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Daily Journal No. 7
Thursday, 2 May 1996
Official Meetings
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. |
Ministerial Round Table | Main Committee Room |
Theme: Enterprise development: national strategies and international support | ||
10.30 a.m. | 246th Plenary General Debate (cont'd) (List of speakers) |
Plenary Hall |
10:30 a.m. | Drafting Group I | Committee Room 1 |
10:30 a.m. | Drafting Group II | Committee Room 2 |
3.00 p.m. | 247th Plenary General Debate (cont'd) (List of speakers) |
Plenary Hall |
3.00 p.m. | Drafting Group I (informal) | Committee Room 1 |
3.00 p.m. | Drafting Group III | Committee Room 2 |
6.30 p.m. | 248th Plenary General Debate (cont'd) (List of speakers) |
Plenary Hall |
9.15 a.m. | Africa Connect | Auditorium |
3.00 p.m. | Africa Connect | Auditorium |
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9:00 a.m. | Meeting of Trade Point Directors | Gallagher 3 |
9:00 a.m. | Trade Point Workshop | Board Room 1 |
2:00 p.m. | Meeting of Trade Point Directors | Gallagher 3 |
2:00 p.m. | Trade Point Workshop | Board Room 1 |
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1:30 p.m. | Presentation on IMPRETEC | Auditorium |
9:00 a.m. | Asian Group | Gallagher 1 |
9:00 a.m. | Latin American Group | Committee Room 1 |
9:30 a.m. | African Group | Gallagher Grill |
Please see the notice board for any other group meetings or for changes to the schedule.
Tuesday, 30 April 1996
The Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, H.E. Amnuay Viravan, announced the offer of his country to host UNCTAD X in the year 2000. The Conference welcomed and endorsed the offer of the Government of Thailand by acclamation.
242nd Plenary (afternoon)
The following statements were made at the 242nd Plenary:
S.E. Prof. Joao DE DEUS PINHEIRO, Commissioner of the European Commission for External Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) and also with South Africa; H.E. Mr. Yukihiko IKEDA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan; H.E. Mr. Amnuay VIRAVAN, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand; The Honourable Anthony NELSON, Minister for Trade of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; H.E. Mr. Ro-Myung GONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea; H.E. Mr. Franz BLANKART, Secrétaire d'Etat aux Affaires économiques extérieures de la Suisse; H.E. Mr. Osama Jafar FAQUIH, Minister of Trade of Saudi Arabia; H.E. Mme. WU Yi, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of China; H.E. Mr.Ole NORRBACK, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade of Finland; Mr. Yuri N. GREKOV, First Deputy Minister of External Economic Relations of the Russian Federation; The Honourable Dan K. ABODAKPI, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of Ghana; H.E. Mr. John GODFREY M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Cooperation for the Francophonie of Canada; H.E. Mr. Yahya Ale ISHAGH, Minister of Commerce of the Islamic Republic of Iran; S.E. M. Georges WOHLFART, Secrétaire d'Etat aux Affaires Etrangères, au Commerce Extérieur, et à la Coopération du Luxembourg; H.E. Ambassador Alfredo V. CHIARADÍA, Deputy Secretary for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Argentina; H.E. Ms. A. VAN DOK-VAN WEELE, Minister of Foreign Trade of the Netherlands; H.E. Mr. Mohammed MAHDI SALIH, Minister of Trade of Iraq; H. E. Ambassador José P. Luiz GOMES, President of the Institute for Portuguese Cooperation of Portugal.
242nd Plenary (Cont'd.)(evening)
The following statements were made:
H.E. Mr. Vijay S. MAKHAN, Assistant Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity in charge of the Economic Development and Cooperation (OAU); S.E.M. Mohamed ELALAMI, Ministre du Commerce Extérieur du Maroc; H.E. Mr. Goce PETRESKI, Ambassador, Permanent Representative in Geneva of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; H.E. Mr. Stylianos PERRKIS, Secretary-General, European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece; H.E. Mr. Luis MAIRA, Minister of Planning of Chile; The Honourable Sela MOLISA, Minister for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives of Vanuatu.
The representatives of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia exercised their right of reply.
243rd Plenary (morning)
The following statements were made:
S.E. M. Mohamed ENNACEUR, Ambassadeur, Représentant permanent de la Tunisie; The Honourable Pehin Dato Haji Abdul Rahman TAIB, Minister of Industry and Primary Resources of Brunei Darussalam; H.E. Mr. KERK Choo Ting, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia; H.E. Ambassador Temel ISKIT, Deputy Under-Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey; H.E. Mr. Ida Bagus SUDJANA, Minister of Mining and Energy of Indonesia; S.E.M. Ferdinand KACOU ANGORA, Ministre du Commerce de la Côte d'Ivoire; H.E. Mr. Koo Tsai KEE, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Finance of Singapore; H.E. Mr. Abdulraouf AL-MUBARAK, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the United Arab Emirates; Mr. Makoto TANIGUCHI, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); S.E. M. Romulus Ioan POPESCU, Ministre du commerce de la Roumanie; S.E. Embajador Sergio GONZÁLEZ GÁLVEZ, Subsecretario de Asuntos Multilaterales, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de Mexico; H.E. Mr. Jacek BUCHACZ, Minister for Foreign Economic Relations of Poland; Mr. J. Denis BELISLE, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC); H. E. Mr. Justus A.A. MUDAVADI, High Commissioner on behalf of The Honourable J.F.K. BARMASAI M.P., Assistant Minister for Commerce and Industry of Kenya; Mr. Hazem KAWASMI, representative of Palestine.
