English: HE Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Minister of Health, Malawi, delivers her remarks at the opening of the World Cancer Day 2024, “Raising Rays of Hope for Cancer Care for All”, an event held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 1 February 2024

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Opening Session Welcoming remarks by Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, IAEA Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHO (video message )

Sharing Hope Keynote speaker Bianca Muñiz, Singer, Songwriter and three-time cancer survivor

High-level Conversation: The Impact of Hope Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, IAEA HE Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Minister of Health, Malawi HE Karina Rando, Minister of Health, Uruguay (video message) Mr Raul Doria, Head of the National Cancer Institute, Paraguay

Rays of Hope Donor's Perspective: Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General HE Mr. Ian David Grainge Biggs, Resident Representative of Australia to the IAEA HE Ms. Delphine Hournau-Pouëzat, Resident Representative of France to the IAEA HE Mr. Kaifu Atsushi, Resident Representative of Japan to the IAEA HE Ms. Annika Markovic, Resident Representative of Sweden to the IAEA HE Ms. Laura S. H. Holgate, Resident Representative of the United States of America to the IAEA

Moderator:

Sophie Boutaud de la Combe, IAEA Director, Office of Public Information and Communication