Official Statements to The Plenary Session of The Hague Forum (8-12 February 1999) by Delegations from Governments, United Nations and International Agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations
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- Address by Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton (html
format)
- Reproductive
Health: A Health Priority, by Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General,
World Health Organization (html format)
- Opening Remarks, by Ms. Eveline Herkens, Minister
for Development Co-operation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (pdf format)
- Opening
Statement by UNFPA Director Dr. Nafis Sadik (html format)
- Closing
Statement by UNFPA Director Dr. Nafis Sadik (html format)
- Statement of the African Population Commission by
Mr. Chris Ugokwe, Chairman (pdf format)
- Statement of Republique Algerienne Democratique
et Populaire, by R. Benkhelil, Directeur de la population (html format)
- Statement of the Republic of Armenia, by Dr.
Mary Khachikian, President of the Armenian Family Health Association (html
format)
- Statement of the Asian Development Bank, by
Dr. Kus Hardjanti, Health Specialist, Agriculture and Social Sectors Department
(pdf format)
- Statement of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians
on Population and Development (AFPPD) and IMPO, by Senator Prof. Dr. Prasop
Ratanakorn, Secretary General (pdf format)
- Statement of Australia (pdf format)
- Statement of Austria (pdf format)
- Statement of Azerbaijan (pdf format)
- Statement of the Azerbaijan Women and Development
Centre (AWDC) (pdf format)
- Statement of the Bahamas (pdf format)
- Statement of Bangladesh by H.E. Prof.(Dr.)
M. Amanullah, State Minister for Health and Family Welfare (pdf format)
- Statement of Belize, by Ms. Myrtle Palacio (pdf
format)
- Statement of Benin (pdf format)
- Statement of Bhutan, by H.E. Sangay Ngedup, Minister
for Health and Education (pdf format)
- Statement of Bolivia (pdf format)
- Statement of Botswana, by Mr. Jacob D. Nkate,
Honourable Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning (pdf format)
- Statement of Brazil (pdf format)
- Statement of Burkina Faso (pdf format)
- Statement of Cambodia, by Dr. Mam Bun Heng,
Secretary of State for Health (pdf format)
- Statement of Cameroon, by Hon. Andre Tsala
Messi, Secretaire d'Etat aux Investissements Publics et a l'Amenagement du
Territoire (pdf format)
- Statement of Canada, by Ms. Adele Dion (pdf format)
- Statement of Cape Verde (pdf format)
- Statement of the Center for Reproductive Law and
Policy, by Anika, Director, International Program (pdf format)
- Statement of China, by Mme. Zhang Yuquin, Vice-Minister
of the State Family Planning Commission (pdf format)
- Statement of Colombia (pdf format)
- Statement of the Comoros, by M. Issoufi Said
Ali, Ministre de la Sante Publique et de la Population (pdf format)
- Statement of the Congo, by Professeur B.D. Mulumba,
Minstre d'Etat Charge Du Plan (pdf format)
- Statement of the Convention on the Elimination
of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), by Salma Khan, UN Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (pdf format)
- Statement of the Cook Islands (pdf format)
- Statement of Cuba (pdf format)
- Statement of the Czech Republic, by the Assistant
to the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (pdf format)
- Statement of Denmark, by Ambassador Ellen Margrethe
Loj, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (pdf format)
- Statement of Ecuador (pdf format)
- Statement of Egypt, by His Excellency Prof. Dr.
