ADS 2025 - Concept Note | Office of the Special Adviser on Africa

In Focus

In case you missed it

Watch the recording of the High-Level Policy Dialogue that took place on 30 May on UN Web TV or on our website on YouTube in English and French.
Watch the recording of the International Webinars that took place on 7 May, 14 May and 21 May.
Watch the recording of the Youth Stages that took place on 8 May,15 May and 22 May.
Read our latest policy briefs on Learning from the Past: Transatlantic Slave Trade, Colonialism, Extractive Economies and Institutions in Africa, Understanding the Present: Economic, Social and Cultural Justice for Sustainable Development and Building the Future: Healing and Reparations towards Socio-Economic Justice for Africans and People of African Descent.

Concept Note

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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