UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
NINTH SESSION

Daily Journal No. 8

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PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS

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
9:30 a.m.	Drafting Group II (Informals)	Board Room 3
10.30 a.m.	249th 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
11:00 a.m.	Drafting Group III (Informals)	Board Room 3
3.00 p.m.	250th Plenary General Debate (closure of general debate) (List of speakers)	Plenary Hall
3.00 p.m.	Drafting Group II	Committee Room 2
3.00 p.m.	Drafting Group III	Committee Room 1
To be announced	Bureau	Main Committee Room
To be announced	Drafting Group I (Informals)	Main Committee Room

9.15 a.m.	Africa Connect	Auditorium
9.15 a.m.	Africa Connect	Gallagher Grill
3.00 p.m.	Africa Connect	Auditorium
3.00 p.m.	Africa Connect	Gallagher Grill
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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
1:30 p.m.	Trade Points: presentation by the secretariat	Auditorium
2:00 p.m.	Meeting of Trade Point Directors	Gallagher 3
2:00 p.m.	Trade Point Workshop	Board Room 1

8:30 a.m.	ASEAN Group	Gallagher 1
9:00 a.m.	Asian Group	Gallagher 1
9:30 a.m.	GRULAC	Committee Room 1
9:30 a.m.	African Group	Committee Room 2
2:30 p.m.	Co-ordinators of G-77	Board Room 2

Please see the notice board for any other group meetings or for changes to the schedule.

245th Plenary (6.30 p.m.) Statements in the general debate were made by:

Dr. Yo MARUNO, Managing Director, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); S.E.M. Jaona RAVALOSON, Ambassadeur, Représentant permanent du Madagascar à Genève; H.E. Dr. Werner CORRALES, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of Venezuela; H.E. Mr. Brendan HOWLIN (M.P.), Minister for the Environment of Ireland; H.E. Dr. Ernesto ORDONEZ, Deputy-Minister of Trade and Industry of The Philippines; S.E.M. NGUYEN XUAN-QUANG, Vice-Ministre du Commerce du Viet Nam; H.E. Mr. Hilal AL-MUTAIRI, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Kuwait; H.E. Mr. M.U. OFFOR, Acting High Commissioner of Nigeria to South Africa; H.E. Mr. Michael BARTOLO, Ambassador Permanent Representative of Malta in Geneva; H.E. Mr. V. TSEPKALO, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus; Dr. B.C.Y. FREEZAILAH, Executive Director of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO); Mr. Rolf W. BOEHNKE, Managing Director of the Common Fund for Commodities; Mr. Yves BERTHELOT, Executive Secretary of the ECE and on behalf of the Five United Nations Regional Commissions (ECA/ECE/ECLAC/ESCAP/ESCWA); Mr. Denis BENN, Director, Special Unit for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Ms. Kerstin TRONE, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

246th Plenary (10.30 a.m.)

Statements in the general debate were made by:

The Honourable Fatteh SINGH THARU, Minister of Commerce of Nepal; H.E. Mr. Tejendra KHANNA, Commerce Secretary of India; Ms. Melinda L. KIMBLE, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Organizations Affairs, Department of State of the United States of America; H.E. Mr. Victor RICO FRONTAURA, Secretary for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia; The Honourable Kingsley T. WICKREMARATINE, Minister of Internal and External trade, Commerce and Food of Sri Lanka; S.E. Embajador Carlos PÉREZ DEL CASTILLO, Vice-Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Uruguay; S.E. Mr. Mounir ZAHRAN, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Egypt in Geneva; Mr. Paul TIPPING, Director, Policy Projects, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand; H.E. Mr. Imre DUNAI, Minister of Industry and Trade of Hungary; H.E. Mr. Oldemiro BALOI, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism of Mozambique; Mr. TSOGT Tsevegmid, Minister for Trade and Industry of Mongolia; H.E. Mr. Atanas PAPARIZOV, Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Cooperation of Bulgaria; S.E. Embajador Patricio Izurieta MORA-BOWEN, Subsecretario de Política Económica Internacional, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Ecuador; H.E. Mr. Kim Tong MYONG, Vice-Chairman of the Commission for External Economic Relations of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The Conference has received the following messages:

- Flight-Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, President of the Republic of Ghana (TD/L.346)

- H. E. Mr. V. Chernomyrdin, President of the Government of the Russian Federation (TD/L.347)

- Prime Minister of Monglolia (TD/L.348)

- H. E. Mr. Lin Peng, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China (TD/L.354)

- Honorable Al Gore, Vice-President of the United States (presented on video during the statement of H.E. Ms. Melinda L. Kimble, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, at the 246th Plenary)

Registration and accreditation

Admission to the Conference Centre will require the showing of an identity badge which will be issued to delegates upon registration. Identity badges will be issued on the basis of advance communications submitted by the Permanent Missions (Geneva or New York) to the UNCTAD secretariat. To obtain this badge, which shall be carried at all times, participants should contact the Registration Counter in the Delegates' Lounge at the Conference Centre as soon as possible after their arrival in Midrand. Registration will take place daily between 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

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.