Ismail Sallam (html format)
- Statement by the Delegation of the State of
Eritrea (html format)
- Statement of Ethiopia by Mr. Mekonnen Manyazewal,
Vice Minister, Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (html format)
- Statement of the European Union (pdf format)
- Statement of Fiji, by the Hon. Minister of Health
(pdf format)
- Statement of Finland (pdf format)
- Statement of France, discours de M. Montferrand,
Ambassadeur de France (in French) (pdf format)
- Statement of France, by M. Montferrand, Ambassador
of France (in English) (pdf format)
- Statement of The Gambia, by H.E. Bismillah Rahman
Rahim, The Vice President and Secretary of State for Health, Social Welfare
and Women's Affairs (pdf format)
- Statement of Guatemala (pdf format)
- Statement of the Republic of Guinea, Allocution
Mme. Camara Aminatou Barry, Secretaire Generale (pdf format)
- Statement of the Holy See, by Monsignor Frank
J. Dewane, Head of the Delegation (pdf format)
- Statement of Honduras, by La Senora Gladys Caballero
de Arevalo (pdf format)
- Statement of India, by H.E. Mr. Dalit Ezhilmalai,
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare (pdf format)
- Statement of Indonesia, by Prof. Dr. Ida Bagus
Oka, State Minister for Population and Chairman of National Family Planning
Coordinating Board, Republic of Indonesia (html format)
- Statement of the International Federation of University
Women, by Ati Chris Blom (pdf format)
- Statement of the International Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, by Mr. George Weber, Secretary General
(pdf format)
- Statement of the International Labour Organization,
by Mr. Rizwanul Islam, Deputy Director, Development Policies Department (pdf
format)
- Statement of the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) (pdf format)
- Statement of the International Right to Life Federation,
Inc., by Ms. Jeanne E. Head, R.N., United Nations Representative (pdf format)
- Statement of the International Union for the Scientific
Study of Population (IUSSP) (pdf format)
- Statement of the Islamic Republic of Iran Delegation
(html format)
- Statement of Italy (pdf format)
- Statement of Japan, by H.E. Mr. Tadashi Ikeda,
Ambassador of Japan to the Netherlands (pdf format)
- Statement of Jamaica, by Hon. Donald Buchanan,
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Planning (pdf format)
- Statement of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,
read on behalf of H.E. Mohamed Mehdi Farhan, Minister of Labor (pdf format)
- Statement of Kazakhstan, by Mr. Z. Turisbekov
(pdf format)
- Statement of Kenya, by Hon. Elijah K. Sumbeywo,
M.P., Assistant Minister, Ministry of Planning and National Development (pdf
format)
- Statement of Kiribati, by Hon. Baraniko Mooa,
Minister of Health (pdf format)
- Statement of Korea (pdf format)
- Statement of the Lao PDR, by Mr. Somphong Monkhonvilay,
Vice Minister, Vice President of the State Planning Committee (pdf format)
- Statement of Latvia, by Mr. Vladimirs Mararovs,
Minister of Welfare (pdf format)
- Statement of Lebanon, by Dr. Michel Moussa,
Minister of Social Affairs (English - pdf format)
- Statement of Lebanon, by Dr. Michel Moussa, Minister
of Social Affairs (French - pdf format)
- Statement of Liberia (pdf format)
- Statement of Lithuania, by Vilija Blinkeviciute,
Vice-Minister of Social Security and Labour (pdf format)
- Statement of Madagascar, by Mme. Noeline Jaotody,
Ministre de la Population de la condition Feminine et de l'Enfance (pdf format)
- Statement of Malawi, by Honourable Harry I. Thomson,
M.P., Minister of Health and Population (pdf format)
- Statement of Malaysia, by Hon. Datin Paduka
Zaleha Ismail, Minister of National Unity and Social Development (pdf format)
- Statement of Maldives, by Hon. Ibrahim Hussain
Zaki, Minister of Planning and National Development (pdf format)
- Statement of the Margaret Sanger Center International,
by Mr. Peter Purdy, Director
- Statement of the Marshall Islands, by Hon.
Tom D. Kijiner, Minister of Health and Environment (pdf format)
- Statement of Mexico, by Mr. R. Tuiran, Secretary
General of the National Population Council and Head of the Mexican Delegation
(html format)
- Statement of The Federated States of Micronesia,
by The Honorable Eliuel K. Pretrick, Secretary of Health, Education and Social
Affairs (pdf format)
- Statement of Mongolia, by Dr. Sodov Sonin, Minister
of Health and Social Welfare (pdf format)
- Statement of Morocco, by Mme. Aicha Belarbi,
Le Secretaire d'Etat (pdf format)
- Statement of Mozambique, by Dr. Zeferino Martins,
Vice-Minister of Education (pdf format)
- Statement of Myanmar (pdf format)
- Statement of Namibia, by A.P. Ndishishi, Permanent
Secretary, National Planning Commission (pdf format)
- Statement of the National Alliance of Women,
by Mrs. Ruth Manorama, President (pdf format)
- Statement of Nepal, by Mr. Ramesh Nath Pandey,
Minister for Population and Environment (pdf format)
- Statement of The Netherlands, by Ms. Eveline
Herfkens, Minister for Development Cooperation (pdf format)
- Statement of Nicaragua (pdf format)
- Statement of Niger (pdf format)
- Statement of Nigeria, by Dr. Abubakar Ali-Gombe,
Minister of State for Health, and Leader of the Nigerian Delegation (pdf format)
- Statement of Niue, by Mrs. Fifita Talagi (pdf format)
- Statement of Norway, by Ms. Tanja Storm, Assistant
Secretary General for Development Cooperation (pdf format)
- Statement of Pakistan, by the Minister of Population
Welfare (pdf format)
- Statement of Palau, by Masao M. Ueda, Minister
of Health (pdf format)
- Statement of The Palestinian Authority, by Dr.
