African Statesmen Initiative, Bamako, Mali, June 5-8, 2005 Untitled African Statesmen Initiative, Bamako, Mali, June 5-8, 2005

NDI and its partners present the Inaugural Symposium of the African Statesmen Initiative...

...the high level symposium of former African leaders active in democracy promotion and conflict prevention initiatives on the continent, convened in Bamako, Mali, from June 5-8, 2005.

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Bamako Declaration of the
African Statesmen Initiative
June 8, 2005

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    • June 3 Press Release:

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    • May 25 Press Release:

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    • Former Heads of State participating
    in the symposium:
    Nicéphore Soglo (Benin)
    Ketumile Masire (Botswana)
    Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro (Cape Verde)
    Dauda Kairaba Jawara (The Gambia)
    Jerry Rawlings (Ghana)
    Amos Sawyer (Liberia)
    Albert Zafy (Madagascar)
    Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique)
    Sam Nujoma (Namibia)
    Mahamane Ousmane (Niger)
    Yakubu Gowon (Nigeria)
    Manuel Pinto da Costa (Sao Tome and Principe)
    Miguel Trovoada (Sao Tome and Principe)
    Ali Hassan Mwinyi (Tanzania)

    Participants were joined by Club of Madrid members Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada; Petre Roman, former Prime Minister of Romania; and Al Sadig Al–Mahdi, former Prime Minister of Sudan.




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