Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty



IFAD's 25th Anniversary Session of the Governing Council

Inaugural Session - 19 February 2003 - 10:00-13:00hrs

  • Inaugural Address by H.E. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic (English | French | Italian)
  • Inaugural Address by H.E. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations and Statement (English | French | Italian)
  • Statement by Mr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
19 February 15:00-17:00

Panel Discussion on the Theme: "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals by Enabling the Rural Poor to Overcome their Poverty"


20 February 10:30-13:00

Four Roundtables on the following topics: