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III. General exchange of views

1. The Second World Assembly on Ageing held a general exchange of views (agenda item 8) from its 1st to 10th meetings, from 8 to 12 April 2002.

2. At its 1st plenary meeting, on 8 April, the following addressed the Assembly: Mr. Marc Forne-Forne, Head of the Principality of Andorra; El Hadj Omar Bongo, President of the Gabonese Republic; Mr. Rexhep Meidani, President of the Republic of Albania; Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Mr. Juan Carlos Aparicio, Minister for Labour and Social Affairs of Spain (on behalf of the States Members of the European Union and its associated countries); Mr. Luis Alfonso Davila, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (on behalf of the States Members of the Group of 77); Mr. Moses Machar Kacuol, Vice-President of the Republic of the Sudan; Mrs. Cecilia V. L. Bannerman, Minister of Manpower Development and Employment of Ghana; Mr. Samoullah Lauthan, Minister of Social Security, National Solidarity and Senior Citizen Welfare and Reform Institutions of the Republic of Mauritius; Mrs. Aminata Tall, Minister of Social Development and National Solidarity of the Republic of Senegal; Mrs. Alejandra Flores, Director of the National Programme of Ageing of Guatemala; Mrs. Silvia Gascon, Human and Family Development Secretary of the Ministry of Social Development of the Republic of Argentina; and Dr. Satya Narayan Jatiya, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment of India.

3. At the 2nd plenary meeting, on 8 April, the following addressed the Assembly: Dr. José Francisco López Bertrán, Minister for Public Health and Social Welfare of El Salvador; Mr. Roberto Maroni, Minister of Welfare of Italy; Mr. Ivan Sakhan, Minister of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine; Mr. Masoud Pezeshkian, Minister of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Dr. Z. S. T. Skweyiya, Minister of Social Development of the Republic of South Africa; Mr. Abass El Fassi, Minister of Employment, of Professional Training, Social Development and Solidarity of the Kingdom of Morocco; Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care of the Holy See; Mrs. Virgilia Matabela, Minister for Women’s Affairs and Social Action of the Republic of Mozambique; Mrs. A. M. Vliegenthart, State Secretary of Health, Welfare and Sport of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Ms. Karelova G. N., First Deputy Minister for Labour and Social Development of the Russian Federation; Mrs. Maria Menoudakou-Beldekou, Secretary-General for Welfare, Ministry of Health and Welfare of Greece; Ms. Geneva Rutherford, Vice-President of the Senate of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas; Mrs. Adalgisa Abreu Sánchez, Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Social Welfare of the Dominican Republic; and Mr. Zalmai Hagani, Ambassador of Afghanistan to France. The President of the Economic and Social Council made a statement. Statements were also made by the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, the President of the International Federation of Ageing and the European Commission for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Community.

4. At the 3rd plenary meeting, on 9 April, the following addressed the Assembly: Mrs. Ruth Dreifuss, Federal Councillor of Switzerland; Mr. Ismail Amat, State Councillor of the Peoples Republic of China; Mrs. Dilbar Guliamova, Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan; Mr. Herbert Haupt, Federal Minister for Social Security and Generation of Austria; Mr. Alfredo Morales Cartaya, Minister of Labour and Social Security of Cuba; Dr. Yankuba Kassama, Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare of the Gambia; Mrs. Sushila Swar, State Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare of the Kingdom of Nepal; Mr. Hamilton Lashley, Minister of Social Transformation of Barbados; Mr. Davorko Vidovi, Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia; Mr. Bedredin Ibraimi, Minister of Labour of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Dr. Christine Bergmann, Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth of Federal Republic of Germany; Mrs. Henriette Kjaer, Minister for Social Affairs of Denmark; Mr. Shiileg Batbayar, Minister for Social Welfare and Labour of Mongolia; Mr. Antonio Sanchez Diaz de Rivera, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Social Development of Mexico; Mr. Felipe Paolillo, Head of Delegation of Uruguay; and Ms. Heidi S. Wirjosentono, Head of Delegation of Suriname. Statements were also made by the Director-General of the International Labour Organization and the Director-General of the World Health Organization. Statements were also made by the following representatives of non-governmental organizations accredited to the Assembly: the Chief Executive Officer of the International Longevity Center; and the President of Mensajeros de la Paz-Edad Dorada.

