Can Africa improve its multilateral engagements?

A career diplomat shares lessons learnt at the African Union and United Nations.

What significant challenges is the African Union (AU) facing, and what have been its notable successes? Can Africa improve its multilateral engagements, and how has the AU enhanced African voices globally?

Join this conversation with HE Ambassador Osama Abdel Khalek, a career diplomat and Egypt's outgoing Ambassador to Ethiopia, and Permanent Representative to the AU and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, who will answer these and other key questions.

Chair: Dr Roba D Sharamo, ISS Regional Director and Representative to the AU, Horn and East Africa ISS, Addis Ababa

Speaker: HE Ambassador Osama Abdel Khalek, Egypt's outgoing Ambassador to Ethiopia, and the Permanent Representative to the AU and the UNECA

Development partners
This seminar is funded by the government of the Netherlands. The ISS is also grateful for support from the members of the ISS Partnership Forum: the Hanns Seidel Foundation, the European Union, the Open Society Foundations and the governments of Canada, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the USA.