Opening ceremony (Facebook live streaming)
Welcome
Ms Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
E. Amb. Thomas Kwesi Quartey, Deputy Chairperson, AUC. (AUC)
Keynote address:
Mr Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Opening remarks:
E. Fetlework Gebregziabher, Minister of Trade and Industry, Ethiopia
Ms Dorothy Ng’ambi Tembo, Deputy Executive Director, International Trade Centre (ITC)
Ms Brenda Mundia, Deputy Director, Capacity Building, World Customs Organization (WCO)
Mr Philippe Isler, Director, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation
Mr Manuel Henriques, Senior Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank Group (WBG)
Mr Roberto Azevedo, Director General, World Trade Organization (WTO) via video
Ms Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) via video
Presentation of programme and objectives of the week
Mr Jan Hoffmann, Chief, Trade Logistics Branch, UNCTAD
