Plenary Meeting

Saturday, 29 November 2008

Statements and Webcast
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10:00 - 13:00 - 1st plenary meeting

[ عربي ] [ English Video ] [ Original Language Video ] - 3 hours 49 minutes

Opening of the Conference
His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General of the United Nations

[ عربي ] [ English ] 2 minutes

Election of the President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 2 minutes

President of the Conference
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
Amir of the State of Qatar

[ عربي ] [ English ] 8 minutes [ English ] [ Arabic ]

President of the 63rd session of the General Assembly
His Excellency Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann

[ عربي ] [ English ] 16 minutes [ English ]

Secretary-General of the United Nations
His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon

[ عربي ] [ English ] 10 minutes [ English ]

World Trade Organization (WTO)
Mr. Pascal Lamy
Director-General

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French / English ] 11 minutes [ English ]

Adoption of the rules of procedure

[ عربي / English ] [ English ] 2 minutes

Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters

[ عربي ] [ English ] 1 minute

Election of officers other than the President (to be continued)

[ عربي ] [ English ] 2 minutes

France (on behalf of the European Union)
His Excellency Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 13 minutes [ French ]

Election of officers other than the President (continued)

[ عربي ] [ English ] 12 minutes

Organization of work, including the establishment of the Main Committee
Credentials of representatives to the Conference: appointment of members of the Credentials Committee

[ عربي ] [ English ] 4 minutes

General exchange of views on reviewing the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, including new challenges and emerging issues.
Statements by Heads of State or Government, ministers and heads of delegation

United Republic of Tanzania (on behalf of the African Union)
His Excellency Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 16 minutes [ English ]

Tajikistan
His Excellency Mr. Emomali Rahmon
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ Original Language ] 17 minutes

Bulgaria
His Excellency Mr. Georgi Parvanov
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 8 minutes [ English ]

European Commission
His Excellency Mr. José Manuel Barroso
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 6 minutes [ English ]

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
His Excellency Mr. Àngel Gurría
Secretary-General

[ عربي ] [ English ] 7 minutes [ English ]

Sao Tome and Principe
His Excellency Mr. Fradique Bandeira Melo De Menezes
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 6 minutes

Seychelles
His Excellency Mr. James A. Michel
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 12 minutes

Iran (Islamic Republic of)
His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ Farsi ] 23 minutes [ English ] [ Arabic ]

Côte d’Ivoire
His Excellency Mr. Laurent Gbagbo
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 10 minutes [ French ]

Costa Rica
His Excellency Mr. Óscar Arias Sánchez
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ Spanish ] 16 minutes [ Spanish ]

Comoros
His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 13 minutes [ French ]

15:00 - 18:00 - 2nd plenary meeting

[ عربي ] [ English Video ] [ Original Language Video ] - 4 hours 45 minutes

Election of officers other than the President (continued)

[ عربي ] [ English ] 7 minutes

General exchange of views on reviewing the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus, including new challenges and emerging issues.

President of the Economic and Social Council
His Excellency Ambassador Léo Mérorès

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 13 minutes

Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Innovative Financing for Development
Mr Philippe Douste-Blazy
[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 9 minutes

Germany
Ms. Heidemarie Wieczorek
Minister of Development

[ عربي ] [ English ] 12 minutes [ English ]

South Africa
His Excellency Mr. Trevor Andrew Manuel
Minister of Finance

[ عربي ] [ English ] 9 minutes

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Mr. Kemal Derviş
Administrator and Chairman of the United Nations Development Group

[ عربي ] [ English ] 11 minutes [ English ]

Spokesperson of the civil society forum

[ عربي ] [ English ] 8 minutes

Spokesperson of the business sector forum

[ عربي ] [ English ] 10 minutes [ English ]

Spokesperson of the Parliamentary Hearing

[ عربي ] [ English ] 12 minutes

Statements by Heads of State or Government, ministers and heads of delegation

Croatia
His Excellency Mr. Stjepan Mesić
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 7 minutes [ English ]

Burkina Faso
His Excellency Mr. Blaise Compaoré
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 8 minutes [ French ]

Kenya
His Excellency Mr. Mwai Kibaki
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 16 minutes [ English ]

Zimbabwe
His Excellency Mr. Robert Mugabe
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 18 minutes

Sudan
His Excellency Mr. Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 11 minutes [ English ] [ Arabic ]

Malawi
His Excellency Mr. Bingu wa Mutharika
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 13 minutes [ English ]

Benin
His Excellency Mr. Boni Yayi
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 9 minutes [ French ]

Bosnia and Herzegovina
His Excellency Mr. Haris Silajdžić
Chairman of the Presidency

[ عربي ] [ English ] 7 minutes

Chad
His Excellency Mr. Idriss Déby Itno
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 8 minutes [ French ]

Burundi
His Excellency Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza
President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 8 minutes [ French ]

Palestinian Liberation Organization / Palestinian Authority
His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Abbas
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and President of the Palestinian Authority

[ عربي ] [ English ] 11 minutes [ Arabic ]

El Salvador
Her Excellency Ms. Ana Vilma de Escobar
Vice-President

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ Spanish ] 9 minutes [ Spanish ]

Gambia
Ms. Aja Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy
Vice-President

[ عربي ] [ English ] 8 minutes [ English ]

Republic of Korea
His Excellency Mr. Han Seung-soo
Prime Minister

[ عربي ] [ English ] 9 minutes [ English ]

Lesotho
His Excellency Mr. Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili
Prime Minister and Minister for Defence and Public Service

[ عربي ] [ English ] 11 minutes [ English ]

Mozambique
Her Excellency Ms. Luisa Dias Diogo
Prime Minister

[ عربي ] [ English ] 7 minutes [ English ]

Tunisia
His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ghannouchi
Prime Minister

[ عربي ] [ English ] 7 minutes

Guinea
His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Tidiane Souaré
Prime Minister

[ عربي ] [ English ] [ French ] 9 minutes [ French ]