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High Commissioner Navi Pillay signs a MOU with AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping.
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OHCHR AND AU COMMISSION STRENGTHEN COOPERATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICAOHCHR and the African Union Commission confirm their longstanding cooperation to promote and protect human rights in Africa by signing a Memorandum of Understanding. The UN Human Rights Chief, Navi Pillay and the Chairman of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping signed the agreement at the Commission’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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