Minister and Chairperson of the African Union, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will on Friday, 31 August 2012, address the Socialist International Conference at the Cape Town's International Convention Centre.
The conference will officially be opened on Thursday, 30 August, by the Presidency and Socialist International Secretary-General Luis Ayala under the theme: "For an economy with jobs, growth and social protection: the social democratic response to the financial crisis".
In this regard, Minister Dlamini Zuma is expected to deliver a keynote address on "for a common road to peace, sustainability and cooperation: the need to secure multilateralism.
Among other issues expected to be discussed by the Socialist international Conference are:
- the struggle for rights and freedoms: strengthening representative democracy and gaining new democracies in the world
- for a new internationalism and a new culture of solidarity among people and between nations.
Conference is expected to end its deliberations on Saturday, 1 September with the adoption of resolutions and programme of the year for the Socialist International.
Media is invited as follows:
Official opening: 10h00, Thursday 30 August 2012
Address by Minister Dlamini Zuma: Friday, 31 August 2012
Venue: Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)
