Special High-level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Monday, 24 April 2006
New York

Background

Programme

Documents

Press release

Photo Album

webcast

2005 Spring Meeting

OESC

FFD Office

Statements

• Opening statement by H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Opening remarks by H.E. Ali Hachani, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations and President of the Economic and Social Council

Intergovernmental stakeholders:

• H.E. Mr. Alberto Carrasquilla, Minister of Finance of Colombia and Chairperson and Chairperson of the Development Committee
• H.E. Mr. Ransford Smith, President of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board, Geneva
• Mr. Agustin Carstens, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
• Mrs. Valentine Rugwabiza, Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organisation
• H.E. Ambassador Gerhard Pfanzelter, Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, on behalf of European Union
• H.E. Mr. Lee Kyu-hung, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea
• Civil Society

• Closing remarks by H.E. Ali Hachani, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations and President of the Economic and Social Council
• Summary by H.E. Ali Hachani, President of the Economic and Social Council of the special high-level meeting of the Council with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development