Media Advisory
22 March 2019
Media Arrangements for the SADC Solidarity Conference with Western Sahara
South Africa and Namibia will co-host the SADC Solidarity Conference with Western Sahara, on 25-26 March 2019 in Pretoria. This comes after the 37th Summit of the SADC Heads of State and Government resolved to convene the Solidarity Conference with Western Sahara.
During the Solidarity Conference, the SADC Heads of State and Government are expected to express the region’s support towards decolonisation and right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
The media are invited as follows:
Date: 25 – 26 March 2019
Time: 08h00
Venue: DIRCO, Conference Centre
All members of the media must go through a Remote Security Search Park at Rietondale Park on Soutpansberg Road. Media will park at Rietondale and be shuttled to the OR Tambo Building.
NOTE: Only accredited media will be allowed to enter the OR Tambo Building. Members of the media are encouraged to collect their accreditation tags at Denis Adami Hall (1171 Wren St, Queenswood) in Pretoria from today, 22 March to 24 March 2019 between 08h00 and 17h00.
MEDIA PROGRAMME
25 – 26 MARCH 2019
DIRCO, PRETORIA – REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
| DAY 1 | MONDAY 25 MARCH |
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| 08:00 – 08:45 | Registration | |
| 08:45 – 08:55 | Arrival of the ministers and invited guests | |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcoming remarks by host | |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Opening remarks by the Chairperson of Council | |
| Presentation and Video by the presentations on SADR/Western Sahara |
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| DAY 2 | TUESDAY 26 MARCH |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 | Arrival of all delegates | |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Playing of the Anthems: SADC, AU and the Republic of South Africa | |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome remarks | |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Opening Statement | |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | Statement by the Chairperson of the African Union | |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Statement by the African Union Commission | |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | Statement by the SADR | |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Video on Western Sahara | |
| 11:20 – 11:30 | Family photo | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Tea Break | |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Presentation on the Outcomes of Working Groups (Closed) | |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Solidarity Statements by representatives of like-minded countries | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea Break | |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Reading of the Declaration | |
| 16:15 – 16:25 | Playing of the Anthems: SADC, AU and the Republic of South Africa | |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Media Briefing |
Enquiries: Mr Ndivhuwo Mabaya, MabayaN@dirco.gov.za / 083 645 7838
ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION
OR Tambo Building
460 Soutpansberg Road
Rietondale
Pretoria
0084