19-20 February 2002

Statements by Dignitaries (in order of delivery)

• Message of H.E. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic, delivered on his behalf by H.E. Mario Baccini, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Message of H.E. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations and Statement by Mrs Catherine Bertini, Executive Director of the World Food Programme
• Message of Mr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, delivered on his behalf by Mr David Harcharik, Deputy Director-General
• Statement of the President of IFAD
• Keynote Address by His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Statements by Member States

Algeria	Nepal
Angola	Nigeria
Austria	Norway (on behalf of Nordic Countries)
Bangladesh	Pakistan
Burkina Faso	Portugal
Burundi	Republic of Korea
Canada	Romania
China	Saudi Arabia
D.P.R. Korea	Senegal
Ecuador	Sierra Leone
Egypt	Spain
El Salvador	Sri Lanka
France	Sudan
Gabon	Syria
Germany	Tanzania, United Republic of
Guatemala	The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Guinea	Thailand
India	Tunisia
Indonesia	Uganda
Italy	United States
Japan	Uruguay
Lebanon	Venezuela
Madagascar	Zambia
Mauritius	Zimbabwe
	International Labour Organization