ECOSOC 2004 High-Level Segment
28-30 June 2003

Speeches and Statements (29 June HLS plenary debate)

30 June HLS plenary debate        Preparatory Meeting 17 February         Preparatory Meeting 17-18 March

Introductory statements by:

  • Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
     
  • Mr. Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
     

Statements by:

  • H.E. Mr. Ahmad Bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Member of the Cabinet of Qatar (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China)
     
  • H.E. Mr. Tom Kitt, Minister of State for Development Cooperation and Human Rights of Ireland (on behalf of the European Union)
     
  • H.E. Mr. Rogatien Biaou, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Benin
     
  • H.E. The Honourable Immanuel Ngatjizeko, Director-General of the National Planning Commission of Namibia
     
  • H.E. Ms. Paula Lehtomäki, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland
     
  • H.E. Mr. E.D. Maokola-Majogo (MP), Minister of State (Poverty Eradication), Office of the Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania
     
  • H.E. Madame Séraphone Wakana, Minister for Planning, Development and Reconstruction of Burundi
     
  • H.E. Mr. Yvon Siméon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Worship and Haitians Living Abroad, Haiti
     
  • H.E. The Honourable Sam Kutesa, Minister of State for Investment, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of Uganda
     
  • H.E. Mrs. Awa Gueye Kebe, Minister of Commerce of Senegal
     
  • Mr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services
     
  • H.E. Mr. Roberto Antonione, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy
     
  • H.E. Mr. Yuri Fedotov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
     
  • Mr. Šarūnas Adomavičius, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
     
  • Mr. Makhmud Mamed-Kuliyev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
     
  • Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, Director-General of International Organisations, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of France
     
  • Mr. Kaoru Ishikawa, Director-General, Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
     
  • H.E. Mr. Anatoliy A. Dron, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
     
  • H.E. Mr. Gholam-Ali Khoshroo, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
     
  • H.E. Mr. Chem Widhya, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia
     
  • H.E. Mr. Saidu Balarabe Samaila, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria
     
  • Mr. Masood Ahmed, Director-General, Policy and International Development, Department for International Development of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
     
  • H.E. Mr. Serge Chappatte, Assistant Director-General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
     
  • H.E. Ms. Frances Velho Rodrigues, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique
     
  • Mr. George Chicoti, Vice-Minister for External Relations of Angola
     
  • Vice-Minister, Cuba
     
  • Mr. Francesco Frangialli, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization
     
  • H.E. Mr. Jakub Wolski, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
     
  • H.E. Mr. Ibrahim M. Sesay, Deputy Minister, Sierra Leone
     
  • Deputy Minister, Kenya
     
  • Mr. Adolf Kloke-Lesch, Deputy Director-General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany
     
  • H.E. Mr. Djauhari Oratmangun, Director for UN Economic, Development and Environmental Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia
     
  • H.E. Mr. Hamadi Ould Meimou, Commissioner for Human Rights, Fight Against Poverty and Integration of Mauritania
     
  • H.E. Mr. Stuart W. Leslie, Permanent Representative of Belize to the United Nations (on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM))
     
  • H.E. Mr. Wang Guangya Wang, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations
     
  • H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando, Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso (on behalf of the African Group)
     
  • H.E. Mr. Fawzi Bin Abdul Majeed Shobokshi, Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations
     
  • H.E. Mr. Sam-hoon Kim, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations
     
  • H.E. Mr. John Dauth, Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations
     
  • H.E. Mr. Abdulaziz Nasser R. Al-Shamsi, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations
     
  • H.E. Mr. Ali Hachani, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations
     
  • H.E. Mr. Mohamed Bennouna, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations
     
  • Prof. Mary Ann Glendon, President, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Holy See
     
  • Mr. Jim Morris, Executive Director, World Food Programme
     
  • H.E. The Honourable Roch-Marc Christian Kaboré, President, National Assembly of Burkina Faso, Inter-Parliamentary Union
     
  • Mr. Noureini Tidjani-Serpos, Assistant Director-General for Africa, UNESCO
     
  • Mr. Kunio Waki, Deputy Executive Director (Programme), United Nations Population Fund
     
  • Mr. Robert L. Barnes, Q.C., Vice-President, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
     
  • Mr. Poul Nielson, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, European Commission
     
     
  • Mr. David Harcharik, Deputy Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Non-governmental organizations
     

17 February ECOSOC High-Level Segment Preparatory Meeting

  • Opening Statement by Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, at ECOSOC High-Level Segment Preparatory Meeting -- New York, 17 February 2004
     
  • Keynote address by Mr. Carlos Magariños, Director-General, UNIDO
     
  • Keynote address by Mr. Carlos Fortin, Deputy-Secretary-General, UNCTAD
     
  • Statement by Mr. Kees Van der Ree, Acting Director, InFocus Programme, ILO
     
  • Statement by Mr. Richard Stanley, President, Stanley Foundation
     
  • Statement by Ms. Melinda Kimble, Senior Vice President, UN Foundation
     
  • Statement by Mr. Arjun Karki, representative of LDC Watch
     
  • Statement by Mr. Habib Ouane, Head, Special Programme for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, UNCTAD
     
  • Keynote address by Mr. Jean-Louis Sarbib, Senior Vice President, Human Development
     
  • Statement by Mr. Kees van der Ree, ILO, Acting Director, InFocus Programme Small Enterprise Development – SEED
     
  • Keynote Statement by Zéphirin Diabré, Associate Administrator on the Occasion of the Preparatory Meeting for the High Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council
     

17-18 March High-Level Segment Preparatory Meeting

  • Opening Statement by Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Delivered by Mr. Patrizio Civili, Assistant-Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs
     
  • Closing remarks for the President by H.E. Ambassador Marjatta Rasi, President of the Economic and Social Council
     
  • Roundtable D: Ado Vaher, Director, Office of United Nations Affairs and External Relations UNICEF
     
  • Roundtable D: Statement by IMF
     
  • Roundtable D: Statement by WFP
     
  • Round Table E: Trade and market access preferences: commitments, achievements, challenges and prospects (Conference Room 6) Intervention by Pierre Encontre, UNCTAD secretariat
     

  • Opening Remarks at the Plenary by Mr. Ibrahim A. Gambari -- Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa
     

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