Annex 2
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Member State
52. ECOWAS
53. SADC
Activities undertaken to mark the Year of Peace and
Security (July-December 2010)
message on the need to rid the region of illicit SALW that fuel
conflicts.
Organized a conference in Monrovia, Liberia, in March 2010,
on 20 Years of Peace Processes in West Africa under the
ambit of the Year of Peace and Security.
Activities undertaken on the International Day of
Peace, 21 September 2010
Commemoration of SADC 30th anniversary this year, to which
all RECs were invited, and used the opportunity to promote
the YoPS. As part of Peace Day, SADC conducted Exercise
Golfino and will publish a booklet in this respect with the
YoPS message in it.
54. CEN-SAD
Organized 3 workshops on its Mechanism for
Conflict Prevention in Niger, Chad and Libya. CENSAD also issued a communiqué on the occasion.
55. NARC
Invited the African military attachés in Tripoli at a
celebration organized to mark Peace Day. Schools
were urged to teach and publicize the YoPS.
Brochures were printed and distributed. Road
traffic was stopped at 10.00 GMT to observe the
minute of silence.
56. EASBRICOM
Marked Peace Day by a minute of silence, visited a
disadvantaged children’s home, distributed food
and organized a football match to mark the Day.
57. ECCAS
Sent a communication to the media on 21st