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Think Tank 2022
African Peace Initiatives
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The African continent faces many daunting challenges, from extreme poverty and environmental degradation to political instability and crises in providing basic education and health care.
- Goals: Address the challenges of good governance and post-conflict healing
- Methods: Conferences, consultations, leadership seminars
Participation in National Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
Cote d'Ivoire (2011), Liberia (2006, 2009)
Leadership Conferences
Benin (2007, 2008, 2009), Burundi (2006), Cameroon (2006, 2010), Chad (2010), Congo (2010), Cote d'Ivoire (2006, 2008), Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006, 2010, 2012, 2013), Ethiopia (2011, 2014), Kenya (2008, 2010), Liberia (Feb., July 2006), Mali (2008), Niger (2009), Nigeria (2009, 2011, July & September 2013), Sierra Leone (2007, 2008)
Insights about Peacebuilding
H.E. Daniel Ohene Agyekum, Ambassador of Ghana to the US, "Address to the International Leadership Conference"
Hon. Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Nigeria: "The Rule of Law"
Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Former Secretary-General, United Nations, "United Nations Renewal" [en français]
Ambassador Gerald Coleman, Member, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Liberia: "Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report"
H.E. A. Sware El Dahab, President of Sudan (1985-86), "Rights for Both Muslims and Non-Muslims"
Dr. Hasmukh Dawda, Chair, UPF-Kenya, "Take up the Baton of Peace"
Gen. Bantu Holomisa, Member of Parliament, South Africa; President, United Democratic Movement: "Challenges of Governance in South Africa and Beyond"
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCON, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, "Teaching Good Leadership"
Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former president, Sierra Leone: "Building Peace in Sierra Leone"Dr. Evelyn S. Kandakai, Former Minister of Education, Liberia: "Women for Peace Are Needed"
H.E. Mama Salma J. Kikwete, First Lady of Tanzania: "Peace Knows No Borders" [en français]
H.E. Gabriel Messan Agbeyome Kodjo, Prime Minister, Togo (2000-2002), "Spiritual Values as a Foundation for Leadership" [en français]
Rt. Hon. Gen. Malimba Masheke, Prime Minister, Zambia (1989-1991), "Building a World of Peace - One Family under God", "Critical Issues Facing Africa"
Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa, President, Zimbabwe (1979) "Better Images of Africa," "Congratulatory Message on the Establishment of a Government of National Unity"
Mrs. Ida Odinga, Chief Executive Officer of Spectra East Africa, Kenya: "The Beauty of Diversity," "Touching the Hearts of the People of Kenya"
Hon. Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya: "A Commitment to Reconciliation" [en français]
H.E. U. Joy Ogwu, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, "Women and the World at a Turning Point"
Mrs. Caroline Usikpedo Omoniye, President, Niger Delta Women's Movement for Peace and Development, "Women Waging Peace in the Niger Delta"
Nazlin Omar Rasput, Chair, Muslim Council of Kenya, "A Religion for Every Woman"
H.E. Mrs. Lila Hanitra Ratsifandrihamanana, Ambassador, Office of the Permanent Observer of the African Union, "One Village, One Family"
Dr. Ernest Shonekan, Former President, Nigeria: "Tackle the Range of Crises"
H.E. Alpha Ibrahim Sow, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Guinea to the UN, "Families Are Foundations of a Healthy Society"
Dr. Anna Tibaijuka, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT: "Africa Is a Land of Great Potential"
Hon. Jenekai Alex Tyler, Speaker, House of Representatives, Liberia: "Poverty, Family Breakdown, Corruption, Interfaith, Intertribal Conflict and the Rule of Law in Liberia"
H.E. Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, President, Guinea-Bissau: Address to World Summit 2013
Mme Mintou Doucoure Traore, First Lady of Mali: Address to World Summit 2013
H.E. Alcino Martinho de Barros Pinto, President of the National Assembly, Sao Tome and Principe: Address to World Summit 2013
Mme Tunu Rehani Pinda, Wife of the Prime Minister, Tanzania: Address to World Summit 2013
Rt. Hon. Morgan R. Tsvangirai, Prime Minister, Zimbabwe: Address to World Summit 2013
Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs: Address to World Summit 2013
H.E. Ndayizeye Domitien, President of Burundi (2003-2005): Address to World Summit 2013
H.E. Jerry John Rawlings, Former President of Ghana: Address to World Summit 2013
Hon. Lambert Mende Omalanga, Minister of Information, Democratic Republic of Congo: Address to World Summit 2013
H.E. U. Joy Ogwu, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations: The Price of Violence and Dividends in Healing the Wounds of History
Hon. Salisu Ahmed Barau, Commissioner for Religion, Bauchi State, Nigeria: Countering Religious Tensions in Nigeria
Rev. Kennedy Masau Kakto, Christian minister, Bauchi State, Nigeria: Bringing Peace Among the People in Bauchi State, Nigeria
Mrs. Ulasi Ebele, National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons, Nigeria: Human Trafficking - A Modern-Day Slavery
Dr. Raphael Ogar Oko, International Coordinator, Global Educators for All Initiative, Nigeria: National Corruption and Economic Slavery: A Burden for the Future Generation - The Issues and Way Forward
En Français
Le renouveau de l’ONU, par Boutros Boutros-Ghali, ancien secrétaire général de l'ONU
Le Premier ministre ODINGA accueille le Festival mondial pour la paix au Kenya, par GPF-Kenya
S’engager sur la voie de la réconciliation, par Hon. Raila Odinga, Premier Ministre, Kenya
Assainir le fleuve Nairobi, par Geoffrey Gichuki
Un jour de paix au Kenya, par Frederick Wakhisi
Conférence pour la paix au Kenya œuvrer à la réconciliation et au pardon, par Geoffrey Gichuki
Nous avons été comblésau plus haut point, par Mme Neerja Mehta, Kenya
La paix ignore les frontières, par madame Mama Salma J. Kikwete, première dame de Tanzanie
L’Afrique et la paix, par Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, procureur général et ministre de la justice du Nigéria
L’Afrique et la paix, par Général Malimba Masheke, ancien premier ministre de Zambie
Côte d’Ivoire : bâtir la paix en plein cœur, par Daniel Bessell, directeur exécutif de RYS
En Benin, besoin de stabilité, par UPF-Benin
En Dieu : une famille humaine qui embrasse l’Afrique, par Laurent Ladouce, France
Jean-Paul Samputu, ambassadeur de paix en Rwanda, par Monique Lafon, Canada
Responsabilité et sécurité humaine en Afrique, par Laurent Ladouce, France
Présentation au Sommet mondial 2013, par Mme Traore Mintou Doucoure, Premiere Dame du Mali
Présentation au Sommet mondial 2013, par H.E. Alcino Martinho de Barros Pinto, President de l'Assemblée Nationale, Sao Tome and Principe
Présentation au Sommet mondial 2013, par l’Honorable Ndayizeye Domitien, ancien Président du Burundi