{"id":63412,"date":"2016-02-02T12:36:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T10:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/the-commissioner-for-political-affairs-met-with-the-vice-president-of-the-european-union-commission\/"},"modified":"2016-02-02T12:36:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T10:36:32","slug":"the-commissioner-for-political-affairs-met-with-the-vice-president-of-the-european-union-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/the-commissioner-for-political-affairs-met-with-the-vice-president-of-the-european-union-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"The Commissioner for political affairs met with the vice-president of the European Union Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\"> ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 2, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>H.E. Dr. Aisha Laraba Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission met with H.E.Ms ChristalinaGeorgieva, Vice-President of the European Union Commission. She was accompanied by other Officials from the European Union Commission.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>The Commissioner for Political Affairs welcomed the Vice-President of the European Union Commission and thanked her for the visit to the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC). Dr. Abdullahi also thanks the EU Commission for their continuous support to the commission in promoting democracy and good governance on the continent.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>H.E. Ms Christalina congratulated\u00a0 Dr\u00a0 Abdullahi\u00a0\u00a0 for the achievement\u00a0 she has\u00a0 done in\u00a0 the\u00a0 Commission with\u00a0 few\u00a0 staffs .She\u00a0 then\u00a0 inform\u00a0 the meeting\u00a0 about\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 financial\u00a0 regulation revision that\u00a0 the European Union\u00a0 Commission\u00a0 has\u00a0 undertaken\u00a0 in order to make the their financial\u00a0 support\u00a0 simple and more adapted\u00a0 for their\u00a0 partners.\u00a0 She\u00a0 also provide a\u00a0 copy\u00a0 of the\u00a0 report on the\u00a0 financial regulation\u00a0 revision that she consider as the\u00a0 European\u00a0 Union Commission\u00a0 to\u00a0 the AU Summit .<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>HE. Ms. Christalina reiterate the commitment of the EUC to support the Department of Political Affairs fulfill its mandate in the area of humanitarian assistance in accordance with their new approaches based on innovative skills and more efficiency.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>H.E. Dr. Abdullahi also responded to questions about the Common African Position on humanitarian effectiveness, and AUC level of preparation for the World Humanitarian Summit to be held in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2016whichis organized around four thematic areas: Humanitarian Effectiveness; Transformation through Innovation; Reducing Vulnerability and Managing Risk and Serving the needs of people in conflict.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>The Commissioner also briefed the Delegation on \u201cProject 2016\u201d and its activities and programmes,\u00a0 the\u00a0 Kigali\u00a0 meeting\u00a0 as well as about the fives (5) upcoming election observation in Africa in February as well as the updates on issues on constitutionalism and terms limit in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 2, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; H.E. Dr. Aisha Laraba Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission met with H.E.Ms ChristalinaGeorgieva, Vice-President of the European Union Commission. She was accompanied by other Officials from the European Union Commission. 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