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DECLARATION ON THE CONFEDERATIONS CUP AND THE PREPARATIONS
TOWARDS THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP
WE, the Heads of State and Government at the Meeting of our Thirteenth Ordinary
Session in Sirte, Great Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, from 1 to 3 July 2009;
RECALLING the declaration we made at our January 2007 Summit, in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia to declare the ushering of the 2010 FIFA world Cup as an African Event;
APPRECIATING the briefing by South Africa on its excellent hosting of a safe and
secure 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup whose participation included South Africa as the
host, Italy as the 2006 World Cup Champions, Spain as the Euro 2008 Champions, USA
as the 2007 COCACAF Gold Cup Champions, Brazil as the 2007 Copa America
Champions, Iraq as the 2007 AFC Asian Cup Champions, Egypt as the 2008 African
Cup of Nations Champions and New Zealand as the 2008 OFC Nation Cup Champions;
FURTHER APPRECIATING AND AFFIRMING South Africa’s state of readiness to host
a memorable 2010 FIFA World Cup, for the first time in the history of the African
Continent, which is a legitimate recognition of Africa’s contribution to the advancement
of world sports;
PURSUANT to our commitment to ensuring the success of the 2010 World Cup
tournament on our Continent;
RECOGNIZING the role of sport in the promotion of peace, solidarity, social cohesion
and sustainable socio-economic development;
FURTHER RECOGNIZING the supportive role of sports in Africa’s effort to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals;
We therefore:
CONGRATULATE South Africa for its successful hosting of the Confederations
Cup;
REQUEST the Commission to cooperate with South Africa’s Local Organizing
Committee of the World Cup to ensure the effective implementation and follow up
of the Africa Legacy programme including the establishment of a web link and to
report on the progress of the preparations to the next Ordinary Session of the
Assembly in January/February 2010;
Adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya on 3 July 2009