Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), November 1, 2014 (SPS) - The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mohamed Moloud Mohamed Fadel, accompanied by the SADR Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the AU, Lamine Baali, attended the first meeting of the technical committees specialized on youth and Sports of the African Union, began Thursday at the headquarters of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, under the theme "Building interaction between youth, sports and culture ".
The agenda of the two-day meeting, in addition to the election of the officers of the Committee of Youth, discussed a number of presentations related to issues of youth, sports and culture in the context of the 2063 Africa agenda, which represents the strategic framework of the African Union.
It should be noted that the African Union has decided this year to activate the mechanism of technical specialized committees, which often involves several government sectors, which represents an alternative mechanism to the previous ministerial conference.
The secondand third secretaries at the Saharawi Embassy in Addis Ababa, respectively Mr. Daha Loud and Ms. Marie Saila, attended the meeting as well. (SPS)
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