Statements

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Afternoon Evening

Morning

INAUGURAL CEREMONY

1 - H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations (English) (French)

2 - H.E. Mr. Göran Persson
Prime Minister of Sweden and President of the Council of the European Union (English)

3 - H.E. Mrs. Nicole Fontaine
President of the European Parliament (English) (French)

4 - H.E. Mr. Guy Verhofstadt
Prime Minister of Belgium (French)

5 - H.E. Mr. Romano Prodi
President of the European Commision (English) (French) (Spanish)

6 - H.E. Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (Coordinator of the Global LDC Community) (English)

7 - H.E. Mr. Harry Holkeri
President of the Millennium Assembly (English)

8 - H.E. Mr. Jacques Chirac
President of France, Host of the Second United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (English) (French)

SPECIAL EVENT ON THE CHALLENGE OF ERADICATING POVERTY
H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations (English) (French)

H.E. Mr. Göran Persson
Prime Minister of Sweden and President of the Council of the European Union (English)

H.E. Mr. Olesegun Obasanjo
President of Nigeria (English)

H.E. Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare
President of Mali (French)

H.E. Mr. Benjamin William Mkapa
Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania (English)

H.E. Mr. Harri Holkeri
President of the Millennium Assembly (English)

H.E. Mr. Apolo Nsibambi
Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda (English)

H.E. Mr. Rubens Ricupero
Secretary-General of the Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (English)

NGO FORUM H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations (English) (French)

Afternoon

GENERAL STATEMENTS
1 - His Majesty King Letsie III [photo]
King of Lesotho (English)

2 - H.E. Mr. Omer Hassan Ahmed Elbashir [photo]
President of Sudan (Arabic) (pdf)

3 - H.E. Mr. Benjamin William Mkapa
President of the United Republic of Tanzania (English)

4 - H.E. Mr. Ange Felix Patasse [photo]
President of the Central African Republic (French)

5 - H.E. Mr. Abdulla Yameen [photo]
Minister of Trade and industries of Maldives (English)

6 - H.E. Mr. Celso Lafer [photo]
Minister of external Relations of Brazil (English)

7 - H.E. Ms. Anita Bay Bundegaard [photo]
Minister of Development Cooperation of Denmark (English)

8 - H.E. Mr. Hwang-Doo-yun [photo]
Minister for Trade (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) of The Republic of Korea (English)

9 - Ms. Mary Robinson [photo]
High Commissioner for Human Rigths (UNHCHR) (English)

10 - H.E. Mr. Youssef Mokkdem [photo]
Secretary of States for Foreign Affairs of Tunisia (Arabic) (pdf)

11 - Mr. Apinan Pavanarit
Head of Delegation (Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of Thailand (English)

12 - H.E. Mr. Ram Sharan Mahat
Minister for Finance of Nepal (English)

13 - H.E. Mr. Walter Fust
Head of delegation of Switzerland (English) (French)

14 - H.E. Mr. Wilhelm Molterer
Minister of Agriculture and Environment of Austria (English)

15 - S.E. M. Rino Serri
Foreign Minister of Italy (French)

16 - Mr. Thomas E. Leavey
Director General (UPU) (English)

INTERACTIVE THEMATIC SESSION
“Governance, Peace and Social Stability”
H.E. Mr. Mark Malloch Brown
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (English)

Evening

1 - H.E. Ms. Grazyna Bernatowicz
Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland (English)

2 - Mr. Roberto Blois
Deputy Secretary-General (ITU) (English)

3 - Mr. Juan Somavia
Director general (ILO) (English)

4 - H.E. Mr. Abdelkader Messahel
Ministre Délégué chargé des Affaires Africaines (Minister responsible for African Affairs), Algeria

5 - H.E. Mr. Charles Goerens
Minister of Cooperation and Humanitarian Action of Luxembourg (English)

6 - S.E. Abdelhamid Aouad
Ministre de la prévision économique et du plan, Morroco (Arabic) (pdf)

7 - S.E. M. Alain Yoda
Ministre du commerce,Burkina Faso, pour l'OIF, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (French)

8 - Mr. Kim Hak-Su
Executive Director, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (English)

9 - Sister Marie Sabine Legrand
Fraternité Notre Dame (English) (French)