UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
NINTH SESSION

Daily Journal No. 10

PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS AND PARALLEL EVENTS

Monday, 6 May 1996

Official Meetings



10:30 a.m. Drafting Group I Committee Room 1
10:30 a.m. Drafting Group II Committee Room 2
10:30 a.m. Drafting Group III (Informals) Gallagher Grill
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3:00 p.m. Drafting Group I Committee Room 1
3:00 p.m. Drafting Group II Committee Room 2
3:00 p.m. Drafting Group III Gallagher Grill



Parallel Events


10:00 a.m. Seminar on Risk Capital Investment in Africa Auditorium
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3:00 p.m. Seminar on Risk Capital Investment in Africa Auditorium
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1:30 p.m. TRAINS: presentation by the Secretariat Auditorium




GROUP MEETINGS

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 Gallagher Grill



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


SUMMARY OF MEETINGS

Thursday, 2 May 1996

247th Plenary (3:00 p.m.)

Statements in the general debate were made by:

The Honourable A.S. HAMBAYI, M.P., Acting Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry of Zambia; H.E. Mr. Nestor OSORIO, Head of the Colombian delegation; S.E. M. Jacques GODFRAIN, Ministre délégué à la Coopération de la France; Honourable Seymour St. Edward MULLINGS, M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica; H.E. Mr. Davor STERN, Minister of Economy of Croatia; S.E. M. Abdelkarim HARCHAOUI, Ministre du Commerce de l'Algérie; H.E. Mr. Kassahun AYELE, Minister of Trade and Industry of Ethiopia; H.E. Mr. Juan José MEIER, Ambassador of Peru to South Africa; S.E.M. Pierre ELOUNDOU MANI, Ministre de développement industriel et commercial du Cameroun; S.E. M. Francisco Gomes MAIATO, Ministre du Commerce et Tourisme d'Angola; H.E. Mr. Ali Saleh AL-SALEH, Minister of Commerce of Bahrain; S.E.M. Sekou KONATE, Ministre du Commerce, de l'Industrie et P.M.E. de la Guinée; The Honourable Dr. Abdallah O. KIGODA, Minister for Industries and Trade of the United Republic of Tanzania; H.E. Mr. Alounkeo KITTIKHOUN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Lao People's Democratic Republic; The Honourable Rajkeswur Purryag, M.P., Minister of Economic Planning Information and Telecommunication of Mauritius; H.E. Mr. Javier BONAGAS, Special Ambassador to UNCTAD IX, Panama.

248th Plenary (6.30 p.m.)

Statements in the general debate were made by:

Dr. Motahar ALSAIDI, Deputy Minister of Planning and Development of Yemen; Mr. Berekhet-Ab HABIEMARIAM OGBAZGHI, Director of Foreign and Domestic Trade Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry of Eritrea; S.E.M. Ferdinand KACOU ANGORA, Ministre du Commerce de la Côte d'Ivoire on behalf of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP); Mr. Edouard KOUAME, Executive Director of the International Cocoa Organization (ICO); Mr. Martin KHOR, Third World Network; Mr. Dan CUNNIAH, Assistant Director of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU); Mr. Hans ALDERS, Director and Executive Coordinator Globalization, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Friday, 3 May 1996

249th Plenary (10.30 a.m.)

Statements in the general debate were made by:

The Honourable Richard KAIJUKA, Minister of Trade and Industry of Uganda; H.E. Mr. Björn VON SYDOW, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Sweden; Monseigneur Diarmuid MARTIN, Secrétaire du Conseil Pontifical "Justice et Paix", Représentant du Saint Siège; Mr. Jozef SESTÁK, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Slovakia speaking on behalf of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA); H.E. Mr. Mustafa A. SOUREJ, Under-Secretary, Minister of Commerce of Sudan; H.E. Mr. Reaz RAHMAN, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh in New York; H.E. Dr. Abdul-Hafiz ZLITNI, Minister of Planning, Economy and Trade of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Sr. René Antonio LEON, Viceministro de Economía, Ministerio de Economía de El Salvador; H.E. Mr. Harald KREID, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Austria in Geneva; H.E. Mr. Salman Faruqi, Secretary and Deputy Minister of Commerce of Pakistan; H.E. Mr. Neville Yosef LAMDAN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Israel in Geneva; S.E.M. Alhassane AG HAMED MOUSSA, Directeur National des Affaires économiques du Mali; H.E. U. AYE, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Myanmar in Geneva.

250th Plenary (3.00 p.m.)

Statements in the general debate were made by:

H.E. Mr. Sotirio ZACKHEOS, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Cyprus in Geneva; S.E. M. Randolph YAOVI, Ambassadeur, Conseiller Technique du Ministre du Plan et de l'Aménagement du Territoire du Togo; H.E. Mr. Shapua Kaukungwa, Namibian High Commissioner to South Africa; H.E. Mr. Tito MBOWENI, Minister of Labour of South Africa; H.E. Ambassador Gilberto SABOIA, Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil; Mr. Hayalullah AZIZI, President and Managing Director, Banke Mille Afgahan, Head of the Delegation of Afghanistan; H.E. Mr. Charbel STEPHAN, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Lebanon in South Africa; Mr. H. DE HAEN, Assistant Director General, Economic and Social Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Mr. Fausto LUCHETTI, Executive Director of the International Olive Oil Council (IOOC); Mr. Pradeep S. MEHTA (Consumers International); Mr. Harold O.M. ROCHA, World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA); Ms. Audrey ROSE, World Confederation of Labour (WCL).

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland exercised their right of reply, which was supported by the United States of America, in response to the statement made by Iraq.

The general debate (item 7) was thus concluded.

FORTHCOMING MEETINGS AND PARALLEL EVENTS

Tuesday, 7 May 1996

Official Meetings



10:00 a.m. Drafting Group I Committee Room 1
10:00 a.m. Drafting Group II Committee Room 2
10:00 a.m. Drafting Group III Gallagher Grill
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3:00 p.m. Drafting Group I Committee Room 1
3:00 p.m. Drafting Group II Committee Room 2
3:00 p.m. Drafting Group III Gallagher Grill



Parallel Events


10:00 a.m. UNCTAD/UNEP seminar on trade, environment and sustainable development Auditorium
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1:30 p.m. Presentation by the Secretariat: DMFAS Auditorium
3:00 p.m. UNCTAD/World Bank Colloquium: "Integrating developing countries into the global economy: challenges and opportunities" Auditorium



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