US delegation in Arusha

US delegation at Sullivan summit pays courtesy call to ICTR

By GEORGE KAGAME
ARUSHA

The US delegation attending the ongoing 8th edition of the Leon H Sullivan summit in Arusha today paid a courtesy call to the offices of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

The US team at the summit is comprised of influential US politicians, business leaders and civil rights leaders including Ambassador Andrew Young former US representative at the UN, Jendayi Frazer the secretary of state for African affairs in state department, Dirk Kempthorne US secretary of the Interior and John Simon Executive vice president of f the Washington based Overseas private investment.
The entourage held discussions with Evarard O’Donnell he deputy registrar of the ICTR.

Addressing the press in his office today Roland Amoussouga the Spokesperson of the Tribunal said the US delegation visited the office of the Registrar to acquaint themselves with trial proceedings; “they were given an overview of the achievements and challenges of the tribunal.”

The closed meeting between the registrar and the US delegation lasted for one and half hours and according to Amoussouga involved extensive exchanges about the work of the tribunal, its contribution to the Rwandan community, the East African Community and the world.

The Leon H Sullivan summit is a biennial summit that is hosted by an African country; the five-day summit in Arusha will focus on investment and development opportunities in Africa, especially in the sectors of tourism and infrastructure.
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Opening the summit, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete described the Arusha summit as a platform on which Africans on the continent and Africans and people of African origin in the Diaspora were to discuss issues of mutual interests.


Inaugurated in 1991, the Leon Sullivan Summit has been focusing on poverty elimination through development in various fields. All the previous seven summits were held in west and south African countries of Cote d'Ivoire (1991), Gabon (1993), Senegal (1995), Zimbabwe (1997), Ghana (1999) and Nigeria (2003 and 2006).

Leon H Sullivan was African-American cleric international humanitarian. He preached positive messages encouraging commitments and resources of the African Diaspora and friends of Africa to promote positive change in the world. He also championed self-help, social responsibility, economic empowerment, and human rights.