DPM & FM Demeke Chairs General Assembly of OEC Summit 2023 as its Inaugural President

Addis Ababa, June 27, 2023 (FBC) – General Assembly of the Organization of Educational Cooperation (OEC) has kicked off in Addis Ababa in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Demeke Mekonnen.

The OEC was established in Djibouti at international summit in January 2020 by Latin American, Caribbean, African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Pacific Island countries for balanced and inclusive education.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Demeke Mekonnen is chairing the ongoing Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of the OEC which is underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as its Inaugural President of OEC Summit 2023.

The purpose of OEC is to contribute to equitable, just, prosperous social transformation of societies by promoting balanced and inclusive education in order to attain fundamental rights to liberty, justice, dignity, sustainability, social cohesion and material and immaterial security for the people of the world.

It, therefore, acts as an instrument of intellectual, technical and financial cooperation and solidarity between member states as well as associate members.

Ambassadors and representatives of various institutions are attending the summit.