The High-level political forum will provide a platform for high-level stakeholders including ministers and other high-level government officials as well as representatives of United Nations agencies to deliver a statement on the importance of food security. Leaders will discuss the urgent need for innovative, collaborative approaches to tackle hunger’s complex challenges, sharing successful initiatives, best practices, and calls for stronger partnerships across borders. This dialogue underscores our shared responsibility to ensure universal access to nutritious food, uniting efforts to eradicate hunger worldwide.
Tentative list of expected speakers:
H.E Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment, AUC
H.E. Mr. Anxious Jongwe Masuka, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement, Zimbabwe
H.E. Mr. Salem Abdullah Eissa Salem Al-Socatri, Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Fish Wealth, Yemen
H.E. Mr. Abubakr Omer Albushra Ahmed, Minister of Agriculture, Sudan
H.E. Mr. Ezzedine Ben Chiekh, Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries Tunisia
H.E. Mr. Rezq Basheer-Salimia, Minister of Agriculture, State of Palestine
H.E. Mr. Grégoire Mutshayi, State Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Democratic Republic of the Congo
H.E. Mr. Alpha Ibrahim Sesay, Minister of Trade and Industry, Sierra Leone
H.E. Mr. Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda
H.E. Mr. Selemani Saidi Jafo, Minister of Industry and Trade, United Republic of Tanzania
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Awaleh, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries, Djibouti
H.E. Mr. Vitalii Koval Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine
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H.E. Ms. Scholastica Tanneh Nyenkan-Nimley, Acting Minister, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Liberia
H.E. Mr. Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Special Envoy of the Federal Chancellor for Global Affairs, Austria
H.E. Mansour Al Mushaiti, Vice Minister of Environment, Water & Agriculture, Saudi Arabia
H.E. Ms. Tahian’ny Avo Maminjatovo, Secretary of State in charge of Food Security to the President’s Office, Madagascar
H.E. Mr. Kosal Oum, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
H.E. Ms. Florence Nambozo Wamala, Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs, Uganda
H.E. Mr. Maurice Odhiambo Makoloo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Kenya to UNIDO and Chair of the Africa Group in Vienna, Austria
H.E. Mr. Magdi Ahmed Mofadal Elnour, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sudan to UNIDO and Chairperson of Friends for Food Security
H.E. Mr. Hu Changchun, Head of Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the African Union and Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the UNECA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, China
H.E. Mr. Ali Akbar Rezaei, Ambassador, Islamic Republic of Iran
H.E. Mr. Ronald Micallef, Ambassador of Malta to Ethiopia
H.E. Mr. Geraldo Gonçalves Miguel Saranga, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mozambique to the United Offices and Other International Organizations in Geneva and Vienna
H.E. Mr. Atif Sharif Mian, Ambassador, Pakistan
H.E. Ms. Rose Sakala, Ambassador, Zambia
Ms. Najat Mokhtar, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Science, International Atomic Energy Agency
Dr. Amany Asfour, President, Africa Business Council
Mr. Junior Lodge, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
Mr. Ibrahim El Dukheri, Director General, Arab Organization for Agriculture Development, League of Arab States
Ms. Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa to the United Nations Secretary-General
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