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REMARKS BY THABO MBEKI, AUHIP CHAIRPERSON, AT THE CEREMONY TO ANNOUNCE THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE SOUTH SUDAN REFERENDUM: KHARTOUM, FEBRUARY 7, 2011. Professor Ibrahim Khalil, Chairperson of the South Sudan Referendum Commission, Justice Chan Reec Madut, Deputy Chairperson of

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SOLEMN DECLARATION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE AFRICAN UNION ON SUDAN We, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), meeting at our 16th Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from

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LECTURE BY THABO MBEKI, CHAIRPERSON OF THE AUHIP, FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF JUBA AND JUSTICE AFRICA: NYAKURON CULTURAL CENTRE, JUBA. JANUARY 7, 2011. Director of Ceremonies, President Abdusalami Abubakar, President Pierre Buyoya, Honourable Ministers of the Government of South Sudan,

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LECTURE BY THABO MBEKI, CHAIRPERSON OF THE AUHIP, FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM: FRIENDSHIP HALL, KHARTOUM, JANUARY 5, 2011. Director of Ceremonies, President Pierre Buyoya, Students and staff of the University of Khartoum, Your Excellencies Ambassadors and members of the

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Yesterday’s High-Level Meeting on Sudan was notable for the common messages conveyed by the speakers. The UN webcast is available on this link. This blog will carry some of the speeches, beginning with the statement presented by the AU Chairperson

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Open letter to H.E. President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, Dear President Mbeki “We want peace. If it is flying in the air, I am prepared to fly and catch it. If it is buried underground, I am prepared to dig to

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PRESENTATION BY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI, CHAIRPERSON OF THE AU HIGH LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION PANEL FOR SUDAN TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: UNHQ, NEW YORK: JUNE 14, 2010. Mr President, Distinguished Members of the Security Council: We would like to thank you

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Documents from the UN Security Council discussion of the AU High Level Panel on Darfur are available here: The speech of President Thabo Mbeki: Speech of Pres Mbeki The speech of Chairperson Jean Ping: H.E. Jean Ping statement The press

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Most political figures and commentators, Sudanese and international, made up their minds about the AU Panel on Darfur report before they had seen the contents of the report. Many were then struck silent when the report was actually released. Some

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The AUPD report is available in Arabic on this link.

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