President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca was officially appointed Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation by UNIDO Director General Li Yong. The ceremony took place during a high-level meeting organised by UNIDO on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. At the same event, President Coleiro Preca, together with other heads of state, was also appointed Champion for the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa, to actively promote the role of inclusive and sustainable industrial development within the IDDA III framework and to increase awareness of this important initiative at the national, regional and global level.