5. At the 4th plenary meeting, on 9 April, the following addressed the Assembly: Mr. H. Bachtiar Chamsyah, Minister for Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia; Mr. Lars Engqvist, Minister for Health and Social Affairs of Sweden; Mrs. Marie-Josée Jacobs, Minister of Family, Social Solidarity and Youth of Luxembourg; Mr. Krasae Chanawongse, Minister to the Prime Ministers Office of Thailand; Ms. Sharon Carstairs, Leader of the Government in the Senate with Special Responsibility for Palliative Care of Canada; Mr. Sheikh Falah bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, Minister of Public Administration and Finance of Qatar; Mr. Kevin Andrews, Minister for Ageing of Australia; Mr. Andreas Moushouttas, Minister of Labour and Social Insurance of Cyprus; Mrs. Cecilia Blondet, Minister for the Advancement of Women and Social Development of Peru; Mme. Paulette Guinchard-Kunstler, Secretary of State for the Ageing of France; Mr. Lee Kyeongho, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea; Mr. Petre Ciotlos, Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity of Romania; Mrs. Ingjerd Schou, Minister of Social Affairs of Norway; Mrs. Helene B. Rajaonarivelo, Head of Delegation of Madagascar; Mr. Enrique Silva Cimma, Head of Delegation of the Republic of Chile; Mr. Omer Hussein Sabaa, Head of Delegation of the Republic of Yemen; Mrs. Nicole Elisha, Head of Delegation of Benin; and Mr. Talal Mubarak Al-Ayyar, Minister of Electricity and Water Resources and of Social Affairs and Labour of the State of Kuwait.

6. At the 5th plenary meeting, on 10 April, the following addressed the Assembly: Mr. Baba Ould Sidi, Minister for Civil Service, Labour, Youth and Sports of Mauritania; Mr. Dario Dantas Dos Reis, Minister for Health of the Republic of Cape Verde; Mr. Ahsan Ahmad, Minister for Health and Population Welfare, Government of Sindh, Pakistan; Mr. Jean Claude Desgranges, Chef de Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Haiti; Mr. Masahiko Otsubo, Vice-Minister for Special Missions, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan; Mr. Chan Soon Sen, Minister of State for Community Development and Sports of Singapore; Dr. Antoine Mifsud Bonnici, Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry for Social Policy of Malta; Mr. Santiago Alvárez de Toledo, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Belize; Mrs. Beverly Hall-Taylor, Chairman of Delegation of Jamaica; Mr. Francis Nyenze, Minister for Heritage and Sports of Kenya; Dr. Akin Izmirlioglu, Chairman of Delegation of Turkey; Mr. Lyonpo Dago Tschering, Chairman of Delegation of Bhutan; Mr. Sam A. Otuyelu, Chairman of Delegation of Nigeria; and Ms. Christina Kapalata, Chairman of Delegation of the United Republic of Tanzania. The representative of the Latin American Parliament made a statement. Statements were also made by the following non-governmental organizations accredited to the Assembly: the President of the International Federation of the Ageing and the President of the International Federation for Family Development.

7. At the 6th plenary meeting, on 10 April, the following addressed the Assembly: Mr. Abdul-Nabi Abdulla Al-Shoala, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain; Mrs. Maria Da Luz, Vice-Minister for Social Assistance and Reintegration of Angola; Mrs. Khafiza Uteulina, Vice-Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Kazakhstan; Ms. Maija Perho, Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland; Mrs. Fayza Abu Elnaga, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt; Mrs. Judit Szemkeo, Secretary of State, Ministry of Social and Family Affairs of the Republic of Hungary; Mrs. Wanda Engel Aduan, Secretary of State for Social Assistance of Brazil; Mrs. Ohouochi Clotilde, Minister of Social Affairs and National Solidarity of Côte d’Ivoire; Ms. Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging of the United States of America; Mr. Dam Huu Dac, Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Viet Nam; Mr. Phongsavath Boupha, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Mr. Shahed Akhtar, Chairman of Delegation of Bangladesh; and Mrs. Jane Asani-Ndelemeni, Chairman of Delegation of Malawi. Statements were also made by the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization and the Chairman of Delegation of the Organization of African Unity. Statements were also made by the following non-governmental organizations accredited to the Assembly: the Chief Executive of HelpAge International, the President of the Federación de Mujeres para la Democracia; the President of the International Association of Gerontology; and the President of the International Institute on Ageing.

8. At the 7th plenary meeting, on 11 April, the following addressed the Assembly: Mr. Eddy Boutmans, Secretary of State for Cooperation and Development of Belgium; Mr. Peter Magvaši, Minister for Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Slovakia; Mr. Hedi M’Henni, Minister of Social Affairs of the Republic of Tunisia; Mr. Ian McCartney, Minister of State for Pensions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Ms. Vilija Blinkeviité, Minister for Social Security and Labour of Lithuania; Mr. Álvaro Patiño Pulido, Vice-Minister of Labour and Social Security of Colombia; Ms. Florence Nayiga Ssekabira, Minister of State, Elderly and Disability Affairs of Uganda; Mr. Herzl Imbar, Chairman of Delegation of Israel; Mr. Jacques L. Boisson, Chairman of Delegation of Monaco; Mr. Djamel Ould Abbas, Minister of Social Action and National Solidarity of Algeria; Mr. Hussein Majed, Chairman of Delegation of Lebanon; Mr. Declan O’Donovan, Chairman of Delegation of Ireland; Dr. Talat H. Alwazna, Chairman of Delegation of Saudi Arabia; and Mrs. Gunta Robezniece, Chairman of Delegation of Latvia. The Observer for Palestine, Mrs. Intisar Al-Wazeir, Minister for Social Affairs, also addressed the Assembly. Statements were also made by the Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers and the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The following non-governmental organizations accredited to the Assembly also made statements: the Chief Administrative Head of Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University; the Chair of the Confederación Española de Organizaciones de Mayores and Co-Chair of the NGO Forum; the President of the Unión Democrática de Pensionistas and Co-Chair of the NGO Forum.

