Facilitator: Jean-Paul Adam, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Opening remarks:
Ambassador Collen V. Kelapile, Vice-President, Economic and Social Council
Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary, ECA
Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Jean-Pierre Elong Mbassi, Secretary-General, United Cities and Local Governments of Africa
Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Beatrice Pacunega Manano, Chief of Economic Affairs, Office of the Special Adviser on Africa
Representative of the African Union Commission
