AWF at APAC: Day 1 - Monday 18th July 2022
OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
16:00pm-19:00pm (CAT) - KCC Auditorium
Africa’s Protected and Conserved areas – Sanctuaries for Biodiversity and Engines for Sustainable Development
- Razan Al Mubarak (Pre-recorded video) – President of IUCN
- Kaddu Sebunya – African Wildlife Foundation CEO
- Bruno Oberle - Director General, IUCN
- Dr. Edouard NGIRENTE, Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, Republic of Rwanda
Opening plenary panel moderated by Mohammed Valli Moosa, Deputy Chairperson of the Presidential Climate Commission, South Africa
Panelists:
- Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, Ethiopia
- President Mahmadou Issoufou, Niger
- Dr. Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment, Rwanda
- Hon. Mohammed Abdullahi, Minister of Environment, Nigeria
- Hon. Najib Balala, Minister of Tourism and Wildlife, Republic of Kenya
Discussants:
- Former President of Botswana, H.E. Festus Mogae
- Tedros Ghebreyesus, Executive Director/WHO, Statement delivered by Dr. Theopista Kabuteni, WHO Country Rep for Rwanda
Short 3-minute interventions from (pre-recorded videos or in person) delivered after the keynote address
- Monica Medina, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs of the United States
- Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Inger Andersen, Executive Director UNEP
The Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe will then preside over the soft launch of A Pan African Conservation Trust (A-PACT).