STATEMENT BY

BANKOLE ADEOYE COMMISSIONER FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS, PEACE AND SECURITY AT THE SECOND AFRICAN UNION REFLECTION FORUM ON UNCONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE OF GOVERNMENTS (UCGS) IN AFRICA ACCRA, GHANA 18 MARCH 2024 PROTOCOL Your Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana and our Special Guest of Honour Ministers here present, and members of parliament Esteemed members of the AU. [...] INTERFACE BETWEEN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS So we desire that this forum continues to serve as a multidimensional, multilayered, multilevel and multidisciplinary engagement platform to build the solid foundations of fundamental freedoms, constitutionalism, the rule of law and, most notably to yield the dividends of peace and democracy. [...] To this effect, we must collectively strive to champion the right to development as an intrinsic, inalienable right of every African! MULTIPLICITY OF SECURITY THREATS Excellencies, Accra II marks the expressed readiness of all African stakeholders to promote and defend democracy. [...] First, I highly commend our admirable host, the Government and the good people of Ghana for truly living to be the springboard of African unity. [...] I) ACCRA AGENDA FOR ACTION Excellencies, My Fellow Africans, Friends Of Africa, The agenda before us for the next 2 days is compelling and so we will reflect on: The state of democracy in Africa, take stock of measures to implement Accra and Malabo declarations on UCG and terrorism, expect to consider the structural drivers of reignited military rule, examine new strategies and tools to safeguard.