Africa Day 2012

5:30 pm, Wednesday, May 23^rd 2012      Committee Room 4A,  House of Lords

Hosted by Lord King of West Bromwich  Patron of Universal Peace Federation – UK

Speakers Include:

Brigadier James Ellery CBE, (Former UN Forces Chief of Staff, Sierra Leone)

Mr. Aliu Bello (Formerly with UNICEF Afghanistan, Nigeria and Ghana)

'Peace and Development in Africa: the Role of Africans in Diaspora'.

Ms. Belinda Atim (Independent Consultant on Global Health and Development Issues)

‘Human Development Issues in Uganda and in East Africa’.

Mr. Ashley Crosthwaite, International Relief Friendship Foundation – UK (IRFF-UK)

The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) has a policy to support certain UN Days each year. With this in mind we are celebrating UN Africa Day. This has special significance to UPF, because The African Union in particular held an event last year, in partnership with UPF International in Manhattan, New York at which event we had the honour to hear the UN Secretary General speak.

At our event in London, we are looking at the development of different areas of Africa. We want to examine the obstacles for development as well as the opportunities for progress. We are very grateful to have secured speakers from a variety of viewpoints and experiences of Africa.

The speakers include:

Brigadier James Ellery CBE: In 1999 he established a new United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2001 -2003 he was the Chief of Staff of the United Nations Force which re-established control of Sierra Leone, he was the Head of the United Nations Mission in Southern Sudan for one year and currently a Director of Aegis Defence Services.

Mr. Aliu Bello, who has worked with UNICEF for 24 years, in his home country of Nigeria, Ghana and Afghanistan, will speak on 'Peace and Development in Africa: the Role of Africans in Diaspora'

Ms. Belinda Atim, Global Health Advocate, TB Alert/Action for Global Health - UK, will speak about ‘Human Development Issues in Uganda and in the wider East Africa’.

Ashley Crosthwaite, Chairman, IRFF UK will explain the humanitarian work he is doing in various countries of Africa, including supporting schools in Zambia and Uganda with sponsorship from the UK. He is also done character education work in South Africa and humanitarian aid to Cameroon.

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Margaret Ali, Director, UPF-UK,
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