ECOSOC Special Event on "The Avian Flu"

3 November 2005, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Location: ECOSOC Chamber

Programme

Issues Paper

President's Summary

Biographies of Participants

Press Release

Statements:

• H.E. Mr. Munir Akram, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, President of ECOSOC;

• H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly;

• Dr. David Heymann, Representative of the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), on behalf of Dr. Margaret Chan, Assistant Director-General and Representative of the Director-General of WHO for Pandemic Influenza;

• Ms. Louise Fresco, Assistant Director-General for Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);

• Dr. David Nabarro, Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza;

• Mrs. Margareta Walströhm, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator

Views from Member States

• United States

• Canada

• United Kingdom, on behalf of the European Union

• China

• Malaysia

• Thailand

• Singapore

• Indonesia

• Japan

• Vietnam