OAU Courtesy Calls in 1999

In 1999, Dr. Salim held a number of meetings, courtesy calls and sessions with dignitaries far and wide. 

These included but were not limited to the following engagements:

• Meeting with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (who later became President of Liberia) 
• Meeting with Zephirin Diabre (UNDP Associate Administrator)
• Meeting with Ibrahim Babangida (Former President of Nigeria)
• Meeting with Ambassador Marawan Zaki Badr of Egypt during the signing ceremony of the protocol establishing the African Court of Human and People's Rights
• Meeting with Alex Kamugisha (Ambassador of Uganda) presenting his credentials to OAU
• Meeting with Non-African diplomats
• Meeting with Tony Lloyd (British Envoy)
• Meeting with staff of the OAU on the restructuring of the general secretariat of the OAU
• Meeting with Managing Director and Delegation of Board of Directors of the African Reinsurance Corporation
• Meeting with Angel Dwamarie Fernande (Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba)
• Meeting with Anthony Lake (US Special Envoy for Ethiopia and Eritrea)
• Meeting with Daudi Balali (Central Bank Governor of Tanzania)
• Hosting David Shinn (Ambassador to the United States) as well as Seyoum Mesfin (Foreign Minister of Ethiopia)
• Meeting with Louise Frechette (Deputy Secretary General of the UN)
• Meeting with Amr Moussa (Foreign Minister of Egypt)