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Dr Arkebe Oqubay UNIDO IDB presentation-2021

May 28, 2021

Dr Arkebe Oqubay UNIDO IDB Presentation on May 28, 2021.

Statement In Support of Dr Arkebe Oqubay For Director General of UNIDO From Authors and Scholars

May 25, 2021

We believe that Dr Arkebe Oqubay has the leadership qualities to address these difficult challenges, reinvigorate UNIDO, and formulate a new vision with the revival of industry, jobs, and gender-balanced sustainable development at its heart.

Dr Arkebe receives support from the former African leaders

May 25, 2021

In Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, we believe that his credentials make him the only viable candidate with a substantial track record that would see him successfully execute the position of UNIDO’s Director General.

Statement by the Chair of the OACPS Committee of Ambassadors on the candidacy of Dr. Arkebe Oqubay

May 20, 2021

At its 936^th meeting on 18 March 2021, the Committee of Ambassadors of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) heard a presentation by Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, the Ethiopian Government’s and Africa’s candidate for the post of Director-General of the United Nations Industrialization Organisation (UNIDO).

African candidate for post of UNIDO Director General, Dr Arkebe Oqubay, receives support from United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

April 7, 2021

African candidate for post of UNIDO Director General, Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, receives support from the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.

The African Union unanimously endorses Ethiopia’s Dr. Arkebe Oqubay as sole African candidate for post of Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

March 5, 2021

The 38th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union held on 3 and 4 February 2021 unanimously endorsed the candidature of Dr. Arkebe Oqubay of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, as the sole African candidate for the post of Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Government of Ethiopia nominates Dr Arkebe Oqubay as Ethiopia's Candidate for UNIDO Director-General at the 48th Session of UNIDO/IDB on November 23,2019

February 11, 2021

Dr Oqubay is a dedicated and well-respected public servant with over three decades of experience in industrial and economic policy design and implementation.