On 24 September 2016, a high level forum of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and their counterparts in charge of Health, Gender and Social Development was held in the margins of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly under the chairmanship of H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chad and Chair of the Executive Council. The objective of the high level forum was to deliberate on ensuring a united, coherent, coordinated and consistent African voice in the multilateral fora based on the positions of African Heads of State and Government and African Union processes. The Forum was convened by the African Union Commission under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the Commission.