Ambassador Sianga Abilio chaired the monthly meeting of Ambassadors of SADC member countries accredited to the Republic of Kenya in Nairobi on 6th of April, 2023.
At the meeting the Ambassadors and/or their representatives from Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Democratic Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, besides several other specific issues, attended a presentation on the functioning of the Trade Development Bank, an African financial institution for the promotion of financing; analyzed the results of the First Session of 2023 of the Executive Board of UN-HABITAT held in Nairobi on 28 and 29 March 2023; and concerted positions for the Second Session of the Assembly of UN-HABITAT scheduled for June 2023.
During the meeting Ambassadors addressed a message of solidarity to the Heads of the Diplomatic Missions of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, countries affected by the recent tropical cyclone Fred which, in the case of Malawi, caused 676 deaths, 1,100 injured and 538 missing.