13 February 2008

Inaugural ceremony

Screening of video – 30 years of IFAD’s operations featuring interviews with the former Presidents and President Båge
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• Keynote address from His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, President of the Republic of Ghana, delivered on his behalf by His Excellency Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana
• Keynote address by H.E. Massimo D’Alema, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic
  English | Italian
• Keynote address from His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, delivered on his behalf by His Excellency Jean Nkueté, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of the Republic of Cameroon
• Keynote address by Dr Fahad Bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim, Minister for Agriculture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on behalf of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
• Message of H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, delivered on his behalf by the Chairperson
• Statement by the President of IFAD
  Arabic | English | French | Spanish
• Keynote address by Mr Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank
• Keynote address by Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of the World Bank
• Statement of Ms Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the World Food Programme
• Statement of Dr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations delivered on his behalf by Mr James G. Butler, Deputy Director-General

• General statements

14 February 2007- 10.30

Three round-table discussions:

• Climate change and the future of small holder agriculture
• Biofuel expansion
• Growing demand on agriculture and rising prices of commodities