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1 PROGRAMME The United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) and Partners THEME: A STRONGER AU-UN PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA United Nations Headquarters, New York October 2018

2 DAY ONE: 17 OCTOBER :00AM-10:15 Ms. Bience Gawanas, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa (5 mins) TRIBUTES: TRIBUTES TO FORMER PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AND FORMER UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations and Chair of the African Group for the month of October 2018, in tribute to former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan (5 mins) Ms. Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General s Envoy on Youth, in tribute to former President Nelson Mandela (5 mins) 10:15 11:00 OPENING SESSION: ROLE OF THE AU-UN PARTNERSHIP IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD Welcome Remarks: Ms. Bience Gawanas, United Nations Under-Secretary- General and Special Adviser on Africa (5 mins) STATEMENTS: H.E. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (7 mins) H.E. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (7 mins) H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (7 mins) H.E. Mr. Sacha Sergio Llorentty Solíz, Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of October 2018 (7 mins) H.E. Ms. Inga Rhonda King, President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) (7 mins) 11:00 13:00 SESSION I: AU-UN FRAMEWORKS FOR ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP ON PEACE AND SECURITY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AFRICA S AGENDA 2063 AND THE 2030 AGENDA: FROM POLICY TO IMPLEMENTATION Moderator: Mr. David Mehdi Hamam, Director, Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (5 mins) DISCUSSANTS: Representative of the African Union Commission (5 mins) H.E. Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe, Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations (5 mins) 2

3 Professor Eddy Maloka, Chief Executive Officer, African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Secretariat (5 mins) Ms. Alison Smale, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, Department of Public Information (5 mins) Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (5 mins) Mr. Graham Maitland, Director, Africa I Division, United Nations Department of Political Affairs (5 mins) Ms. Daniela Bas, Director, Division for Inclusive Social Development, United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (5 mins) DISCUSSION (80 mins) 15:00 16:00 SESSION II: PRESENTATION ON THE AFRICAN UNION REFORMS Moderator: H.E. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations (5 mins) Remarks: H.E. Mrs. Valentine Rugwabiza, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations and Representative of the African Union Chairperson (15 mins) DISCUSSION (40 mins) 16:00 17:00 SESSION III: A CONVERSATION ON OSAA S NEW STRATEGIC DIRECTION Remarks: Ms. Bience Gawanas, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa (15 mins) DISCUSSION (40 mins) Concluding remarks: H.E. Arisoa Lala Razafitrimo, Permanent Representative of Madagascar to the United Nations and Chair of the African Group for the month of August and September 2018 (5 mins) 3

4 DAY TWO: 18 OCTOBER :00 12:30 SESSION IV: UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT IN OPERATIONALIZING THE PEACE, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT NEXUS IN AFRICA WITH THE SAHEL REGION AS A CASE STUDY Moderator: Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa, Assistant Administrator and Regional Director, UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa (7 mins) Lead Presenter: H.E. Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Chief Executive Officer of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (10 mins) DISCUSSANTS: H.E. Mr. Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations and Representative of the incoming African Union Chairperson 2019 (5 mins) H.E. Ms. Finda Koroma, Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission (5 mins) Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN-Women and Co-Chair of the United Nations Senior Africans Group (5 mins) Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Founder and Chairperson of the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy & Development and former United Nations Special Adviser on Africa (5 mins) DISCUSSION (100 mins) FIRE SIDE CHAT: Ms. Bience Gawanas, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa and Ms. Jennifer Abu, Founder of Women and Children s Rights in Africa (W.A.C.R.I.A) (10 mins) 12:30 13:00 PRESS BRIEFING Moderator: Mr. Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General GUEST: Ms. Bience Gawanas, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa 4

5 15:00 17:00 SESSION V: CONFERENCE ROOM 6 REVITALIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS INTERDEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS (CLOSED MEETING UN ENTITIES ONLY) WELCOME REMARKS: Ms. Bience Gawanas, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa (5 mins) OPENING REMARKS: H.E. Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (10 mins) DISCUSSION (105 mins) DAY THREE: 19 OCTOBER :00 18:00 GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA 5

6 PARTNERS MAfrican Peer Review Department of Public Information APRM echanism 6

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