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Opening Remarks By Mr. Claver Gatete United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA
Speech by H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana at the Presidential Dialogue on Public Debt in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges, African Union High Level Conference on Debt Lomé, Togo | 12TH MAY, 2025
Opening Statement by H.E. Moses Vilakati, AUC Commissioner ARBE, Ag. Commissioner ETTIM, delivered at the African Union Debt Conference
Lomé, Togo
12-14 May 2025
Held under the theme: “Africa's Public Debt Management Agenda: Restoring and Safeguarding Debt Sustainability”
African Union Debt Conference
Statement of H.E Ambassador Selma Malika Haddadi, Deputy Chairperson of AUC at the Opening Ceremony of the Africa-China People-to-People Dialogue
• Your Excellency Dr. W.K. Mutale Nalumango, Vice President of the Republic of Zambia
• Honorable Mulambo Haimbe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
• The Presiding Officer & leadership of ECOSOCC
• Mr. Li Jun, Vice President of CNIE and head of the Chinese delegation
• Your Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates and Friends

Statement of H.E Ambassador Selma Malika Haddadi, Deputy Chairperson of AUC at the opening of the 6th COMESA Trade Fair and Business Conference
Your Excellency Mr. Tagesse Chafo, Speaker of the House of Peoples Representatives
Your Excellency Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, Secretary General of COMESA
Your Excellency Dr. Kassahun Gofe, Minister of Trade and Regional Integration
Ms. Maureen Sumbwe Chairperson of the COMESA Federation of Women in Business
Senior Government Officials of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Excellences Ambassadors and Members of Diplomatic Corps
Chiefs Executives Officers of COMESA Institutions
Chairpersons of the COMESA Federation of Women in Business

Keynote speech delivered by Hon. Kyakulaga Fred Bwino, Minister of State for Agriculture of the Republic of Uganda at Launch of CAADP Action Plan & Kampala Declaration
Speaking Notes for Honourable Minister Steenhuisen (MP) at Launch of the CAADP Strategy and Action Plan (2026-2035) and the Kampala Declaration
- His Excellency, Honourable Moses Vilakati, AU Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, African Union Commission,
- Honourable Chair of the AU Commission: Hon. Frank K. Tumwebaze, Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Uganda, and the chair of the extraordinary session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment (ARDWE),
- Honourable Ministers.
- Honourable Nardos Bekele-Thomas CEO, AUDA -NEPAD
- Representatives of the Development Partners.

Opening Remarks by H.E. Moses Vilakati, AUC Commissioner ARBE, at Launch of the CAADP Strategy and Action Plan (2026-2035) and the Kampala Declaration
• Your Excellency, Hon. John Steenhuisen, Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development of the Republic of South Africa.
• Your Excellency, Hon. Kyakulaga Fred Bwino, Minister of State for Agriculture, representing Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of Uganda and the Chair of the Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment.
• Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Eswatini Hon Mandela Tshawuka
• Your Excellency Mme Nardos Bekele, CEO, AUDA-NEPAD
