HLS/2014/CRP.1

28 September 2014 English Original: English and French

Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme Sixty-fifth session 29 September - 3 October 2014 Geneva, Palais des Nations, Assembly Hall Item 3 of the provisional agenda High-level segment on enhancing international cooperation, solidarity, local capacities and humanitarian action for refugees in Africa

Agenda for the high-level segment

Monday, 29 September

10:00 Opening of the sixty-fifth session of the Executive Committee  Introduction by the Chairperson and other organizational matters  Adoption of the agenda of the sixty-fifth session

10:15 Opening of the high-level segment (open to the media)  Introduction by the Chairperson of the Executive Committee, His Excellency Ambassador Choi Seokyoung  Film presenting refugee emergencies in Africa  Opening statement by the High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. António Guterres

10:45 Keynote speaker  Statement by the Special Adviser of the -General on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng

10:55 Statements by government and regional partners  Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration of Namibia (on behalf of the Africa Group) The Honourable Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana  Cabinet Secretary for the Interior and Coordination of the National Government of Kenya Mr. Joseph ole Lenku  Minister of Solidarity, Humanitarian Affairs and Reconstruction of the North of Mali Mr. Hamadou Konaté  Minister of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees (Office of the Prime Minister) of The Honourable Eng. Hilary Onek

 Commissioner for Food Security of Mauritania Mr. Sid’Ahmed Ould Baba  Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Her Excellency Dr. Aisha Laraba Abdullahi  Vice-President and Special Envoy on Gender of the African Development Bank Ms. Geraldine Joslyn Fraser-Moleketi

11:55-13:00 Statements by donor, United Nations and civil society partners  Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration of the United States of America The Honourable Anne C. Richard  Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Mr. Carlos Lopes  Executive Director of the United Nations (WFP) Ms. Ertharin Cousin  Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin  President of Africa Humanitarian Action Dr. Dawit Zawde  Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Mr. Jan Egeland

15:00-18:00 Interventions from the floor by Member States and Observers

Tuesday, 30 September

10:00 Resumption of the high-level segment  Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway His Excellency Mr. Børge Brende

10:10 Interventions from the floor by Member States and Observers

12:35-13:00 Closing of the high-level segment  Adoption of the Statement of the Executive Committee  Summing up by the High Commissioner  Closing remarks by the Chairman of the Executive Committee