Requests for rooms and services for Group meetings

Requests for rooms and services for Group meetings should be made to Office 1 above the Plenary Hall (Telephone: 082 858 0596). Delegations are kindly asked to make such requests not later than 5 p.m. for meetings to be held the following day.

List of speakers

For inscriptions on the list of speakers in the general debate, please contact Mr. K. Tenzing, Deputy Secretary of the Conference, in Room L2-2, Extension 7624/7621.

Statements in the general debate

Delegations are reminded that, whenever possible, advance copies of statements should be made available to the conference room staff in order to facilitate the interpretation of the statement into the other official languages.

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).

Schedule of participation of Ministers

Delegations are requested to inform the Protocol Office (Room L3-1 in Office Block 2, Extension: 7562) of the scheduled arrival and departure of Ministers, so that a schedule of the attendance of Ministers can be drawn up and circulated.

Group Liaison Office

The Group Liaison Offices are located in Rooms:

• L3-3 (Extension 7564/7565)
• L3-6 (Extension 7566)
• L3-7 (Extension 7571)

Bilateral consultations

For bilateral consultations, please contact Office L2-9, Extension 7583.

Distribution of documents

The documentation for the Conference will be distributed to delegations in a limited number of copies in the official language of their choice, through their respective "pick-up boxes" situated at the Documents Counter in the Delegates' Lounge. A checklist of documents (TD(IX)/Misc.1.) will assist delegations in identifying essential documentation.

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.

Mail

Any personal mail received at the Conference Centre will be distributed via the Documents Counter in the individual "pick-up boxes" in the Delegates' Lounge.

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.

Social events

In order to assist delegations in ensuring that their social events (e.g. cocktails and receptions) are not scheduled for the same date, it would be appreciated if delegations could contact the UNCTAD Protocol Office (Room L3-1 in Office Block 2, Extension: 7562) regarding the dates when they propose to hold these events.

Car parks

A number of parking places have been reserved for delegations in the Conference Centre area. Stickers for vehicles will be issued to delegations upon request by Chief Security Coordinator (Telephone:082 858 9030/9054).

Shuttle bus service

This service is provided by Springbok-Atlas and transfers will take place from the designated hotels to the Gallagher Estate Conference Centre. At Gallagher Estate, buses depart from the parking area outside the Main Entrance Gate and will be marked with the names of hotels. Special transportation needs may be arranged at the Travel Desk in the Delegates' Lounge (Enquiries:8052239).

First aid

An on-site clinic is available to provide all first aid facilities at the Conference Centre, including life-support equipment. Ambulance services are on-site and helicopter evacuation is possible in an emergency. All expenses incurred at hospitals, crisis centres or other medical care is for participants' own account (Telephone:805 5928).

Requirements for security reasons

Personnel within the Gallagher Estate, including all delegates, are requested to clearly display their Conference identification badges at all times whilst they are within the Gallagher Estate premises.

All delegates are reminded that access into the Gallagher Estate by vehicle is only authorized to those vehicles bearing the official green UNCTAD IX parking sticker. Vehicles without these stickers may be parked in the large parking area opposite the public access door to the Plenary Hall.

Lost property

Enquiries should be made at the Information Desk in the Delegates' Lounge of the Conference Centre, or by telephoning (011) 805 5988/5989.

Arts & crafts market and exhibition

A traditional South African crafts market will be held during the Conference in the Exhibition Hall, Lower Level 2 below the Plenary Hall, which is the ideal place to buy your mementos at affordable prices. All items on sale are hand-made and represent a variety of unique indigenous art works, such as baskets, bead work, sculptures and hand- woven articles.

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.

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 ACIS and ASYCUDA	Auditorium
2:00 p.m.	Meeting of Trade Point Directors	Gallagher 3
2:00 p.m.	Trade Point Workshop	Board Room 1