Keynote Addresses and General Statements at IFAD's Anniversary Session of the Governing Council

Statements by Dignitaries (in order of delivery)

• 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)

• Message from His Holiness Pope John Paul II, Delivered on His Behalf by His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Sodano

• Statement by Mr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

• Statement by Mr James T. Morris, Executive Director of the World Food Programme

• Statement of the President of IFAD (Arabic | French | Spanish)

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Statements by Member States and Others

Albania	Iceland (on behalf of Nordic Countries)	Portugal
Algeria	India	Qatar
Angola	Indonesia	Republic of Korea
Austria	International Land Coalition	Republic of Macedonia
Bangladesh	Italy	Saudi Arabia
Benin	Japan	Spain
Brazil	Jordan	Sudan
Burkina Faso	Kenya	Syria
Cameroon	Lesotho	Timor-Leste
Canada (French)	Madagascar	Thailand
Chad	Maldives	Tunisia
China	Mali	Uganda
D.P.R. Korea	Mauritius	Zambia
Dominican Republic (on behalf of GRULAC)	Morocco	Zimbabwe
France	Nigeria
Egypt	Pakistan
Ethiopia
Germany
Guatemala