The Equatoguinean delegation, led by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Agapito Mba Mokuy, took active part in a series of consecutive meetings which were held at the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
23/09/2016
Mba Mokuy attended a plenary session of the United Nations Summit on Refugees and Migrants, a meeting called at a head of Government level in order to address the problem of the mass movements or refugees and migrants, and to strengthen the governability of international migration. Furthermore, the meeting served as an opportunity to create a more responsible system, capable of predicting and responding to mass movement of human groups.
Agapito Mba Mokuy also met African Heads of State at the second Africa-United States Business Forum, co-organised by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the United States Department of Trade. Equatorial Guinea is at the centre of an ambitious plan to diversify its economy through expansion, in particular of the agricultural, fishing, mining, finance, telecommunications, petrochemicals and manufacturing sectors.
Anatolio Ndong Mba, Equatorial Guinea Permanent Representative to the United Nations, attended the conference on climate change.
Equatorial Guinea will host a series of UN programmes on its territories, including those from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNICEF, and the UN Development Programme.
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Equatorial Guinea Press and Information Office
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