Former First Lady Monica Geingos says there is a need to mobilise partners to support youth-focused sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes.
Geingos and a panel of experts dissected this during a side event of the Summit of the Future at the UN headquarters on Friday.
Officials from various countries convened for a side event focused on empowering youth in Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Inclusive Leadership, ahead of the upcoming Summit for the Future, co-hosted by Namibia and Germany,.
President Nangolo Mbumba has highlighted a concern that the global systems established since 1945 continue to favour the countries that emerged victorious from World War II.
According to the President, it is time for the Summit of the Future to address and correct this longstanding imbalance.
Negotiations for the Pact of the Future and the Global Compact, which will be adopted at the end of the Summit of the Future, are in their final stages.
The Pact has to be agreed upon by all UN member states by consensus.
President Nangolo Mbumba has encouraged all UN member states to reflect seriously on how they can continue to build on multilateralism.
He said this as the negotiations for the Pact of the Future are underway, to be adopted at the end of the Summit of the Future in New York.
President Nangolo Mbumba has encouraged all UN member states to reflect in earnest how they can continue to build on multilateralism.
This, as the negotiations for the Pact of the Future are underway, to be adopted at the end of the Summit of the Future, which Namibia and Germany are co-facilitating.
President Nangolo Mbumba has called on traditional authorities to educate their communities who will be participating in the upcoming general elections and do so in a free and peaceful manner.
Resolving disputes originating within Traditional Authorities consumes government time and vital resources that could be directed towards other national priorities.
President Nangolo Mbumba emphasized this point, while urging people to respect customary laws and norms and to seek amicable resolutions.
President Nangolo Mbumba says Namibia wants to work closely with China in the development of energy, including green hydrogen, solar, hydro, wind, and nuclear energy.
President Mbumba held a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People.
China has committed to provide grant funding to Namibia to construct houses for Namibian police officers.
This follows the bilateral talks between President Nangolo Mbumba’s bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.
