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Welcome addresses

H.E. Ms Carolina CERQUEIRA

State Minister for Social Affairs, Republic of Angola

H.E. Mr Moussa FAKI MAHAMAT

President of the Commission of the African Union

Mr Xing QU

Deputy Director General, UNESCO

Keynote Addresses

Mr Forest WHITAKER

Actor, UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation

Ms Hanna SERWAA TETTEH

Special Representative of the United Nations, Secretary-General to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU)

H. E. Ms Epsy CAMPBELL BARR

Vice-President, Costa Rica

Official opening

of the 2021 edition of the Biennale of Luanda by
H.E. Mr João Manuel Gonçalves LOURENÇO

President of the Republic of Angola

H.E. Mr Denis Sassou-Nguesso

President of the Republic of Congo

H.E. Mr Félix Tshisekedi

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr Carlos Vila Nova

President of the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

H.E. Mr Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

President of Portugal

H.E. Mrs Epsy Campbell Barr

Vice-President of Costa Rica

H.E. Mr Nangolo Mbumba

Vice President of Namibia

Inaugural Lesson - Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building a Culture of Peace in Africa

Welcome addresses
H.E. Ambassador Mr Mohamed GAD

President of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union

Inaugural lesson
Dr Mr Yonas ADAYE ADETO

Director, Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Addis Ababa University

Ambassador Mr Ahmed ABDEL-LATIF

Director-General, Cairo International Center forConflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA)

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