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Statements to the thirteenth session of the General Conference

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Monday, 7 December 2009

Opening statement by Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director-General

Speech by Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, EGH, M.P., Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya

Keynote address by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, The Right Honourable Mr. Pakalitha Mosisili

Statement by Honourable Mizengo P. Pinda (MP), Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania

Keynote speech by the President of Iceland, H.E. Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

Message from the United Nations Secretary-General

Intervention de S.E. le Dr Jean Ping, Président de la Commission de l'Union Africaine [French only]

Statement by Mr. Reinhold Lopatka, State Secretary, Austria

Déclaration de l'Ambassadeur du Maroc, S.E. M. Omar Zniber  (Président de la 12ème session de la Conférence Général) [French only]

Welcoming statement by H.E. Ambassador Soltanieh (President of the 13th session of the General Conference)

Speech by the Deputy Prime Minister, H.E. Ms. Maud Olofsson, Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, Sweden

Statement by Mr. Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary of the UNECE

Remarks of the Chinese Delegation

Statement by Mr. Marcin Korolec, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economy, Poland

Statement by H.E. Dr. Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa

Statement by H.E. Mr. Aliakbar Mehrabian, Minister of Industry and Mines, Islamic Republic of Iran

Statement by H.E. Mr. Takeshi Nakane, Permanent Representative of Japan and Head of the Japanese Delegation

Déclaration de S.E. Madame Amah Marie Tehoua, Ministre de l'Industrie et de la Promotion du Secteur Privé [French only]

Statement by H.E. Mr. Ali Ahmed Osman, State Minister, Ministry  of Industry, Sudan

Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Statement by Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and China

Statement by Sweden on behalf of the European Union

Statement by Angola on behalf of the African Group

Statement by Sri Lanka

Statement by Pakistan on behalf of the Asian Group

Statement by Brazil on behalf of GRULAC [Spanish only]

Statement by H.E. Mr. Adib Farhadi, Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry, Afghanistan

Statement by Croatia

Statement by Morocco [French only]

Statement by France [French only]

Statement by the Philippines

Statement by H.E. Mr. Alexander Yakovenko, Deputy Foreign Minister, Russian Federation [Russian only]

Statement by Spain [Spanish only]

Statement by Belarus

Statement by Egypt [Arabic only]

Statement by Peru

Statement by the Syrian Arab Republic [Arabic only]

Statement by H.E. Mr. Mike Bimha, Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Zimbabwe

Statement by Switzerland

Statement by H.E. Mr. Kiala Gabriel, Deputy Minister of Industry, Angola

Statement by H.E. Mr. John Gyetuah, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ghana

Déclaration de S.E. M. Ahmadou Abdoulaye Diallo, Ministre de l'Industrie, des Investissements et du Commerce,  Mali [French only]

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Statement by Botswana

Statement by Lebanon [Arabic only]

Statement by Norway

Statement by H.E. Mr. Zoljargal Khadbaatar, Vice-Minister for Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, Mongolia

Statement by Jordan [Arabic only]

Statement by Italy

Statement by Ukraine on behalf of GUAM States

Statement by El Salvador [Spanish only]

Statement by Thailand

Statement by Uruguay [Spanish only]

Statement by H.E. Mr. Timur Nurashev, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Kazakhstan [Russian only]

Statement by Indonesia

Statement by Cuba [Spanish only]

Statement by Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) [Spanish only]

Statement by Costa Rica [Spanish only]

Statement by H.E. Mr. Humphrey Abbah, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Nigeria

Statement by Turkey

Statement by Mozambique

Statement by the Republic of Korea

Statement by Guatemala [Spanish only]

Statement by Germany

Statement by H.E. Mr. David O. Carew, Minister of Trade and Industry, Sierra Leone

Statement by India

Statement by Algeria [French only]

Statement by Bangladesh 

Statement by Namibia

Statement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Statement by H.E. Mr. Stevin Kamwendo, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Malawi

Statement by Colombia [Spanish only]

Statement by Pakistan

Statement by Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [Arabic only]

Statement by Iraq [Arabic only]

Thursday, 10 December 2009

Statement by Argentina [Spanish only]

Statement by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Statement by the Holy See

Statement by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Statement by the Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO) [Arabic only]

Statement by the Institution for the use of microalga spirulina against malnutrition (CISRI-ISP)

Joint statement by the International Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW), the International Council of Women (ICW) and Soroptimist International (SI)

Statement by the Society for International Development (SID)

Statement by the Association of Former United Nations Industry and Development Experts (AFIDE)