244th Plenary (afternoon)
The following statements were made:
S.E. M. Réginald MOREELS, Secrétaire d'Etat à la Coopération au Développement de la Belgique; H.E. Ms. Kari NORDHEIM-LARSEN, Minister for Development Cooperation of Norway; H.E. Mr. Peter BRÜCKNER, Under-Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark; H.E. Dr. Miroslav SOMOL, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic; S.E. Sr. Ricardo Cabrisas RUIZ, Ministro de Comercio Exterior de Cuba; S.E. Sr. Raimundo PEREZ-HERNANDEZ, Embajador, Representante Permanente de España en Ginebra; H.E. Mr. Jigmi Y. THINLEY, Deputy Minister, Permanent Representative of Bhutan in Geneva; H.E. Dr. Norbert LAMMERT, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economics of Germany; Mr. Jesús SEADE, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO); Sr. Federico Alberto CUELLO, Sub-Secretario Técnico de la Presidencia de la Republica Dominicana; Ms. Joanna HEWITT, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia; H.E. Mr. Victor GLADUSH, First Deputy Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of Ukraine; H.E. Mr. Pavol HRMO, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy of Slovakia; The Honourable H.M. MURERWA, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Zimbabwe.
The attention of participants is drawn to the fact that registration is solely for the purpose of obtaining individual identity badges. For purposes of formal accreditation and preparation of the official list of participants to the Conference, the credentials of representatives, alternates and advisers should be submitted in writing to the Secretary-General of the Conference and the original copy deposited with the Accreditation Office in the Green Room of the Delegates' Lounge as soon as possible.
Members of the Press who have applied for accreditation to the Conference may obtain their pass from the Media Accreditation Counter near the Registration Counter. Those members of the Press who have not yet applied should complete an application form that may be obtained from the counter and submit it together with an official letter of accreditation from their respective Press offices.
Texts of statements delivered in the general debate which are remitted to the secretariat will be reproduced and distributed during the Conference in the language version(s) in which they are received. There will be no facilities within the secretariat for typing, translation or reproduction in the other working or official languages of the Conference. Texts of statements for reproduction should be handed in to the UNCTAD Documents Submission Office in Room L3-15 (Extension: 7553).
Attention is drawn to a note by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the control and limitation of documentation (A/AC.172/INF.15, of 16 August 1993). Moreover, in view of the current economic measures, delegations are requested to have with them their copies of essential documents throughout the Conference and to keep requests for additional copies to the minimum.
A post office service is available at the Business Centre in the Delegates' Lounge at the Conference Centre for postal, cable and telex services. Telephones can be operated by both card or cash for participants' own account. Secretarial services, photocopying or faxing will also be available for delegates at the Business Centre in the Delegates' Lounge.
You will also be able to see traditional artists from the great variety of South African cultures at work in the Rose Garden as well as a display of their work.
Participants in the Crafts Market will be the National Crafts Association and the KARA Cultural Foundation, who are representative of traditional South African arts and crafts. By buying from them, you will be helping the people who most need your support.
Friday, 3 May 1996
Official Meetings
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. |
Ministerial Round Table | Main Committee Room |
Theme: Future work of UNCTAD in accordance with its mandate; institutional implications | ||
10.30 a.m. | Plenary General Debate (cont'd) |
Plenary Hall |
10:30 a.m. | Drafting Group I | Committee Room 1 |
10:30 a.m. | Drafting Group II | Committee Room 2 |
3.00 p.m. | Plenary General Debate (cont'd) |
Plenary Hall |
3.00 p.m. | Drafting Group II | Committee Room 1 |
3.00 p.m. | Drafting Group III | Committee Room 2 |
6.30 p.m. | Plenary General Debate (cont'd) |
Plenary Hall |
9.15 a.m. | Africa Connect | Auditorium |
3.00 p.m. | Africa Connect | Auditorium |
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8:00 a.m. | Meeting of Trade Point Directors | Gallagher 3 |
8:00 a.m. | Trade Point Workshop | Board Room 1 |
1:30 p.m. | Secretariat presentation on Trade Points | Auditorium |
2:00 p.m. | Meeting of Trade Point Directors | Gallagher 3 |
2:00 p.m. | Trade Point Workshop | Board Room 1 |