10:00
10:20- 10:30
10.30 -13.00
Draft Programme
Thematic Debate on The Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts in Africa
25 April, Conference Room: 3 (NLB)
Opening remarks by:
- H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremic, President of the General Assembly
- H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
Keynote Address:
- H.E. Mr. Jean-Pierre Buyoya, AU High Representative for Mali and Sahel
High-level General Debate:
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H.E Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
H.E. Mrs. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and
Cooperation of South Africa
H.E. Mr. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Namibia
H.E. Mr. Mohamed Kamel Amr, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt
H.E. Ms. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional
Integration of Ghana
HE Mr. Emmanuel Issoze Ngonde Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon
H.E. Mr. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia
H.E. Mr. Mr. Christian Friis Bach, Minister of Development Cooperation of
Denmark
15: 00 – 16:30
Panel Discussion I
“Fostering AU-UN cooperation around the nexus of peace, security and development”
Panelists:
• Prof. Mahmood Mamdani
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Prof. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong
Prof. Abdul Karim Bangura
Dr. Cheikh Tidane Gadio
Moderator: tbc
16:30- 18:00
Panel Discussion II
“Interactive Panel Debate 2: Panel 2: Complexity of conflict in Africa (Mali, Somalia,
Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo)” and efforts to address these
challenges.
Panelists:
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Prof. Molefi Kete Asante
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Mr. Vasu Gounden
Dr. Boubacar N’Diaye
Amb. Collin Keating
Moderator: Mr. Maged Abdelaziz, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on
Africa
Draft Programme
Thematic Debate on The Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts in Africa
25 April, Conference Room: 3 (NLB)
Morning Session:
10:00- 10:20 Opening
• H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremic, President of the General Assembly
• H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
10:00- 10:20 Keynote Address:
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H.E. Mr. Jean-Pierre Buyoya, AU High Representative for Mali and Sahel
10:30- 13:00
High Level Plenary session
• H.E Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea
• H.E Mrs. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation
of South Africa
• H.E. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Namibia
• H.E. Mr. Mohamed Kamel Amr, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt
• H.E. Ms. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of
Ghana
• HE Mr. Emmanuel Issoze Ngonde Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gabon
• H.E. Mr. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia
• H.E. Mr. Mr. Christian Friis Bach, Minister of Development Cooperation of
Denmark
Afternoon Session:
15:00- 16:30 Panel Discussion One: Fostering AU-UN cooperation around the
nexus of peace, security and development
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the OAU and the AU has chosen to celebrate
this milestone under the theme -- “Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance”. The
AU commitment to the nexus on peace, security and development has been reiterated
with the adoption of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) in
2001 and fostered through the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in 2003. It is
critical that the UN continue to engage with the AU as it reflects on its achievements
and challenges over the last fifty years. This panel discussion offers an excellent
opportunity to focus on the nexus between peace, security and development as well as
contribute to constructive dialogue on achieving long-term peace, stability and
development goals in Africa. The aim is also to provide a critical assessment of the
challenges and opportunities that the creation of partnerships bring to Africa, and to
provide recommendations on how to strengthen collaboration between the AU and
UN.
This presentation will examine the role that partnerships bring in building towards
enhancing the African continent’s capacity for peace, security and development. In
furtherance of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter, the AU and UN have been engaged in
peace and security cooperation that date back to the establishment of the Organization
of African Unity (OAU).
Panelists:
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Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, Director and Professor, Makerere Institute of Social
Research, Makerere University, Kampala and Herbert Lehman Professor of
Government, Columbia University,
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Prof. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, Professor of History and African Studies, Harvard
University
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Prof. Abdul Karim Bangura, Professor of Political Science, Howard University
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Dr. Cheikh Tidane Gadio, President, Institute for Pan-African Strategies, Senegal
Moderator: tbc
Focus of Discussion
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To what extend has the AU succeeded in transforming its institutions and
mechanism to advance peace, security and development?
How can development and security be simultaneously enhanced in Africa
Is the current institutional cooperation between the UN (GA) and AU
sufficient to facilitate the nexus of peace, security and development?
How can the UN enhance its support towards AU development efforts
(NEPAD) in the context of the post-2015 deveopment agenda?
16:30-18:00 Panel Discussion Two: Complexity of conflicts in Africa (Mali,
Somalia, Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo) and efforts to address
these challenges.
Since its establishment, the AU has immensely contribution to settling disputes and
conflicts in a peaceful manner on the Continent. The operationalisation of the various
components of the AU Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) such as the AU Peace
and Security Council, the Continental Early Warning System, the Panel of the Wise
and the African standby force are clear indications of this resolve and constitute the
basic framework for addressing the myriad of peace, security and development
challenges on the continent.
This presentation is expected to examine both the inherently endogenous as well as the
apparent exogenous trends and dimensions of conflict in Africa. It will analyse the
interconnection between global developments and the evolving nature of conflicts on
the continent. Each panellist would be given the opportunity to briefly address one
conflict situation.
Focus of Discussion
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What is the nature of current conflicts that threaten peace and security in
Africa and how are they externally and internally driven?
What are some of the recurring strategies employed to address conflict in
Africa, and how have they evolved with time? Have they succeeded or
failed? Why?
To what extend has the international political architecture contributed to
supporting peacefully resolving conflicts in Africa?
How can we create sustainable peace? Does the political will to prevent,
address, transform conflicts exist?
Panelists:
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Prof. Molefi Kete Asante, Professor of African American Studies, Temple University
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Mr. Vasu Gounden, Founder and Executive Director, ACCORD, South Africa
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Dr. Boubacar N’Diaye, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science,
College of Wooster
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Amb. Collin Keating, Founder of the Security Council Report
Moderator: Mr. Maged Abdelaziz, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa