"There was nothing that could have prepared me for the sudden loss of my dear brother and beloved President of the Namibian people, H.E. Dr. Hage G. Geingob."

Countries will continue to rely on the indispensable contributions of the business community and the private sector. 

The US-based Africa-America Institute (AAI) will honour the legacy of Namibia’s late President, Hage Geingob, during its 40th Annual Awards Gala in New York on Tuesday evening.

The Annual Awards Gala is a premier event celebrating the achievements of Africans and the global African diaspora.

President Nangolo Mbumba says the Summit of the Future is a timely and urgent call to action to choose the path of peace, prosperity, and sustainable development. 

Former First Lady Monica Geingos says there is a need to mobilise partners to support youth-focused sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes.

Geingos and a panel of experts dissected this during a side event of the Summit of the Future at the UN headquarters on Friday.

Officials from various countries convened for a side event focused on empowering youth in Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Inclusive Leadership, ahead of the upcoming Summit for the Future, co-hosted by Namibia and Germany,.

President Nangolo Mbumba has highlighted a concern that the global systems established since 1945 continue to favour the countries that emerged victorious from World War II. 

According to the President, it is time for the Summit of the Future to address and correct this longstanding imbalance.

Negotiations for the Pact of the Future and the Global Compact, which will be adopted at the end of the Summit of the Future, are in their final stages. 

The Pact has to be agreed upon by all UN member states by consensus.

President Nangolo Mbumba has encouraged all UN member states to reflect seriously on how they can continue to build on multilateralism.

He said this as the negotiations for the Pact of the Future are underway, to be adopted at the end of the Summit of the Future in New York.

President Nangolo Mbumba has encouraged all UN member states to reflect in earnest how they can continue to build on multilateralism.

This, as the negotiations for the Pact of the Future are underway, to be adopted at the end of the Summit of the Future, which Namibia and Germany are co-facilitating.