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Sunday, 20 May 2001

Afternoon

CLOSING CEREMONY

H.E. Mr. Abdul Jalil
Honorable Minister of Commerce of Bangladesh and Coordinator of the Global Community of the Least Developed Countries at the Closing Plenary session of LDC III (English)

H.E. Mr. Giogia Scappucci
Holy See (English)

H.E. Mr. Bagher Asadi
Ambassador, Chairman of the Group of 77, Islamic Republic of Iran at the Closing session of LDC III (English)

H.E. Mr.John Alexander Corrie
Member of the European Parliament, President of the ACP/EU joint Parliamentary Assembly (English)

H.E. Mr. Boutros Boutros Ghali
President de l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and Former UN Secretary-General (French)

Mr. J.D.A. Cuddy
Executive Secretary of the Conference (English)

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