"A one-day high-level dialogue on international migration took place 17 October at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ... In her opening remarks to the conference, the commissioner for social affairs at the African Union Commission (AUC), Bience Gawanas, pledged the full support of the AUC in implementing any decisions on migration as the issue is of great importance to Africa." (Quoted from article)