Africa-Press – Liberia.
The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr., has by proclamation declared Monday, September 16, 2024. National Identification Day, and it’s to be observed throughout the Republic as a working holiday.
The proclamation calls on the National Identification Registry (NIR) and other government agencies, as well as international organizations concerned to initiate and execute appropriate activities and programs to mark the commemoration of the day.
The proclamation also recounted that the International Identification Day for Africa, was founded in 2014, and it is the only Pan-African movement that helps African nations build their strategic capacity needed for developing robust and responsible identity ecosystems in the service of development and humanitarian action, and, since its inception, ID4 has advocated-for-all, not just as a legal right consistent with the Sustainable Development Goal, SDG 16.9, but also a practical necessity for access to services.
According to the Presidential Proclamation, the Identification Day focuses on three fundamentals in identity: inclusion, protection, and unity, and aims to raise awareness about the estimated 850 million people worldwide, particularly in Africa, who lack proof of identity, reaffirming the commitment to achieve total inclusion.
The campaign also reminds individuals with identification to secure their identity against theft and protect their privacy, furthermore, the ID offers an opportunity for individuals with identification to evaluate how their identity empowers and simplifies their daily lives.
The proclamation added that Identity Day seeks worldwide recognition of September 16 as “Identity Day” to highlight the importance of having proof of identity, and this campaign addresses the lack of a dedicated day of commemoration for identity which is a fundamental right and practical necessity in today’s digital age, and the chosen date, 16 September (16.9), symbolically references UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9, which aims to provide legal identity, including birth registration, to all individuals by 2030.
The proclamation further states that the government of the Republic of Liberia believes inclusive identity built on respect for privacy and human rights are essential for economic growth and digital transformation of government, and, as a member state of the Mano River Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union.
According to the proclamation, this year’s celebration of the day will be observed under the global theme: “Celebrating the Right to be Visible – 2024” and an indoor program commemorating the day, will be held at the Monrovia City Hall, commencing at ten o’clock ante-meridian.
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