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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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