Rio Conventions Pavilion - Day of Drought - High-Level Session

09:00 – 09.30 Arrival of participants and welcome coffee

09:30 - 12:00

Opening video: ”The End of Famine”

Master of Ceremony and welcome address: Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary

Opening address by:
• Ms. Maggie Sotyu, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa
• Mr. Rene Castro, Assistant Director General, Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department, FAO
• Mr. Howard Bamsey, Chair GWP
• Mr. Olcay Unver, UN-Water Vice Chair
• Ms. Samia Nkrumah, President of Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Center, Ghana
• Mr. Jeanclaude Bidogeza, Lead Economist, Africa Risk Capacity

Strength despite the threat - All women panel on drought resilience:
Moderator: Ms. Samia Nkrumah, President of Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Center, Ghana
Panelists:
• Ms. Caroline King-Okumu, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
• Ms. Hindou Oumaru Ibrahim, Environmental activist, Coordinator of the Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad
• Ms. Lorena Aguilar Revelo, Vice Minister Foreign Affairs Costa Rica