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9:00 - 9:10 am 

• Cambridge Academic Choir

9:10 - 9:50 am

High Level Speeches

Moderator: Dr. Rita Bissoonauth, Director, UNESCO Liaison Office to the AU

• H.E. Amb Bankole Adeoyw, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, African Union
• Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director General, Communication and Information, UNESCO
• H.E. Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa, Deputy Chairperson, African Union Commission 

High Level Opening Statement

• H.E. Mrs Hanna Arayaselassie (TBC), Minister of Justice, Federal Republic of Ethiopia

Set-the- Scene Introductory Remarks

Moderator: Seraphine Kando, African Union

• Mr. Omar Faruk Osman, President, Federation of African Journalists
• Ms. Anne Soy, BBC Africa Deputy Editor and Senior Correspondent
• Mr. Mahfuz Anam, Editor and publisher of The Daily Star, Bangladesh

9:50 - 10:10 am 

Moderator: Ms. Seraphine Kando, African Union

• Keynote Speaker: H.E. Ourveena Geereesha Topsy-Sonoo, ACHPR Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to information in Africa
• Mr. Youssef Hazeb, CEO of the National Organizations of Yemen Reporters - SADA
• Ms. Zoe Titus, Chair, Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), ED, Namibia Media Trust 
• Representative of the European Union, Director of the Division for Neighborhood and Middle East – DG ECHO

10:15 - 10:35 am

• Ms. Madeleine Ngeunga, Africa Editor, Pulitzer Centre
• Mr. Kunda Dixit, Journalist, Editor and co-publisher, Himalmedia
• Ms. Meera Selva, CEO Internews Europe 

11:15 - 11:35 am

Moderator: Ms. Lydia Gachungi, UNESCO Liaison Office Addis Ababa

• Ms. Mariam Ouédraogo, Journalist, Sidwaya, 2023 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award Winner.
• Ms. Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion
• Ms. Nadine Hoffman, Deputy Executive Director, International Media Women Foundation (IMWF) 

Closing Statement by:

• H.E. Courtney O'Donnell, US Ambassador to UNESCO

11:40 - 12:00 pm

Moderator: Ms. Antonia Eser-ruperti, UNESCO HQ

• Mr. Viacheslav Solomka, Media Hub, Ukraine

• Mr. Nasser Abdallah Salim Abubaker, President, Palestine Journalists Syndicate (PSJ)

• Ms. Rafa Renas, Community Manager, Exile Media Hub, Kenya

• Mr. Laurent Giacobino, Director for the Mediterranean Region and Asia, CFI

12:00 - 12:45 pm

Moderator: Mr. Andrea Cairola, UNESCO HQ

• Ms. Donna Lynn Caparas, Philippine National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM), Philippines

• Mrs. Elida Acosta Dávalos, Mesa para la Seguridad de Periodistas – Paraguay 

• Mr. Adrian Evtuhovici, Coordinator of the Safety of Journalists Platform. Council of Europe (CoE)

• Mr. Emmanuel K Dogbevi, Vice-President, TAEF, and Federation of African Journalists (FAJ)

• Mr. Eric Oduor, Commitee Member, Federation of African Journalists (FAJ)

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Moderator: Mr. Joseph Noubadoum, OHCHR Eastern Africa 

• H.E. Honorable Ourveena Geereesha Topsy-Sonoo, ACHPR, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to information in Africa
• Mr. Constantine Lebogo, in charge of Communication and Information, African Peer Review Mechanism
• Justice Dominic Adjei, Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and Justice of the Court of Appeal
• Amb. Salah Siddig Hammad, Head of Secretariat, African Governance Architecture and African Peace and Security Architecture, African Union

3:00 - 4:00 pm

Moderator: Mr. Michel Elvis Kenmore, UNESCO Dakar

• Mr. Ayeda Robert Kotchani, Regional Representative a.i, OHCHR Office for West Africa
• Ms. Patience Zanelie Chiradza, Director, Governance and Conflict Prevention Directorate, AU PAPS
• Ms. Rania Machlab, Head of Delegation and Representative to the African Union, International Committee of the Red Cross
• Mr. Sadibou Marong, Head of Africa Office and Director General’s Representative. Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF)

4:15 - 5:15 pm

Moderator: Ms Nancy Angulo, UNESCO Dar es Salaam

• Ms. Joyce Fernandes, Chief of Radio, Radio Okapi, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Ms. Leyla Mohamed, Editor, Radio Ergo in Somalia
• Mr. Brice Ndangoui, Editor-in-chief of Radio Ndeke Luka, Central African Republic 
• Ms. Liemia Eljaili Abubakr, Sudan Media Forum 
• Mr. Mustapha Dumbuya, Deputy Director, Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)

5:15 - 5:45 pm

Moderator: Ms. Misako Ito, UNESCO Nairobi

• Mr. Issaka Garba Abdou, Head, Governance and Human Rights Division, African Union
• Mr. Omar Faruk Osman, President, Federation of African Journalists (FAJ)
• Mr. Churchill Otieno, President, The African Editors Forum (TAEF) 
• Ms. Rachel Nakitare, International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IWRT) 
• Ms. Nompilo Simanje, Africa Advocacy and Partnership Lead, International Press Institute (IPI) 

5:45 - 6:00 pm

• Ms. Sylvie Coudray, Director for Freedom of Expression, Media and Information Literacy and Media Development, UNESCO HQ 
• Amb. Salah Siddig Hammad, Head of Secretariat, African Governance Architecture and African Peace and Security Architecture, African Union