Selected Statements by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, 2003-2007

2007

Date Meeting Location
29 June 2007 Farewell Remarks of Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
21 May 2007 Statement to the 63rd Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Almaty
18 May 2007 Statement to the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Consulations on the ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review Brasilia
14 May 2007 Statement to the Sixth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues New York
07 May 2007 Statement to the First Preparatory Meeting for the International Year of Sanitation, 2008 New York
30 April 2007 Statement to the opening of the 15th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development New York
19 April 2007 Statement at the Vienna High-Level Symposium on the Development Cooperation Forum Vienna
15 April 2007 Statement at the Development Committee Washington, DC
14 April 2007 Statement at the International Monetary and Financial Committee Washington, DC
09 April 2007 Statement at the Fortieth Session of the Commission on Population and Development New York
03 March 2007 Statement at the Conference on the Policymaking Role of Parliaments for the Development of the Information Society Rome
03 March 2007 Statement at the Opening of the Conference on the Policymaking Role of Parliaments for the Development of the Information Society Rome
01 March 2007 Statement to the Intergovernmental Conference on Middle-Income Countries Madrid
26 February 2007 Statement at the High Level Forum on "Statistical Commission and the Global Statistical System - The Way Forward” New York
07 February 2007 Statement to the 45th Session of the Commission for Social Development New York
06 February 2007 Statement to the Economic and Social Council on the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007 New York
03 February 2007 Statement to the Civil Society Forum on “Employment Working for All: Partners in Innovation” New York

2006

Date Meeting Location
15 December 2006 Statement at the ECOSOC Meeting to Commemorate International Human Solidarity Day New York
8 December 2006 Concluding Remarks to the Second Committee New York
5 December 2006 Statement to the Resumed 8th Session of the Ad Hoc Commitee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities New York
27 November 2006 Statement to the Panel on “Galvanizing Action Towards Ending Violence Against Women”, Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women New York
27 November 2006 Statement to the General Assembly Informal Debate on “Partnerships Towards Achieving The MDGS : Taking Stock, Moving Forward” New York
17 November 2006 Statement at the Inauguration of the Office of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament Rome
15 November 2006 Statement to the International Forum on the Eradication of Poverty New York
10 November 2006 Statement at the launch of international human solidarity day New York
30 October 2006 Statement to the Hilton International Humanitarian Symposium “The Global Challenge of Inequality” New York
16 October 2006 Statement to the Third Committee on Indigenous Issues and the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People New York
9 October 2006 Presentation to the Third Committee of the Secretary-General’s in-depth study on violence against women New York
2 October 2006 Opening Statement to the Second Committee New York
2 October 2006 Opening Statement to the Third Committee New York
18 September 2006 Statement to the annual convention of the International Economic Development Council New York
12 September 2006 Statement to the OPEC Third International Seminar on "OPEC in a new era: challenges and opportunities" Vienna
23 August 2006 Statement to the Committee for Programme and Coordination New York
3 July 2006 Statement to the High-Level Policy Dialogue of the Economic and Social Council Geneva
4 July 2006 Statement at the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council on full and productive employment and decent work for all Geneva
11 July 2006 Statement to the ECOSOC panel on Comprehensive Review of Trends and Perspectives in Funding for Development Cooperation Geneva
28 July 2006 Statement to the to the closing session of the 2006 Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council Geneva
16 may 2006 Statement to the Special International Conference of Developing Countries with Substantial International Migrant Flows Lima
15 May 2006 Statemement to the Fifth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues New York
1 May 2006 Statemement to the Commission on Sustainable Development New York
23 April 2006 Statemement to the Development Committee Washington, D.C.
22 April 2006 Statement to the International Monetary and Finance Committee Washington, D.C.
4 April 2006 Statement to the Preparatory Meeting for the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council New York
3 April 2006 Statement to the Commission on Population and Development New York
27 March 2006 Statement to the Committe of Experts on Public Administration New York
16 March 2006 Statement at the Fourth World Water Forum Mexico City
8 March 2006 Welcome and Introduction to the event Enhancing Women’s Global Leadership through Information Technology (IT) New York
28 February 2006 Statement to the Ministerial Conference on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development Paris
13 February 2006 Statement to the United Nations Forum on Forests New York
8 February 2006 Statement to the Commission for Social Development New York
7 February 2006 Statement on the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2006 New York
7 February 2006 Statement to the Third Civil Society Forum New York
17 January 2006 Statement at the Organizational Session of the Economic and Social Council New York

