Opening the Seventh C-10 Summit at UN Headquarters in New York, President Bio described the meeting as a historic moment, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Ezulwini Consensus and Sirte Declaration of 2005. It was, and remains, a demand for justice to correct a historic wrong,” President Bio said. High-level participants included Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, who is also the current Chair of the African Union, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Kenyan President William Ruto; and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. President Bio praised Africa’s unity, noting that no country has broken ranks in two decades of advocacy. He highlighted recent milestones, including the Freetown Retreat and Lusaka Ministerial Meeting, which produced the African Union Reform Model, a blueprint for structured negotiations.