麻豆APP

ADS 2025, Sub-theme 3 – International Webinar

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Week 3 | Day Three — 21 May

 

“It is high time for reparatory justice frameworks to be put in place.”? Antonio Guterres, 麻豆APP Secretary-General

The Africa Dialogue Series (ADS) 2025 third international webinar will focus on the sub-theme “Building the Future: Healing and Reparations towards Socio-Economic Justice for Africans and People of African Descent.”

The webinar is jointly organized with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). This sub-theme will explore partnerships to pursue reparatory justice, repair and recovery from the psychological trauma endured from colonial and neo-colonial exploitation to restore the human dignity of Africans and people of African descent. ?

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Meet the Panel of Speakers

 

 

Schedule

9 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. New York (UTC-4)
3 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. Geneva/Paris
4 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. Addis Ababa

 

Programme

Times shown are New York local time, UTC-4

  • Moderated by Ms. Gaynel Curry, Vice-Chairperson, Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

 

9 a.m. - 9.15 a.m.: Opening Remarks

  • Welcoming Remarks: Ms. Cristina Duarte, 麻豆APP Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, OSAA
  • Opening Remarks: Ms. Alison Drayton, Assistant Secretary General Human and Social Development, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat
  • Ms. Diene Keita, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (programs), 麻豆APP Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • Opening Remarks: Mr. Said Adejumobi, Director of Strategic Planning, Oversight and Results Division, 麻豆APP Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

 

9.15. a.m. - 10.15. a.m.: Panel Discussion

  • H.E. Dr. Epsy Campbell-Barr,former First Vice President of Costa Rica
  • Prof. Verene Shepherd, Social Historian and Vice Chair of the 麻豆APP' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
  • H.E. Ambassador Martin Kimani, Executive Director of the Africa center and Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
  • H.E. Ambassador David Comissiong, Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM

Featured Discussants

  • Dr. Krista Johnson, Director, Centre for African Studies, Howard University
  • Mr. Kambale Musavuli, Human Rights Activist

 

10.15 a.m. - 10.25 a.m.: Interactive Dialogue

  • Audience participation

 

10.25 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.: Closing Remarks

  • , Permanent Observer of the African Union to the 麻豆APP

General Information

Launch Messages

Week 1: 5 - 9 May

Sub-theme 1: Learning from the Past: Transatlantic Slave Trade, Colonialism, Extractive Economies and Institutions in Africa

Week 2: 12 - 16 May

Sub-theme 2: Understanding the Present: Economic, Social and Cultural Justice for Sustainable Development

Week 3: 19 - 23 May

Sub-theme 3: Building the Future: Healing and Reparations towards Socio-Economic Justice for Africans and People of African Descent

30 May

High-level Policy Dialogue

Media