Ministry of International Relations & Trade

NOTICE | NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE NAMIBIA INVESTMENT PROMOTION BILL (NIPB) AND REGULATIONS

On the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, HE Penda Naanda addressed UN Member States, reflecting on the horrific legacy of slavery, the slave trade, colonialism, apartheid, and racial segregation.

Today, 25 March, the UN marked the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The Commemorations were addressed by HE President John Mahama of Ghana, HE Annalena Baerbock, PGA, HE Antonio Guterres, UN-SG, and several Member States.

MEDIA RELEASE: MINISTER ASHIPALA-MUSAVYI TO LEAD NAMIBIA'S DELEGATION TO WTO MC14 IN CAMEROON

I was pleased to welcome Namibia’s new High Commissioner to the UK, H.E. Veiccoh Nghiwete. I thanked him for Namibia’s successful hosting of #CTMM and #CBS2025 in Windhoek last year. We had a productive discussion on their national priorities including agriculture, fisheries and youth employment.

NY-UNHQ: 17/2/26: Namibia and Germany co-hosted a side-event on “Delivering on the Pact For The Future: Progress Made and Way Forward”. The event was attended by many other Member States, the PGA-A. Baerbock and USG-Policy- G.Ryder.

On 13/03/2026, Namibia became the first country to present its Voluntary National Review (VNR) at the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 9-19 March 2026, in NY. The presentation was made by Ms. Lydia Indombo, ED- Ministry- Gender Equality & Child Welfare

17/03/26: Ms. Lydia Indombo, ED, MGECW, joined Hon. Sen. Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Women Affairs, Comm. SME Dev.- Zimbabwe, in promoting Women’s Leadership in Public Life, at a side-event co-chaired by Namibia & Zimbabwe on the margins of the 70th CSW in NY.

HE Penda Naanda chaired a side-event of the UN Palestine Committee on the margins of CSW-70, calling for justice and accountability for Palestinian Women and Girls, and the promotion of their rights, including their inalienable right to self-determination, freedom and dignity.

HE Penda Naanda received 22 students from Germany under the International Model United Nations Association Programme, and engaged them on Namibia’s history, development priorities and key highlights of diplomatic engagements at the UN and globally.

and co-chaired by His Excellency Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, and Chairperson of the Russian Party of the Commission.

2) The Session was chaired by Honourable Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, Minister of International Relations and Trade of the Republic of Namibia, Chairperson of the Namibian Party of the Commission and,…

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The Ministerial Session, will be co-chaired by Hon. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, Minister of International Relations and Trade of Namibia, and H.E. Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District.

The Senior Officials Meeting will deliberate on matters of mutual interest and prepare the groundwork for the Ministerial Session scheduled to take place on 16 March 2026.

NAMIBIA–RUSSIA IGC| The 11th Session of the Namibia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission commenced on 15 March 2026 in Windhoek with the Senior Officials Session.