serve on the High Level Panel on the Future of the Development Assistance Committee under the leadership of Mary Robinson. Later that year, he was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to serve as member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement. In March 2020, Mayaki was appointed by the President of the United Nations General Assembly and the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council as one of the two co-chairs of the High Level Panel on International Financial Accountability Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (FACTI Panel). From september 2023, Mayaki will be teaching a course on African Studies at Luiss University in Rome. Other activities Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, Member of the Steering Committee Honours In 2011, Mayaki was awarded medal of Officer in the National Order of Agricultural Merit, an order of merit established by the French government in 1883. On November 7, 2019 Ibrahim Assane Mayaki was awarded the title of "Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun" by Japanese Emperor Naruhito. This decoration, the highest distinction of the State of Japan, recognizes his contribution to the promotion of friendly relations between Japan, Niger and, more broadly, the African Union. Publications In addition to several academic articles, he published La Caravane Passe (Paris, Odilon Média, 1999, 210 p. ), a book relating his political experience. References External links Official website "A New Generation is Emerging" interview with Ibrahim H. Mayaki in Digital Development Debates, October 2015. 1951 births Living people Foreign ministers of Niger Prime Ministers of Niger Officers of the Order of Agricultural Merit Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences Honorary Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences