Speeches delivered at the Twenty-First Session of the Governing Council of IFAD

• Inaugural Address by His Excellency Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of the Italian Republic - (Italian)
• Inaugural Address by His Excellency Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of the Italian Republic - (English Translation)
• Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II delivered on His Behalf by His Excellency Archbishop Alois Wagner, Permanent Observer of the Holy See
• Keynote Address by His Excellency Alpha Oumar Konaré, President of the Republic of Mali - (French)
• Keynote Address by His Excellency Alpha Oumar Konaré, President of the Republic of Mali - (English Translation)
• Statement of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Mr. Vladimir Petrovsky, Under-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva
• Statement of the President of IFAD
• Address by His Excellency Raymond Barre, former Prime Minister of the French Republic - (French)
• Address by His Excellency Raymond Barre, former Prime Minister of the French Republic - (English Translation)
• Statement by Mr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Statement by Ms. Catherine Bertini, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP)
• Special Address by Mr. Abdelmushin M. Al-Sudeary, Founding President of IFAD
• Special Address by Mr. Idriss Jazairy, Second President of IFAD