Ambassador Jessye Lapenn, Senior Coordinator for Atlantic Cooperation, will travel to Côte d’Ivoire September 4-6.
In Abidjan, she will engage with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire on efforts under the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation to advance shared goals on sustainable economic development, scientific collaboration, food security, and environmental conservation. She will observe the Tenth Special Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment and address a ministerial roundtable, at the invitation of the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Atlantic Coast of the West and Central Africa Region (Abidjan Convention).
The Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation connects 40 countries north, south, east, and west of the Atlantic Ocean to collaborate on collective problem-solving and uphold a set of shared principles for Atlantic cooperation. For more information, visit the Atlantic Partnership website.
