Ebola – A Threat to Sustainable Development
Friday, 5 December 2014, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Statements, Videos and Presentations
Opening of the meeting
Messages from the affected countries [WATCH ARCHIVED VIDEO]
- His Excellency Mohamed Diare, Minister of Economy and Finance, Republic of Guinea [Address]
- His Excellency Kaifala Marrah, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Republic of Sierra Leone [Address]
- His Excellency Mounir Siaplay, Deputy Minister for Economic Management, Ministry of Finance and Development, Republic of Liberia [Address]
- His Excellency Dianguina dit Yaya Doucouré, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mali to the United Nations [Address]
Keynote addresses:
Interactive dialogue [WATCH ARCHIVED VIDEOS PART I and PART II]
Moderator:
- Dr. Paul Farmer, Co-Founder of Partners in Health and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Community Based Medicine and Lessons from Haiti [Remarks]
Panellists:
- Her Excellency Febe Potgieter-Gqubule, Special Advisor on Strategy Planning and Monitoring, Office of the African Union Commission Chairperson (AU Ebola Timeline)
- Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, Deputy Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa
- Mr. Mead Over, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
- Ms. Melanie Walker, Senior Adviser to the President, World Bank Group
- Ms. Aleesha Taylor, Deputy Director, Open Society Education Support Programme, Open Society Foundations
- Mr. Alan Knight, Chair of the Ebola Private Sector Mobilization Group (EPSMG) and General Manager for Corporate Sustainability Arcelor Mittal
Discussants:
- Mr. Maged Abdelaziz, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa
- Mr. Sunil Saigal, Principal Coordinator, United Nations Development Programme’s Response to the Ebola Outbreak
Closing of the meeting
- Closing remarks by the President of the Economic and Social Council, His Excellency Martin Sajdik (Austria)
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