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UN Conference at the Highest Level on the World
Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 24-26 June 2009

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25 June 2009

3rd plenary meeting (10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
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	H.E. Mr. Rafael Correa Delgado President of the Republic of Ecuador Statement: English \| Spanish Webcast: English \| Spanish
	H.E. The Honourable Ralph E. Gonsalves Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Saint Vicent and the Grenadines Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Mr. Stephenson King Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, Economic Affairs, Economic Planning and National Development of Saint Lucia Statement: English Webcast: English
	H. E. Peter Power Minister of State for Overseas Development of Ireland Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Darcy Boyce Minister of State, Ministry of Finance, Investment, Telecommunications and Energy of Barbados Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany Statement: English Webcast: English
	H. E. Mr. Syed Salim Raza Governor State Bank of Pakistan Statement: English Webcast: English
	H. E. Mr Paavo Väyrynen Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland Statement: English Webcast: English
	H. E. Urmas Paet Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Statement: English Webcast: English
	H. E. The Honourable Gamini Lakshman Peiris Minister of Export Development and International Trade of Sri Lanka Statement: English Webcast: English
	H. E. The Honourable Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah Minister of Finance of Malaysia Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Mrs. Preneet Kaur Minister of State for External Affairs of India Statement: English Webcast: English
	H. E. Salaheddine Mezouar Minister of Finance and Economy of the Kingdom of Morocco Statement: English \| French Webcast: English \| French
	H. E. Héctor Miguel Dada Hirezi Minister of Economy of El Salvador Statement: Spanish Webcast: English \| Spanish
	H. E. Manuel Chang Minister of Finance of the Republic of Mozambique Statement: English Webcast: English \| Portuguese
4th plenary meeting (3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
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	H. E. Jean Asselborn Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Luxembourg Statement: English \| French Webcast: English \| French
	H.E. Alberto Guevara Obregón Minister of Finance of the Republic of Nicaragua Statement: English \| Spanish Webcast: English \| Spanish
	H.E. Håkon Gulbrandsen State Secretary for International Development of Norway Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Nobuhide Minorikawa Paliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Mr. Idriss Jazairy Personal representative of H.E. Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the Republic of Algeria Statement: French Webcast: English \| French
	Mr. Fowzi Yousef Alhunaif Director of operations of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Statement: Arabic \| English Webcast: Arabic \| English
	H.E. Humphrey Hildenberg Minister of Finance of the Republic of Suriname Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Obaid Humaid Al Tayer Minister of State for Financial Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Statement: English Webcast: Arabic \| English
	H.E. Richard Désiré Fienena Minister of Economy and Industry of the Republic of Madagascar Statement: French Webcast: English \| French
	H.E. Alrich Nicolas Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Haiti Statement: French Webcast: English \| French
	H.E. Augusto da Silva Tomás Minister of Transportation of the Republic of Angola Statement: English Webcast: English \| Portuguese
	H.E. Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 of Republic of Kenya Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Martin Dahinden State Secretary for Ddevelopment Cooperation of Switzerland Statement: English and French Webcast: English \| English and French
	H.E. Mohamed El Oraby Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Economic Relations and Cooperation of the Arab Republic of Egypt Statement: Arabic \| English Webcast: Arabic \| English
	H.E. Dr. Kak-soo Shin Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Shamsuddeen Usman Deputy Minister of the National Planning Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Pradit Phataraprasit Deputy Minister of Finance of Thailand Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Oscar Erasmo Velásquez Vice Minister of Economy of Guatemala Statement: English \| Spanish Webcast: English \| Spanish
	H.E. Soraya Rodríguez State Secretary of International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain Statement: Spanish Webcast: English \| Spanish
5th plenary meeting (6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
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	H.E. Anatolii Maksiuta First Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Mr. László Várkonyi State Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Ms. Olga Algayerova State Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Slovakia Statement: English Webcast: English
	H. E. Andrej Benedejčič Director General for Multilateral and Global Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Statement: English Webcast: English
	Mr. Stefano Manservisi Director General for Development of European Community Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Abassador Charles Kashasha Mutalemwa Permanent Secretary, President's Office, Planning Commission of the United Republic of Tanzania Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Ambassador Georges Aboua Director of the United Nations and International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Côte d'Ivoire Statement: French Webcast: English \| French
	Mr. Abdulrahman Almofadhi Resident Representative to the World Bank for Saudi Arabia Statement: English Webcast: English
	Mr. Giandomenico Magliano Director General for Economic and Financial Multilateral Cooperation of Italy Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Ambassador John McNee Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations (also on behalf of Australia and New Zealand) Statement: English \| French Webcast: English \| French
	H.E. Ambassador Delano Frank Bart Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Ambassador Tommo Monthe Permanent Representative of Cameroon to the United Nations Statement: French Webcast: English \| French
	H.E. Ambassador Ali'Ioaiga Feturi Elisaia Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Ambassador Charles Thembani Ntwaagae Permanent Representative of Botswana to the United Nations Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Ambassador Byrganym Aitimova Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Ambassador R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Ambassador Claudia Blum Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Statement: English \| Spanish Webcast: English \| Spanish
	Mr. Memduh Akçay Director General for Foreign Economic Relations of the Undersecretariat of Treasury of Turkey to the United Nations Statement: English Webcast: English
	H.E. Ambassador Gonzalo Gutiérrez Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations Statement: Spanish Webcast: English \| Spanish
	H.E. Ambassador Christian Wenaweser Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations Statement: English Webcast: English