Ninth Ordinary Session of the African Union opens in Accra, Ghana

Accra, July 1, GNA – The 9th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) opened in Accra, Ghana, on Sunday.

President John Agyekum Kufuor, President of AU; President Alpha Oumar Konare, President of the African Commission, and Dr Ahmed Esmat abd al-Meguid, Secretary General of the Arab League, addressed the opening session.Dr Rose Asha-Mirigo, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, read Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-Moon's speech while China formally presented a miniscule of the new AU complex it has promised to build for the Union at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.