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African First Ladies end meeting
Accra, July 2, GNA - The Organization of African First
Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) on Tuesday ended their Fifth
Ordinary General Assembly on an inconclusive noted due to
time constraints.
The Assembly therefore agreed to call another meeting as
early as possible at a date yet to be decided and
communicated to members to enable them to conclude the
agenda.
Mrs Maureen Mwanawasa, President of OAFLA, said it was very
likely that the next meeting, which was not expected to be
run alongside the next Africa Union Summit, would be held in
Ethiopia.
“We have all agreed here that our meetings should not
necessarily be held alongside that of our spouses and that
is what we are going to do. But the time, date and venue to
conclude today’s agenda would be communicated to members as
early as possible,” she said.
She urged the OAFLA secretariat to work on the Minutes as
early as possible for the new date to be sent.
Nigeria’s First Lady, Turai Yar’dua was officially admitted
to the organization, which presently has 40 members.
On July 2002, 37 African First Ladies and representative
gathered in Geneva for a special meeting where they created
OAFLA in response to the call to action from both the
African Summit on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other related
infectious diseases.
The ladies have since meet on an annual basis to chart the
way forward in the fight against the menace.
GNA
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