Readouts
Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. Mr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 January 2012
The Secretary-General met today, 30 January 2012, with H.E. Mr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin on the margins of the 18th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The Secretary-General congratulated the President on his election as the new Chair of the African Union and offered to work with him to further enhance UN-AU cooperation, and to support AU priorities for 2012. The Secretary-General expressed concerns over the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, and expressed appreciation to the President for his Government's support to the recent assessment mission on piracy in the region. The Secretary-General encouraged the President to work with ECOWAS, ECCAS and other organizations to develop regional strategies to combat piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
Readouts on 30 January 2012
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E Mr. Mohamed Kamel Ali Amr, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E Mr. Ahmed Ouyahia, Prime Minister of Algeria
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, President of Zambia on the margins of the 18th African Union Summit
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H. E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba President of Namibia, in the margins of the African Union Summit
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Readout of the Secretary-General's meeting with H.E. William J. Burns, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States of America on the margins of the AU Summit