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07/15/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/14/2021 22:49
Africa Day 2021: For Nature and for African People
New York/Addis Ababa, 15th July 2021 - In early March 2021 the seventh African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD7) took place in the Brazzaville, Congo under the theme of
Building forward Better: Towards a resilient and green Africa to achieve the 2030 Goals and Agenda 2063 .
When the ARFSD7 closed, it was clear that Africa had put the green economy at the center of the continent s COVID-19 responses and economic recovery. The ARFSD7 culminated in the consensus key messages document and Brazzavile Declaration as conference outcomes to be implemented by regional governments. The Forum highlights will also be presented at the UN High Level Political Forum in July.
Brazzaville, Congo, March 3, 2021 (ECA) - Africa should make a swift recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to accelerate progress on sustainable development and build an inclusive pathway to achieving the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo, Firmin Ayessa, said Wednesday.
Describing conditions caused by COVID-19 as unprecedented, Mr. Ayessa said the health and economic situation in Africa has been severely impacted by the pandemic, making it urgent for the continent to build back better and greener.
“My country is now a leader in the fight against climate change and as proof our country is at the front of the establishment of the Blue Fund for the Congo Basin which has the objective to redefine the foundation for collaborative economies which include rational exploitation of forest and sustainable management of water, coastal areas, the Congo river and its tributaries,” he told delegates at the Seventh Africa Regional Forum for Sustainable