martysmith.org » Summit http://www.martysmith.org Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:44:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 EU-African Summit Begins http://www.martysmith.org/eu-african-summit-begins/ http://www.martysmith.org/eu-african-summit-begins/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:58:27 +0000 marty http://b.martysmith.org/blog/2007/12/08/eu-african-summit-begins/ Lisbon, Portugal The much debated EU-Africa Summit has commenced and is being boycotted by Gordon Brown and the heads of state from Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Cyprus. (here) Other EU leaders have chosen to show up and express their “strong” disapproval for Zimbabwe’s human rights record. BBC overview story here.

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The much debated EU-Africa Summit has commenced and is being boycotted by Gordon Brown and the heads of state from Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Cyprus. (here) Other EU leaders have chosen to show up and express their “strong” disapproval for Zimbabwe’s human rights record. BBC overview story here.

“The current situation in Zimbabwe damages the image of the new Africa,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told representatives from 80 EU and African states in a keynote speech at the meeting attended by Mugabe. “Nothing can justify the intimidation of those holding different views and hindering freedom of the press.”

The BBC has a link to things expected to be discussed: here. In addition to much huffing and puffing on human rights, they will also talk about immigration, peace, trade, etc. Thabo Mbeki is scheduled to make a presentation on human rights today. No word if he will mention Bobby… Me thinks not.

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