AU Summit selects Ethiopia to represent Africa at Copenhagen Conference on climate change

Addis Ababa, August 31, 2009 (Addis Ababa) - Special Session of African Heads of State and Government being held in Tripoli, Libya has selected Ethiopia to represent Africa in the upcoming Copenhagen Global Conference on climate change due to be held in the coming December.

Ethiopia was selected among eight nominated countries for its outstanding role played in G20 and G8 Summits as well as in other international fora to ensure the interest and benefits of the continent.

Ethiopia is among the few countries that enshrined environment protection in their constitutions and strong position in mitigating climate change.

Earlier, the Special Session, the Executive Committee of Foreign Ministers of the African Union gathered in Libya's capital, Tripoli urged for immediate implementation of sanction on Eritrea.

In a resolution they issued after the meeting they said the ultimate solution to ensure durable peace and security in Somalia is the immediate imposition of sanction on Eritrea.

Hence, they called for concerted effort of the African Union and the international community for the effective implementation of the sanction.

The Special Session is also expected to review the various conflict crises in Africa and look at ways and means of ensuring the effective implementation of the decisions adopted by the AU policy organs on the issues.