2005

Date Meeting Location
7 December 2005 Statement to the UN Climate Change Conference COP-11 and COP/MOP-1 High-Level Segment Montreal
1 December 2005 Presentation on follow-up to the Summit outcome on development and ECOSOC reform New York
15 November 2005 Opening remarks to "Measuring the Information Society", a WSIS parallel event organized by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development Tunis
15 November 2005 Statement to "The World Electronic Media Forum", a WSIS side event organized by UN DPI Tunis
16 November 2005 Statement to High-Level Dialogue on Governance, Global Citizenship and Technology: the Role of Parliaments in the Information Society Tunis
18 November 2005 Statement to the WSIS plenary Tunis
5 November 2005 Remarks at the IV Summit of the Americas Mar del Plata
1 November 2005 Statement on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development London
10 October 2005 Presentation of the World Economic and Social Survey 2005 New York
3 October 2005 Statement to the Third Committee of the General Assembly New York
3 October 2005 Statement to the Second Committee of the General Assembly New York
25 September 2005 Statement to the Development Committee Washington, D.C.
24 September 2005 Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee Washington, D.C.
22 September 2005 Opening Statement to the General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance Cartagena de Indias
15 September 2005 Welcoming remarks to the ECOSOC Bureau Summit 2005 New York
8 September 2005 Statement to the Helsinki Conference on Mobilizing Political Will Helsinki
27 July 2005 Statement at the closing of the 2005 Substantive Session of ECOSOC New York
11 July 2005 Statement to the Panel on "Funding of the United Nations development cooperation for the pursuit of the Internationally Agreed Development Goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration: alternative options and modalities for financing operational activities for development of the United Nations System", Operational Activities Segment, 2005 Substantive Session of ECOSOC New York
8 July 2005 Introductory remarks at the ECOSOC Panel on "Introducing operational reforms in the UN development system in pursuit of the internationally agreed development goals, including those of the Millennium Declaration" New York
7 July 2005 Introductory remarks at the ECOSOC Panel with the Chairpersons of the Functional Commissions New York
30 June 2005 Statement to the Panel on Employment for Growth, organized by the ILO, EC, and DESA New York
30 June 2005 Statement to the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council New York
29 June 2005 Statement to the Economic and Social Council High-Level Segment on World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2005 New York
28 June 2005 Statement at the High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development New York
24 May 2005 Statement at the Opening Ceremony of the 6th Global Forum on Reinventing Government: Toward Transparent and Participatory Governance Seoul
20 May 2005 Statement to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and Coordinator of the Second Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples New York
17 April 2005 Statement to the Development Committee by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Washington, D.C.
16 April 2005 Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Washington, D.C.
11 April 2005 Statement to the Commission on Sustainable Development by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
11 April 2005 Statement to the Commission on Sustainable Development by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
4 April 2005 Statement to the Commission on Population and Development by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
16 March 2005 Opening statement to the Economic and Social Council, High-Level Segment Preparatory Meeting by Mr José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
28 February 2005 Statement to the Commission on the Status of Women by Mr José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
17 February 2005 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
9 February 2005 Statement to the Commission for Social Development by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York

Statements by the Under-Secretary-General

2004

Date Meeting Location
18 October 2004 Statement to the Second Committee on agenda item 85 (Sustainable Development), by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
4 October 2004 Opening statement to the Second Committee by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
4 October 2004 Opening statement to the Third Committee by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
2 October 2004 Statement to the Development Committee, by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Washington, D.C.
2 October 2004 Statement to the International Monetary and Financial Committee, by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Washington, D.C.
7 September 2004 Statement on the Path to Sustainability: Improving Access to Energy, by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
23 July 2004 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
29 June 2004 Statement on Resources Mobilization and Enabling Environment for Poverty Eradication in the Context of the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010, by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
28 June 2004 Statement on the World Economic Situation and Prospects by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
28 June 2004 Opening remarks on the Investment Promotion Forum, by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
3 June 2004 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Bonn
19 May 2004 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Beijing
25 April 2004 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Washington D.C.
24 April 2004 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Washington D.C.
19 April 2004 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
14 April 2004 Statement at the Preparatory Meeting to review the implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action, by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
22 March 2004 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
2 March 2004 Opening Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
1 March 2004 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
25 February 2004 Welcome Address by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Hong Kong
17 February 2004 Opening Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs New York
4 February 2004 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
12 January 2004 Opening Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

2003

Date Meeting Location
16 December 2003 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Marrakesh
3 November 2003 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (english) Mexico City
3 November 2003 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs (spanish) Mexico City
20 October 2003 Statement to the Second Committee on agenda items 94d (Small Island Developing States) and 95 (World Summit on Sustainable Development), by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
6 October 2003 Opening statement to the Second Committee by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
6 October 2003 Opening statement to the Third Committee by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

Other speeches

Date Meeting Location
18 July 2003 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Geneva
29 January 2003 Opening Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Punta Cana

2002

Date Meeting Location
1 November 2002 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Quito Ecuador
30 August 2002 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Johannesburg
29 August 2002 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Johannesburg
26 August 2002 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Santiago de Chile
22 July 2002 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Buenos Aires
18 July 2002 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary
9 May 2002 Opening Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Brazil
6 May 2002 Opening Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Brazil
26 March 2002 Opening Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Santiago de Chile
18 March 2002 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Monterrey
11 March 2002 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Fortaleza

2001

Date Meeting Location
23 October 2001 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Rio de Janeiro
7 May 2001 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary New York
22 April 2001 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Quebec
17 April 2001 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Santiago de Chile
7 April 2001 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Buenos Aires
6 April 2001 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Santiago de Chile
29 March 2001 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary
20 March 2001 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Santiago de Chile

2000

Date Meeting Location
12 December 2000 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Madrid
12 December 2000 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Santiago de Chile
5 December 2000 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Santiago de Chile
10 November 2000 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Bogotá
6 July 2000 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary New York
15 May 2000 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Santiago de Chile
3 April 2000 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary
8 February 2000 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary

1999

Date Meeting Location
4 November 1999 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Toronto
5 September 1999 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Mexico City
29 March 1999 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary Santiago de Chile
15 March 1999 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary

1998

Date Meeting Location
18 April 1998 Statement by Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, in his capacity as ECLAC Executive Secretary