9. At the 8th plenary meeting, on 11 April, the following addressed the Assembly: Dr. Vlado Dimovski, Minister for Labour, Family and Social Affairs of Slovenia; Ms. Bruce Mariama Aribot, Minister of Social Affairs, Advancement of Women and the Child of Guinea; Mr. Miodrag Kova, Federal Secretary for Labour, Health and Social Policy of Yugoslavia; Mr. Amadou Rouamba, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Social Development, Solidarity and the Ageing of Mali; Mrs. Siti Zaharah Sulaiman, Minister of National Unity and Social Development of Malaysia; Mr. Ali Naghiyev, Minister for Social Security and Labour of Azerbaijan; Mrs. Ghada Al-Jabi, Minister for Labour and Social Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic; Mr. Ernesto Pazmiño, Vice-Minister of Social Welfare of the Republic of Ecuador; Mrs. Daria Krsticevic, Chairman of Delegation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Ms. Jenni Nana, Chairman of Delegation of New Zealand; Mr. Prak Sokhonn, Chairman of Delegation of Cambodia; Mrs. Grace Muzyamba, Chairman of Delegation of Zambia; Mr. Manfredo Kempff Suárez, Chairman of Delegation of Bolivia; Mr. Abdullah Siraj, Chairman of Delegation of Jordan; Ms. Lulit Zewdie Mariam, Chairman of Delegation of Ethiopia; Ms. Sonia Elliot, Chairman of Delegation of Guyana; and Mr. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Chairman of Delegation of Sri Lanka. The Chairman of the Delegation of the League of Arab States made a statement. Statements were also made by the following non-governmental organizations accredited to the Assembly: the Secretary-General of the International Social Security Association; the Convenor of the Valencia Forum; the Chair of the Committee on Ageing of the Conference of the NGOs on Ageing; and the President of the American Association of Retired Persons.

10. At the 9th plenary meeting on 12 April 2002, the following addressed the Assembly: Mr. Aurelio Varela Amarilla, Minister for Social Action of the Republic of Paraguay; Mrs. Natalia Barillas de Monteil, Minister of Family Affairs of Nicaragua; Mr. July G. Moyo, Minister for Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare of Zimbabwe; Mrs. Xinia Carvajal, Minister for the Status of Women of Costa Rica; Mr. Hansjörg Frick, Minister for Public Health and Social Affairs of Liechtenstein; Ms. Krystyna Tokarska-Biernacik, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Poland; Mr. Gilbert Oue’draogo, Minister for Social Action and National Solidarity of Burkina Faso; Mrs. Bela Hejná, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic; Mr. Bubacar Rachid Djalo, Minister of State and Representative of the President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau; Mrs. Christina Christova, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy of Bulgaria; Hlaing Win, Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlements of the Union of Myanmar; Mr. Andres Tomasberg, Chairman of Delegation of Estonia; Ms. Tante-Gnandi Adja, Chairman of Delegation of Togo; Mrs. Antonia Popplewell, Chairman of Delegation of Trinidad and Tobago; and Mr. Andebrham Weldegiorgis, Chairman of Delegation of Eritrea.

11. At the 10th plenary meeting, on 12 April, the following addressed the Assembly: Ms. Nasyrova Anara, Executive Secretary for Women, Family and Gender Policy under the Administration of the President of Kyrgyzstan; Ms. Corazon Juliano Soliman, Minister of Social Welfare of the Philippines; Mr. Abdulhamid Asseid Zentani, Secretary of the People’s Committee of the Social Security Public Fund of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Ms. Shirley Gbujama, Minister for Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs of Sierra Leone; Ms. Rosalyn E. Hazelle, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Development Saint Kitts and Nevis; Mr. Francisco Ribeiro Teles, Chairman of Delegation of Portugal; Mr. Fadil Najim Al-Deen, Chairman of Delegation of Iraq; Mrs. Zulema Sucre, Chairman of Delegation of Panama; Mrs. Pholile Legwaila, Chairman of Delegation of Botswana; and Mr. Nsanzabaganwa Straton, Chairman of Delegation of Rwanda. The Chairman of the Delegation of Puerto Rico also made a statement.

12. Also at the 10th meeting, Mr. Jaime Montalvo Correa, President of the Economic and Social Council of Spain and Coordinator of Dialogues 2020, made a statement in which he reported on the Dialogues.

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