Context

• The African Regional Conference of National Ethics and Bioethics Committees took place in Mombasa, Kenya, from 12 to 14 February 2020, under the theme “Ethics of Climate Change”, in preparation for the 13th Global Summit of National Ethics/Bioethics Committees, scheduled to take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 18 to 20 March 2020.
• The meeting, hosted by the National Commission for Science Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI), and supported by the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO (KNATCOM), will be organized jointly in partnership with UNESCO and the World Health Organization (WHO), two of the UN agencies institutionally affiliated with the Global Summit process. It is designed to consolidate and harmonize an Africa-wide position.
• The Global Summit on Bioethics brings together representatives of National Ethics/Bioethics Committee, and other experts in the field (Bioethicists, Philosophers, etc.), every two years, to reflect on the state of the field, and developments therein.