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Member State
Activities undertaken to mark the Year of Peace and
Security (July-December 2010)
Activities undertaken on the International Day of
Peace, 21 September 2010
Ambassador participated in a football game and
held a meeting with civil society, faith-based
organizations and the media, and participated in
the lighting of the Flame of Peace, on 24
September.
48. Rabbah Madjer
Participated in the High-Level Retreat of Special Envoys and Participated in Peace Day events in Burundi
Mediators in Cairo, in August.
49. Youssouf
N’Dour
Broadcasted programs on the Year of Peace in his private Advocated for the Year of Peace at a concert in
media.
Paris, France, and addressed the media.
Regional
Economic
Communities
50. COMESA
Activities undertaken to mark the
Security
51. EAC
Year of Peace and Activities on the Peace Day (21st September 2010)
Used various media outlets to target both policy-makers and
communities with the message of the YoPS, including
through websites, brochures, DVDs, public material, such as
T-shirts, as well as through football matches and cultural
events.
During the 13th COMESA Summit held in Swaziland
in September 2010, a Flame of Peace was lit and a
YoPS message was delivered by the Chairman of
COMESA to mark Peace Day.
On 21 September, COMESA took the opportunity to
COMESA placed its Secretary-General’s message in its sensitize its staff members on the importance of
website, from June 2010, and launched the YoPS by installing peace and security and on the objectives of the
two Trade Information Desks for Small Scale Cross-border YoPS. During most of the events, “Make Peace
Traders at the Goma-Gisenyi border of DRC and Rwanda.
Happen” T-shirts and caps were distributed, while
COMESA and AU YoPS brochures were distributed
widely during the various COMESA meetings.
Launched the commemoration of the Year of Peace in Africa
on 17 April 2010 in Bujumbura, Burundi, with a clear