Africa: Symposium on the African Union's Protocol on the Rights of Women

Very warm greetings to you all from the Chairperson, H.E. Professor Alpha Oumar Konare, Commissioners and officials of the Commission of the African Union. I also bring my special greetings and compliments to you all - Members of the Solidarity for Women’s Rights Coalition and Ahfad University for Women here present, and the Government and people of The Sudan. I would like to start by expressing my delight and pleasure to be in Khartoum once again, this historic and beautiful city of your great country, The Sudan. Let me also register my deep gratitude and sincere appreciation for the singular honour and privilege accorded to me to deliver a keynote address at the opening session of this Symposium on the African Union’s Protocol on Women’s Rights in Africa, with a focus on the relevance of the Protocol for the Continent and its peoples.