Press Release
Mr
Kofi Annan, Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation, is to visit Nigeria from 12-14
January to address a conference on elections being organized by a coalition of
Nigerian civil society organisations.
Mr.
Annan will deliver the keynote address at the conference, to be held on
Tuesday, 13 January 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.
For
more information, please contact:
media@kofiannanfoundation.org
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