By Juma Nsubuga
Prime Minister has presided over the Africa Day 2025 and called upon African countries to take this opportunity to reflect, engage, and recommit to the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.
Nabbanja was delivering a key note address during the High Level Political Forum at the African Union Commission permanent mission in New York.
Nabbanja, who is the chair of the Bureau of the Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development appealed to African countries to use such opportunities to reflect, engage and recommit to the African Agenda of 2063.
The Kakumiro district giant says that this Africa Day convened in New York builds on the outcomes of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable development which Uganda hosted in Kampala from 9-11 April 2025 under the theme: “Driving job creation and economic growth through sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.”
” African countries must unite and act now if they are to achieve the intended objectives in transforming the highly natural resources endowed continent” she said adding that today’s meeting focus on solutions, not just challenges. We must leverage SDG 17 to forge partnerships at all levels that strengthen health (SDG 3), advance gender equality (SDG 5), stimulate decent work and inclusive growth (SDG 8), and protect our marine ecosystems (SDG 14).
Meanwhile the deputy chairperson of the African Union Commission based in Addis Ababa Ambassador Malika Hadddi says that there is advancement in African countries towards the attainment of the development agenda but action still needed.
On to the same development,the deputy secretary general of the United Nations Amina Muhammed said that United Nations is ready to support Africa in its development agenda.
This year’s Africa day was marked under the theme “Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 through inclusive growth and partnerships, social protection, and decent jobs”.
