/en/summit/26

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