Kofi Annan,Chairman of
the Kofi Annan Foundation, is to visit Nigeria from January 12 to 14
2015 to address a conference on the February elections. The conference
is being organized by a coalition of Nigerian civil society
organisations.
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Mr. Annan will deliver
the keynote address at the conference, to be held on Tuesday, January 13
in Abuja, based on his work as chairman of the Global Commission on
Elections, Democracy and Security and the findings and recommendations
of its report, Deepening Democracy: A Strategy for Improving the
Integrity of Elections Worldwide.
Mr. Annan will meet with
a broad range of Nigeria’s civil society organisations, as well as
engage the audience in a question and answer session. He will also be
meeting privately with various national stakeholders engaged in the
electoral process.
The Kofi Annan
Foundation, which Mr Annan chairs, focuses its work on peace and
security, sustainable development, human rights and to the rule of law
with the aim of helping to create a fairer, more secure world. As part
of this work, the Foundation promotes impartial and transparent
electoral processes through its Electoral Integrity Initiative.
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