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17 out of 55 AU Member States have signed the Convention. Only 9 Countries have ratified it and 5 have deposited it with the AU Commission in accordance with Article 17 of the Convention. The 9 countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Cote dIvoire and Nigeria, he added.
He outlined the Commissions anticipated activities, which include consultative meetings with neighbouring Boundary Commissions, continuing maritime negotiations with Togo and implementing a mutually agreed maritime boundary line between the two countries, Land Boundary and re-affirmation exercises with Togo, Burkina Faso, and Cote dIvoire.
Major General Kotia also appealed to the international partners and various agencies to assist the Commission to support deprived community border areas.
One of our key strategic objectives is to source funding to support them by rehabilitating health clinics, roads, and water supplies in deprived border communities, he stated. 17 out of 55 AU Member States have signed the Convention. Only 9 Countries have ratified it and 5 have deposited it with the AU Commission in accordance with Article 17 of the Convention. The 9 countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Cote dIvoire and Nigeria, he added.
He outlined the Commissions anticipated activities, which include consultative meetings with neighbouring Boundary Commissions, continuing maritime negotiations with Togo and implementing a mutually agreed maritime boundary line between the two countries, Land Boundary and re-affirmation exercises with Togo, Burkina Faso, and Cote dIvoire.
Major General Kotia also appealed to the international partners and various agencies to assist the Commission to support deprived community border areas.
One of our key strategic objectives is to source funding to support them by rehabilitating health clinics, roads, and water supplies in deprived border communities, he stated.
17 out of 55 AU Member States have signed the Convention. Only 9 Countries have ratified it and 5 have deposited it with the AU Commission in accordance with Article 17 of the Convention. The 9 countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Togo, Ghana, Cote dIvoire and Nigeria, he added.
He outlined the Commissions anticipated activities, which include consultative meetings with neighbouring Boundary Commissions, continuing maritime negotiations with Togo and implementing a mutually agreed maritime boundary line between the two countries, Land Boundary and re-affirmation exercises with Togo, Burkina Faso, and Cote dIvoire.
Major General Kotia also appealed to the international partners and various agencies to assist the Commission to support deprived community border areas.
One of our key strategic objectives is to source funding to support them by rehabilitating health clinics, roads, and water supplies in deprived border communities, he stated.