Recent Events
See also the Meetings of the Special Adviser on Africa.
2016
- Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VI, 27 - 28 August 2016)
- UNCTAD XIV, Global Services Forum: Promoting Tourism as an Engine of Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa (21 July 2016)
- Nelson Mandela International Day (18 July 2016)
- World Youth Skills Day 2016: “Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment” (15 July 2016)
- Briefing for Francophone Africa police (16 & 27 June 2016)
- Ministerial Preparatory Meeting of the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VI, 16 - 17 June 2016)
- High-level Event on Women and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: The impact of entrepreneurial education on development (13 June 2016)
- Towards an integrated approach to the implementation of the IPoA: Perspectives from African and Arab LDCs (28 May 2016)
- Africa Day, 25 May 2016: “Human Rights with a Particular Focus on the Rights of Women” (25 May 2016)
- High-level Expert Group Meeting on "Sustaining Peace: Mechanisms, Partnerships and the Future of Peacebuilding in Africa" (12 May 2016)
- High-level Forum: The Africa We Want in 2030, 2063 and Beyond: "Early Action and Results on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in the context of the First 10 Year Implementation Plan of Africa’s Transformative Agenda 2063" (20 April 2016)
- Launch of the Economic Report on Africa 2016on "Greening Africa’s Industrialization" (11 April 2016)
- Advocacy and Communication Cluster Meeting, at the 17th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (1 April 2016)
- Meeting of the Interdepartmental Task Force on African Affairs on the 2016 Report of the Secretary-General on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa (23 March 2016)
- High-level Meeting during the 60th Commission on the Status of Women on Africa’s Year of Human Rights with a particular focus on the Rights of Women: Opportunities and Challenges (17 March 2016)
- Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (14 - 15 March 2016)
- International Women's Day (8 March 2016)
- Private Sector Investment Conference for the Great Lakes Region (24 - 25 February 2016)
- 2016 ECOSOC Youth Forum: Youth Taking Action to Implement the 2030 Agenda (1 - 2 February 2016)
- Launch of 2016, the African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women, at the 26th African Union Summit (21 - 31 January 2016)
2015
- Second China-Africa Cooperation Forum (FOCAC) Summit (4 - 5 December 2015)
- Conflict-Induced Migration in Africa: Maximizing New Opportunities to Address its Peace, Security and Inclusive Development Dimensions (23 - 24 November 2015)
- High-Level Expert Group Meeting on "Tackling the socio-economic root causes of conflict toward achieving the goal of a conflict-free Africa in the context of implementation of Africa’s transformative Agenda 2063 and the global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" (16 - 17 November 2015)
- Preparations for the 2016 Development Cooperation Forum: Uganda High-level Symposium (4 - 6 November 2015)
- Africa Week 2015: Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Moving from Aspirations to Reality (12 - 16 October 2015)
- Operationalization of the Post-2015 Development Agenda for African Industrialization (26 September 2015)
- CEO Investment Summit and Investment & Business Leader Awards 2015: Growing Africa's Businesses and Financing the Continent's Development (24 September 2015)
- Preparatory Meeting to the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VI, 26 August 2015)
- Leveraging Pension Funds for Financing Infrastructure Development in Africa (15 July 2015)
- Second annual meeting of the Interdepartmental Task Force on African Affairs (30 June 2015)
- CEO Infrastructure Project Developers' and Investment Summit & Awards 2015 (2-3 June 2015)
- Launch of the Secretary-General's Report on the United Nations System Support for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (2 June 2015)
- Africa Day (25 May 2015)
- Astana Economic Forum (21 - 22 May 2015)
- Meeting of the Interdepartmental Task Force on African Affairs (IDTFA): 2015 Report of the Secretary-General on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa (24 April 2015)
- ECOSOC 2015 Integration Segment: Achieving sustainable development through employment creation and decent work for all (30 March - 1 April 2015)
- 2015 Conference of Ministers and RCM Africa (25 - 31 March 2015)
- High-level Event: Ensuring the Emerging Leadership of Africa's Young Women and Girls Towards 2063 (11 March 2015)
- High-level Dialogue: Towards a Continental Results Framework on Women, Peace and Security (10 March 2015)
- High-level Expert Group Meeting on the Role of the Extractive Industries in Africa towards Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth (24 February 2015)
2014
- Africa Week 2014, “The Africa We Want: UN Support to the African Union’s Agenda 2063” (13 - 17 October 2014)
- African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) High-level briefing to Member States of the United Nations: The role of Africa's Regional Economic Communities in consolidating peace, security, governance and development in the context of Agenda 2063 (1 October 2014)
- Launch of 2014 Economic Report on Africa (11 April 2014)