General Debate

Monday, 21 April 2008

Statements and Webcast
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16:00 - 19:00 - Opening session

[ Segment - Original Language Video ] Part 1 - 47 minutes | Part 2 - 47 minutes | Part 3 - 3 minutes | Part 4 - 30 minutes

Brazil
H.E. Mr. Celso Nunes Amorim
Minister of External Relations

[ English ] 8 minutes

Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union)
H.E. Mr. Žiga Turk, PhD
Minister for Growth of the Republic of Slovenia

[ English ] 10 minutes [ English ]

Cambodia
H.E. Dr. Cham Prasidh
Senior Minister and Minister of Commerce of the Kingdom of Cambodia

[ English ] 9 minutes [ English ]

Indonesia
H.E. Ambassador Rezlan Jenie
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia

[ English ] 6 minutes [ English ]

Morocco
H.E. Mr. Abdellatif Maazouz
Minister of Foreign Trade

[ French ] 6 minutes (partial) [ French ]

Switzerland
H.E. Mr. Ambassador Jörg Al. Reding
Head of Economic Cooperation and Development, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, Federal Department of Economic Affairs

[ French ] 6 minutes [ French ]

Luxembourg
H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration

[ French ] 8 minutes [ French ]

Kuwait
H.E. Mr. Rasheed Tabtabaei
Under Secretary of Ministry of Commerce and Industry

[ Arabic ] 7 minutes [ Arabic ]

Egypt
H.E. Ambassador Ramzy Ramzy
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt

[ Arabic ] 12 minutes

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
H.E. Minister Gareth Thomas MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade Policy

[ English ] 9 minutes [ English ]

Portugal
H.E. Professor Dr. João Cravinho
Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation

[ English ] 2 minutes (partial)

Italy
H.E. Mr. Ambassador Pier Benedetto Francese
Head of delegation

[ English ] 14 minutes [ English ]

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
H.E. Mr. Zoran Stavreski
Vice-President of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia

[ English ] 6 minutes

Bangladesh, on behalf of the LDC's
H.E. Mr. Feroz Ahmed
Secretary , Ministry of Commerce

[ English ] 21 minutes [ English ]

Japan
H.E. Mr. Yasuhide Nakayama
Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

[ English ] 8 minutes [ English ]

Angola
H.E. Mr. Joaquim David
Minister of Industry

[ English ] 2 minutes (partial)