Pax Christi Regional Consultative Meeting, 12-18 April 2007 – Gedera Resort Centre - Ethiopia
The meeting was part of the annual consultation meeting organized by Pax Christi International as a follow up of the one held last year in Limuru, Kenya.
The consultative meeting discussed issues in the greater horn of Africa, peace initiative within the region and the role of civil society in peace building, the following topic were discussed:
• Understanding the Ethiopian Context,
• The Eritrean-Ethiopian Conflict,
• The Road to Peace and Reconciliation in Uganda,
• Regional Perspective on Somalia, Sudan – Politics, People and the Press,
• Democracy and Human Security in Kenya,
• The Role of Civil Society in Building Peace,
• Pax Christi in the Greater Horn of Africa – structural considerations
The participants came up with an action plan for the next three years focusing on the following:
1. Good Governance and Democracy,
2. Human Security,
3. Justice, peace and reconciliation.
The participants were drawn from People for Peace in Africa, Development Services International/Hadish Tesfa Network, Kuron Peace Village, Upper Nile Peace and Development, Columnist Alsahafa Newspaper Foundation, Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat, Addis Ababa University (AAU), Research Centre for Civic and Human Rights Education(RCCHE, FAMEC, JPC – Assoc. of Sisterhoods of Kenya, Peace Tree Network, Chemchemi Ya Ukweli, Seeds of Peace Africa International and Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Regional Conferernce which was represented by the Justice and Peace Coordinator and the Bishop Chairman.
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