Witnessing the signing of the Centre Host Agreement of the Regional Centre by Partners, the Diplomatic Community, Other Stakeholders and Senior Government Officials in Lusaka at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Conference Room
Historic moment: Executive Secretary of ICGLR Ambassador Liberata Mulamula with the Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs Honourable Kabinge Pande signing the Agreement in Lusaka on 24th March 2011
Tea Break after the hard work: Ambassador Mulamula conferring with Frank Okuthe-Oyugi, Executive Director of the Lusaka Regional Centre immediately after the signing ceremony
Dignitaries at the signing ceremony pose for a photo with H.E. Ambassador Mulamula and the Host, Hon. KabingaPande after the ceremony. From left: H.E. Samuel Munatta, Chargé d’Affaires High Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania; H. E. Dr Kipyego Cheluget, Kenya’s High Commissioner to Zambia; Ambassador Lucy Mungoma, PermanentSecretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr Frank Okuthe-Oyugi, Executive Director Levy Mwanawasa Regional Centre; Hon. Prof. Fashion Phiri, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and H. E. Moses Chikeni, South African High Commissioner to Zambia.
During the occasion, Ambassador Mulamula thanked President Rupiah Bwezani Banda and the Government of Zambia for accepting to Host Centre. Ambassador Mulamula said that the event was a fulfilling end to a long journey as it marked the culmination of the will expressed by the Heads of States and the Governments of Member States of the ICGLR in the 2004 Dar-es-Salaam Declaration, which was followed by the signing of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Region in Nairobi 2006.
She recalled that it was the Nairobi meeting that had recommended the establishment of a Regional Centre in Zambia to act as a key institution for the promotion of Democracy, Good Governance, Human Rights and Civic Education in the Region.
Ambassador Mulamula added that the mission of the Regional Centre was to reinforce the institutional capacities of Member States in the areas of Democracy, Good Governance, Human Rights and Civic Education through research, training, follow-up and facilitation of dialogue and consultations between various social and political actors in the region.
The Centre would concentrate on intensifying the ICGRL’s efforts in the search for durable solutions to issues of Democracy, respect of the Rule of Law and Human Rights which will sustain Peace, Security, Stability and Development in the Region.
The Ambassador added that the Centre would play a pivotal role in providing policy oriented recommendations for informed decision making and action by the Governments and other Stakeholders.
“Our dream is to mode the Centre into the “Think Tank” and Resource Centre of the ICGLR by making it the melting pot of all progressive ideas aimed at achieving the ideals of the Pact, particularly those relating to the issues of democracy, good governance, human rights and civic education”, the Ambassador said.
Ambassador Mulamula attributed the hosting of the centre to the late President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa’s tireless efforts in mobilizing his then fellow Heads of States to give Zambia the opportunity to host the Centre.
She further said that the setting up and naming of the Centre after the late President were a befitting tribute to a leader who had tirelessly championed good governance and wanted to make Zambia a shining example.
She also appreciated the role that late Ambassador Siteke Mwale played in spearheading the efforts to find a suitable home for the Centre in Lusaka.
Ambassador Mulamula concluded by introducing to the assembled guests the founding Executive Director of the Centre, Dr Frank Okuthe-Oyugi.
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