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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND  —

The International Coalition for People of African Descent and the Pan-African Council are hosting a high-level meeting at the Third Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent with the title “Haiti & Resistance to the Imperialist Project as a Reparative Justice Undertaking”.

The Panel will be moderated by Council Ambassador Dr. Chevy Eugene and feature the following distinguished speakers: Mireille Fanon Mendès-France – Pd. Frantz Fanon Foundation; Esther Mamadou – ICPAD Coordinator Europe; Jemima Pierre – Co-Coordinator of Haiti/Americas Team, Black Alliance for Peace and Professor at the Social Justice Institute, University of British Columbia; and, Camille Chalmers – Coordinator for Plateforme Haïtienne pour un Développement Alternatif (PADPA).

This meeting will be held at the UN Palais des Nations, Room XXV, Geneva, Switzerland this Friday, April 19, 2024.

Context: In 2023, the Frantz Fanon Foundation advised on the urgency and necessity of a political solidarity mission to Haiti. Supported by 3 network organisations on the ground, the experts met with civil society actors to show support in the light of this multidimensional crisis that Haiti is going through to address the specificities affecting Afro-descendants. The mission will present the preliminary findings and highlight the voice of the Haitian people: the rejection of foreign interference and the respect for their right to self-determination.

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Media Contact:

Tatiana Mensah
media@panafricancouncil.org

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LUSAKA, ZAMBIA  —

Preliminary Meeting on the 3rd Session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

Back to the Roots: A Pan-African Approach in Fostering an African Renaissance

Date: March 25-27, 2024

Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Venue: The Quorum

Implementing partners: International Coalition for People of African Descent (ICPAD), Pan-African Council (PAC), African Union ECOSOCC, Panda Africa (Zambia), Articulación Latinoamericana para el Decenio Afrodescendiente (ALDA), Black and African Diaspora Program (BAFD) – Dalhousie University, Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), Baobab Centro de Innovación en Justicia Racial, de Género y Ambiental (Colombia), Plateforme Haïtienne de Plaidoyer pour un Développement Alternatif (PAPDA), Frantz Fanon Foundation (Martinique/France).

The aim of the preliminary meeting is to:

• Strengthen and expand ICPAD and its members, that will meet in person or online before each United Nations Permanent Forum of People of African Descent session to create a working plan and identify key objectives as part of civil society contribution;
• Foster knowledge exchange to promote inclusive and holistic policy recommendations and decision-making capabilities;
• Develop an effective grassroots-driven network that has the tools and resources to support people of African descent globally in dealing with human rights violations and dignity.

For more information and to register for the event, kindly visit: http://panafricancouncil.org/LUSAKA2024.

 

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NEW YORK, NY, USA  —

Alongside the Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the United Nations and the International Coalition for People of African Descent, the Pan-African Council hosts an in-person panel at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this May 31st, 2023, to be led by Ambassador Chevy Eugene.

The panel will take place during the 2nd Session of Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD), announced by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Event details

Reparations, Debt, & Wealth: Reimagining the Possibilities of Economic Liberation for People of African Descent.

The panel, followed by a Q & A session, is based on the central question: What does debt cancellation and financial compensation look like for people of African Descent in varied regions/countries within a reparatory justice framework?

Moreover, one of the overall goals of this event is to advocate for a Global Reparations Commission that the PFPAD facilitates in collaboration with the multiple international reparations movement associated with conquest, enslavement, colonialism and neocolonialism in support of People of African Descent across the diasporas.

 

Keynote Speaker

• Dr June Soomer – Member, Permanent Forum for People of African Descent

Panelists

• Amb. David Comissiong – Barbados’ Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
• Josefina Stubbs – International Development Executive, 
Dominican Republic
• Pastor Elías Murillo Martínez – Lawyer and Human Rights Leader, Colombia
• Alexandre Telfort Fils – Haitian Leader
• Marvin Slaughter – Portfolio Manager at the University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab, USA
• Chevy Eugene – Pan-African Council (Moderator)

Sponsoring Organizations

• Permanent Mission of Saint Lucia to the United Nations
• Pan-African Council
• International Coalition for the Decade of People of African Descent

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Pan-African Council Ambassador to the Caribbean, Mr Chevy Eugene, is recognised as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Under 40
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NEW YORK, USA — All roads lead to New York City for the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Recognition and Awards Ceremony on Sunday, October 2nd 2022, following the opening of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). MIPAD will honour outstanding personalities and high achievers of African descent from around the world during this recognition weekend for their positive contributions to humanity.

Mr Chevy Eugene joins the Council’s Chairman in being the second person in the organisation to be honoured with the award of Top 100 Most Influential People of African descent under the age of 40. As an educator, researcher, and international human rights activist, he joins a prominent list of high achievers in the category of “Politics & Governance” recognised by MIPAD.

Previously, Mr Eugene has represented the Caribbean in the Fifth UN Fellowship Program for People of African Descent in Geneva, Switzerland. Upon completing the fellowship program, he worked with the Government of Saint Lucia to launch the International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD) in Saint Lucia. As Council Ambassador to the Caribbean for PAC, Mr Eugene currently leads a collective of entrepreneurs, business leaders, cultural ambassadors, government actors, academics and activists from the Anglophone, Francophone, Spanish and Dutch Caribbean in the advancement of the Caribbean across sectors.

Celebrating Five Years

MIPAD celebrates five years of working in support of the International Decade for People of African Descent (2015 to 2024) as proclaimed by the UN General Assembly Resolution 68/237. This year’s theme – Celebrating Five Years Of Telling Global Black Stories of Excellence, Authenticity and Passion – comes at a time of unprecedented truth-telling, as the African Diaspora demands to be heard amidst far-ranging political and social change. MIPAD will also be highlighting and celebrating five honorees, five organizations and five governments who have distinguished themselves in the advancement of people of African descent worldwide.

Congratulations are in order for all MIPAD honourees for their outstanding contributions and service towards the advancement for people of African Descent worldwide. On Africa Day, May 25th 2023, MIPAD will be hosting another global gathering inside the African Continent for all MIPAD honourees since the inception of the award.

About Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD)

The Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD), is a global civil society initiative in support of the International Decade for People of African Descent, proclaimed by United Nation’s General Assembly resolution 68/237, to be observed from 2015 to 2024. MIPAD identifies high achievers of African descent in public and private sectors from all around the world as a progressive network of relevant actors to join together in the spirit of recognition, justice and development.

MIPAD’s Global Most Influential 100 Publications: 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

Pan-African Council Chairman, Mr. Fabien Anthony, was named one of the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Global Top 100 in the Business and Entrepreneurship category, joining globally recognized colleagues, friends and leaders such as Robert F. Smith, Kendrick Lamar, Paulo Rogerio Nunes, Eiman Kheir, Yemi Alade, Colin Kaepernick among many others.

In support of the International Decade for People of African Descent, proclaimed by United Nation’s General Assembly resolution 68/237 and to be observed from 2015 to 2024, MIPAD identifies high achievers of African descent in public and private sectors from all around the world as a progressive network of relevant actors to join together in the spirit of recognition, justice and development of Africa, its people on the continent and across its Diaspora.

The Pan-African Council is committed to developing leaders from all sectors that uphold a strong ethic of responsibility and service to our youth and communities.

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