Ministerial Roundtable

The role of science, technology, and innovation in Transformative,  equitable, innovative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable  Development Goals for a sustainable future for all: Contribution of the Commission to the 2026 theme of the Economic and Social Council and the High-level Political Forum on sustainable  development and the implementation of its 2025 Ministerial Declaration 

Moderator: H. E. Mr. Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Vice Chair of the 29th CSTD  Briefing by Cochairs of STI Forum 2026 (video) 

• H.E. Mr. Chola Milambo, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zambia to  the United Nations & H.E. Mr. Gregor W. Koessler, Permanent Representative of  Austria to the United Nations 

Ministerial speakers

H.E. Mr. Shaukat Abdulrazak, Principal Secretary, State Department for Science,
Research and Innovation, Kenya

H.E. Mr. Noureddine OUADAH, Minister of the knowledge Economy, Start-ups,
and micro-entreprise, Algeria

H.E. Ms. Marie Therèse SOMBO AYANE SAFI, Minister of Higher Education,
University Education and Scientific Research, Democratic Republic of the Congo

H.E. Mr. Bonginkosi Nzimande, Minister of Science Technology and Innovation,
South Africa

H.E. Mr. Ernesto Rodríguez Hernández, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of
Communications, Cuba

H.E. Mr. Mohammad Mohsen Sadr, Deputy Minister of Communications and
Information Technology and Head of the Information Technology Organization of Iran

H.E. Ms. Nilsa Sandra Miquidade, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Communications and Digital Transformation, Mozambique

H.E. Mr. Michał Gramatyka, Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs, Secretary of State,
Poland

H.E. Mr. Mohd Sijiamini Mohd (MP), Deputy Minister for Communication,
Information Technology and Innovation, Tanzania

H.E. Mr. Salomov Uktam Rahimovich, Deputy Minister of Higher Education,
Science and Innovation, Uzbekistan

• General Discussion