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The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Winnie Byanyima, has advocated an end to HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.
According to a statement, Byanyima would pay an official visit to Nigeria between March eight and 10, as part of her efforts to ensure the country wins the battle against HIV/AIDS.
The statement partly reads, “The Executive Director and United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Winnie Byanyima, will be in Nigeria on an official visit from March 8 to 10, her first to the country since taking up her post in November 2019. During her visit, Ms Byanyima, will hold high-level talks on the country’s response to the colliding epidemics of HIV and COVID-19.
Monday, 8 March 2021, 5:50 pm
A dialogue among women leaders in the Asia-Pacific region
to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 highlighted
the need for Governments to continue their efforts to
promote and ensure equal participation and representation of
women in decision-making in the region.
Held under the
IWD 2021 theme, ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal
future in a COVID-19 world,’
the event
organized by
the United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and
the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)
provided a virtual platform to share experiences, and
recognize the tremendous efforts by women and girls in the
Date Time
Achieving an equal future for women in Asia and Pacific in post-COVID-19 era
A dialogue among women leaders in the Asia-Pacific region to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 highlighted the need for Governments to continue their efforts to promote and ensure equal participation and representation of women in decision-making in the region.
Held under the IWD 2021 theme, ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,’ the event organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) provided a virtual platform to share experiences, and recognize the tremendous efforts by women and girls in the region in shaping an equal recovery from COVID-19.
Brazzaville, 4 March 2021 (ECA) – The President of the Republic of Congo – Denis Sassou Nguesso, in his capacity as Chair of the Congo Basin Climate Commission (CBCC) and the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) – Vera Songwe, met on Wednesday in Brazzaville to discuss Africa’s position ahead of Cop26.
The President asked ECA’s Executive Secretary to work with him to build a common African position on pertinent issues pertaining to the continent in the lead-up to the 26
th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, slated for Glasgow in the United Kingdom in November 2021.
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