Hasan Abu-Libdeh, President, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (pdf
format)
- Statement of Panama (pdf format)
- Statement of Panama as President of ECLAC's Sessional
Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development (pdf format)
- Statement of Papua New Guinea (pdf format)
- Statement of Partners in Population and Development,
by Balla Musa Silla, Executive Director (pdf format)
- Statement of Peru, by Soc. Luz Marina Vera C.,
Gerente de Desarrollo Humano del PROMUDEH (pdf format)
- Statement of the Republic of the Philippines,
by Mf. Felipe M. Medalla, Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning and Chairman,
Commission on Population Board of Commissioners (pdf format)
- Statement of Romania (pdf format)
- Statement of the Russian Federation, by Mrs.
Galina N. Karelova, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs and Head
of the Delegation (pdf format)
- Statement of Rwanda (pdf format)
- Statement of Saint Lucia, by Mr. Ezra Jn. Baptiste,
Deputy Director, Development Co-operation and Programme Planning, Ministry
of Finance and Planning (pdf format)
- Statement of Samoa (pdf format)
- Statement of Senegal, by M. El Hadji Ibrahima
Sall (pdf format)
- Statement of Seychelles, by Mr. William E. Herminie,
Ministry for Social Affairs and Manpower Development (pdf format)
- Statement of Slovenia (pdf format)
- Statement of the Solomon Islands, by Hon. Fred
Fono, Minister Responsible for National Planning and Development, Department
of National Planning and Development (pdf format)
- Statement of South Africa, by Ms. Geraldine
Fraser-Moleketi, Minister for Welfare and Population Development (pdf format)
- Statement of Sri Lanka, by the Hon. Minister
of Health and Indigenous Medicine (pdf format)
- Statement of Sudan, by H.E. Col. Gatluak Deng
Garang, Minister of Survey and Physical Development and Chairperson of the
Sudan National Population Council (pdf format)
- Statement of Suriname (pdf format)
- Statement of Swaziland (pdf format)
- Statement of Sweden, by Ambassador Lars-Olof
Edstrom, Head of Swedish Delegation (pdf format)
- Statement of Switzerland, by M. Jacques Martin,
Chef Ressources Humaines, Direction du Developpement et de la Cooperation,
Departement Federal des Affaires Etrangeres (pdf format)
- Statement of Syria, by Dr. Toufic Ismail, Deputy
Minister of State for Planning (pdf format)
- Statement of Tanzania, by Hon. Nassoro W. Malocho,
M.P., Minister of State President's Office - Planning Commission (pdf format)
- Statement of Togo, by the Minister of Planning
and Development (pdf format)
- Statement of Tonga, by Mrs. Eseta Fusitu'a, Deputy
Chief Secretary and Deputy Secretary to Cabinet (pdf format)
- Statement of Trinidad and Tobago, by Hon. Mr.
Manohar Ramsaran, Minister of Social and Community Development (pdf format)
- Statement of Tunisia, by Mme. le Docteur Nabiha
Gueddana (pdf format)
- Statement of Turkey, by H.E. Mr. Bilgin Unan,
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to The Netherlands (pdf format)
- Statement of Turkmenistan, by Ambassador Aksoltan
Ataeva (pdf format)
- Statement of Tuvalu (pdf format)
- Statement of Uganda, by Hon. Gerald Sendaula,
Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (pdf format)
- Statement of UNAIDS, by Mr. Peter Piot, Executive
Director (pdf format)
- Statement of UNESCO, by Mr. Gustavo Lopez Ospina,
Director, Transdisciplinary Project: "Educating for a Sustainable Future"
(EPD) (pdf format)
- Statement of the United Kingdom, by Mr. Foulkes (pdf
format)
- Statement of the United Nations Committee on
the Rights of the Child, by Mrs. Marilia Sardenberg (pdf format)
- Statement of the United Nations Development Fund
for Women (UNIFEM) (pdf format)
- Statement of the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), by Thierry Lemaresquier, Director, Social Development and Poverty
Eradication (pdf format)
- Statement of the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), by Mr. Jacques du Guerny, Chief, Population Programme
Service (SDWP) (html format)
- Statement of Uruguay (pdf format)
- Statement of the United States of America, by Ms.
Julia V. Taft, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and
Migration (pdf format)
- Statement of Vanuatu, by Hon. Song Shem Keasipai,
Minister of Health and Population (pdf format)
- Statement of Vietnam, by Dr. Tran Thi Trung
Chien, Minister for Population (pdf format)
- Statement of the World Bank (pdf format)
- Statement of Zambia, by Godfrey Simasiku, M.P.
and Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development (pdf format)
- Statement of Zimbabwe (pdf format)
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