PRESIDENT WITOLD BAŃKA,
VICE PRESIDENT YANG YANG,
HONOURABLE MINISTERS,
DISTINGUISHED DELEGATES,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I start by thanking the Government and people of the Republic of South Korea for their gracious hospitality and impeccable organisation of this World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) World Conference.
• Your Excellency Ambassador Laura Gil Savastano, Ambassador of Colombia to Austria and Chair, Group of Friends of HIV Prevention Among People Who Use Drugs and People in Prison Settings,
• Your Excellency Mrs. Luisa Fragoso, Ambassador of Portugal to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia,
• Excellencies, Representatives of Embassies of African Union Member States in Ethiopia and Permanent Missions to the African Union,
• Ms Fariba Soltani, Chief, HIV/AIDS Section & Global Coordinator for HIV/AIDS, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,
Esteemed Delegates,
Dear Pan-Africanists,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I bring you warm greetings from H.E. Mahmoud Ali, Chairperson of the African Union Commission. It is a pleasure and an honour to join you for this first Africa Continental Foresight Consultation for Resilient Agrifood Systems.
Your Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda Who is being represented today by the Vice President, H.E. Major (Rtd) Jessica Alupo.
Honorable Francis Mwebesa, Minister of Trade Industry and Cooperatives from the Republic of Uganda;
All Cabinet and State Ministers here Present;
Your Excellency Cristina Duarte, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General on Africa;
Dr. Majoro Grace Kabayo, Secretary General for Pan-African Women Organization (PAWO);
Theme: “Renewal of Pan-Africanism and Africa’s Role in the Reform of Multilateral Institutions: Mobilizing Resources and Reinventing Itself to Act”
It is a great honour and privilege for me to welcome you all at the HQ of the AUC for this 19th annual meeting of the Committee of Directors-General of National Statistical Offices. I am delighted to see so many of you gathered here today, demonstrating your continued commitment to the development of statistics in Africa.
Let me begin by extending a warm welcome to the Deputy Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, H.E. Temesgen Tiruneh, and all African Directors-General of the NSOs, the custodians of official statistics on our continent.
