Opening remarks
Mr. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States;

Mr. Patrizio Civili, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, DESA;

H.E. Mr. Rogatien Biaou, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin and Chairman, Group of LDCs;

H.E. Ms. Aicha Bassarewan, Vice Minister, Ministry of Planning and Finance of Timor Leste;

H.E. Mr. Tertius Zongo, Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United States;

Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the MDGs

Roundtable A: Resources mobilization for the implementation of the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2001-2010: the experiences of Timor Leste and Bangladesh - ECOSOC Chamber (Hosted by UNDP)
Co-chairs: H.E. Ms. Aicha Bassarewan, Vice Minister, Ministry of Planning and Finance of Timor Leste;

Mr. David Lockwood, Deputy Director, Asia and the Pacific Bureau, UNDP;

Participants: H.E. Mr. Jose Luis Guterres, Permanent Representative of Timor Leste to the UN;

H.E. Mr. Iftekhar Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN;

Mr. Roberto Soares, Director of Regional Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor Leste;

Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the MDGs;

Mr. Haoliang Xu, Senior Deputy Resident representative of UNDP in Timor Leste;

Mr. Eduardo Doryan, Special Representative of the World Bank to the UN;

Member States

Roundtable B: The impact of good governance and public finance management on the mobilization of domestic resources: the experience of Benin - Conference Room 6 (Hosted by DESA)
Co-chairs: H.E. Mr. Rogatien Biaou, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin and Chairman, Group of LDCs;

Mr. Patrizio Civili, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, DESA;

Participants: H.E Ms. Maria Eugenia Brizuela de Avila, Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador;

H.E. Mr. John Richardson, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the UN;

H.E. Mr. Marcello Spatafora, Permanent Representative of Italy to the UN;
Mr. Jeffrey Katz, Manager, Partnerships and External Affairs Group for the Africa Region, the World Bank;

Mr. Reinhard Munzberg, Special Representative of the IMF to the UN;

Member States

Roundtable C: PRSPs as a mechanism for resources mobilization: the experience of Burkina Faso - ECOSOC Chamber (Hosted by the World Bank)
Co-chairs: H.E. Mr. Tertius Zongo, Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United States;

Mr. Jeffrey Katz, Manager, Partnerships and External Affairs Group for the Africa Region, the World Bank;

Participants: Mr. Bissiri Sirima, Adviser to the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso on Economic Matters;

Mr. Mark Plant, Assistant Director, Policy Development and Review Department, IMF;

Mr. Harris Gleckman, Chief, New York Office of UNCTAD;

Member States

Reports by the chairperson of the roundtable A, B and C and remarks by the President of ECOSOC - ECOSOC Chamber
H.E. Ms. Aicha Bassarewan, Vice Minister, Ministry of Planning and Finance of Timor Leste;

H.E. Mr. Rogatien Biaou, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin and Chairman, Group of LDCs;

H.E. Mr. Tertius Zongo, Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United States;

H.E. Ms. Marjatta Rasi, President of ECOSOC

Opening remarks
Mr. Ibrahim A. Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa;

H.E. Mr. Joao Jose Silva Monteiro, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau;

H.E. Mrs. Seraphine Wakana, Minister for Planning, Development and Reconstruction of the Republic of Burundi;

Ms. Eveline Herfkens, Executive Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals Campaign

Roundtable D: Enabling environment and resources mobilization for the LDCs emerging from conflict: the experiences of Guinea Bissau and Burundi - ECOSOC Chamber (Hosted by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa)
Co-chairs: H.E. Mr. Joao Jose Silva Monteiro, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau;

H.E. Mrs. Seraphine Wakana, Minister for Planning, Development and Reconstruction of the Republic of Burundi;

Mr. Ibrahim A. Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa;

Participants: H.E. Mr. Dumisani Kumalo, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations;

H.E. Mr. Koichi Haraguchi, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations;

Mr. Jean-Jacques Graisse, Deputy Executive Director of WFP;

Mr. Berhanu Dinka, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Burundi;
Mr. Harry Snoek, Deputy Division Chief, African Department, IMF;

Ms. Sarah Cliffe, Program Coordinator, Low-Income Countries Under Stress Initiative, World Bank;

Mr. Ado Vaher, Director, External Relations and UN Affairs, UNICEF;

Member States

Roundtable E: LDCs: Trade and market access preferences - commitments, achievements, challenges and prospects: the experience of Burkina Faso - Conference Room 6
(Hosted by OHRLLS)
Co-chairs: H.E. Mr. Tertius Zongo, Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United States;

Mr. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States;

Participants: Mrs. Ditte Juul-Jørgensen, Counsellor, Delegation of the European Commission to the UN;

Mr. Arthur Westneat, Private Sector Advisor, Bureau for Africa, USAID;

Mrs. Adair Heuchan, Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UN in Geneva and Member of Integrated Framework Working Group;

Mr. Pierre Encontre, Senior Economist, UNCTAD;

Member States

Reports from the chairperson of the roundtable D and E and remarks by the President of ECOSOC - ECOSOC Chamber:
H.E. Mr. Joao Jose Silva Monteiro, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau;

H.E. Mrs. Seraphine Wakana, Minister for Planning, Development and Reconstruction of the Republic of Burundi;

H.E. Mr. Tertius Zongo, Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the United States;

H.E. Ms. Marjatta Rasi, President of ECOSOC

Opening of the NGO Forum