President , opening the 13th High-Level Dialogue on Democracy, Governance and Human Rights in Accra, on Tuesday, July 29, called for a decisive action on reparations for Africa and stressed the need for the declarations made under the African Union's Decade of Reparations to be implemented with urgency and purpose.
He said Africa must take firm ownership of its reparatory justice agenda, especially where the next decade had been designated for that critical task.
He said, "2026 to 2036 has been declared as the decade of reparations by the African Union.
I also wish to commend the Executive Council for approving the terms of reference for the African Union Commission of Experts on Reparations and the African Union Reference Group of Legal Experts on Reparations." The Minister of Foreign Affairs, , in his opening remarks, called on African countries to close ranks and turn the reparations advocacy into concrete results.
