MEDIA ADVISORY
What: 2022 Africa Day at the High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals. Theme: “Scaling up innovative financing and leveraging partnerships for the Africa We Want.”
When: Tuesday 12 July 2022 from 12:30pm to 03:30pm (UTC)/ 08:30 to 11:30am (EST). See the programme.
Where: Follow proceedings on http://webtv.un.org or register to participate.
Who: Speakers will be drawn from African Governments, the United Nations, the African Union Commission, the private sector and civil society organizations.
Key speakers include Mr. Albert Muchanga, Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Mining, African Union Commission; Ms. Ester Anna Liisa Nghipondoka, Minister of Education, Arts and Culture, Government of Namibia, and Vice-Chair of the Bureau of the 8th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD); Ms. Semereta Sewasew, State Minister of Finance for Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia; Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mali; Mr. Augustus Flomo, Deputy Minister for Economic Management, Liberia; Dr. Thomas Munthali, Director-General, National Planning Commission, Malawi; Mr. Abdou-Razak Ahmed Idriss, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Djibouti; Mr. Sello Justice Tšukulu, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Development Planning, Lesotho; Dr. Kodjo Mensah-Abrampa, Director General, National Development Planning Commission, Ghana; Mr. Omar Hilale, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Morocco, on behalf of the African Group; Ms. Sofia Tesfamariam, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Eritrea; Mr. Collen Kelapile, Permanent Representative of Botswana to the United Nations and President of the 76th Session of the Economic and Social Council; Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations; Ms. Hanan Morsy, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa, Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Africa; and Ms. Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General on Africa.
African Ministers heading their delegations for the HLPF and Voluntary National Review (VNRs) processes on the achievement on the Sustainable Development Goals will also speak.
Why: In view of this year’s theme, the event will focus on inclusion, resilience and domestic resource mobilization as means to strengthen development gains.It will build on the outcomes of the 8th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development that took place in Kigali in March 2022 under the theme of “Building forward better: a green, inclusive and resilient Africa poised to achieve the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.”
The event is open to all participants, including high-level government officials from all UN Member States, as well as representatives from African regional institutions, the UN system, bilateral and multilateral partners, representatives from women and youth groups, civil society, the private sector, academia and the media.
It is co-organized by the UN Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA), African Union Commission (AUC), UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP).
Media contacts
For more information, please contact:
Ms. Matilda Moyo, Public Information Officer, OSAA. Tel: +1 929 283 1289. Email: moyo1@un.org
Ms. Oumou Daou Koumoue, Communications Adviser, African Union Permanent Observer Mission to the UN. Tel: +19143163726. Email: Koumoueo@africa-union.org
Ms. Eve Sabbagh, Strategic Communications Specialist, Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Tel: +1 484 904 5730. Email: eve.sabbagh@undp.org
Ms. Uzoamaka Madu, Communication Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Tel: +254 721 28 30 29 Email: madu@un.org
Mr. Franck Kuwonu, Public Information Officer, UN Department of Global Communications (DGC). Tel: +1 917 383 7733. Email: kuwonu@un.org