Inauguration and proceedings

• Opening of the Session
• Agenda and Documentation
  
• Inaugural Meeting of the Session
• Statement of the President of IFAD
• General Statements
• Closure of the Session

Decisions of the Governing Council (100KB)

• Application for Non-Original Membership
  
• Office of the President of IFAD
  
• Progress Report on the Fourth Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources
  
• Consultation to Review the Adequacy of the Resources Available to IFAD
  
• Audited Financial Statements of IFAD as at 31 December 1999
  
• Proposed Budget of IFAD for 2001
  
• Progress Report on the Process Re-Engineering Programme
  
• Financing from Non-Donor Resources
  
• Membership of the Executive Board
  
• Report of the Emoluments Committee
  
• Progress Report on the Popular Coalition to Eradicate Hunger and Poverty
  
• Progress Report on the Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  M. Report on the Status of the Headquarters Agreement
  N. Approval of Disclosure of Documents

 

Summary records (290 KB)
(Including a Summary of General Statements Delivered Orally by Governors and Observers)

• First Meeting – 20 February 2001
  
• Second Meeting – 20 February 2001
  
• Third Meeting – 21 February 2001
  
• Fourth Meeting – 21 February 2001
  
• Fifth Meeting – 22 February 2001

Other general statements of Governors(102 KB)

• Algeria
  
• Eritrea
  
• Gambia, The
  
• Guinea
  
• Iraq
  
• Kuwait
  
• Laos
  
• Mali
  
• Pakistan
  
• Saint Lucia
  
• Sri Lanka
  
• Uganda

Statements and special addresses (217 KB)

Inaugural statements

• Address by His Excellency Natale D’Amico, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Finance of the Italian Republic, on Behalf of the Government of the Italian Republic
• Statement of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, Delivered on his Behalf by the President of IFAD, Fawzi H. Al-Sultan
• Statement by the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Mrs Catherine Bertini
• Message of the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Mr Jacques Diouf, Delivered on his Behalf by Mr David Harcharik, Deputy Director-General
• Statement by the President of IFAD, Fawzi H. Al-Sultan, to the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Governing Council
• Video Message of Archbishop Desmond Tutu
• Welcoming Statement by the President of IFAD, Fawzi H. Al-Sultan, on the Occasion of the Visit of His Excellency Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
• Keynote Address by His Excellency Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
• Statement of Appreciation by the Acting Governor for The Netherlands on Behalf of the Member States of IFAD, for the Keynote Address by His Excellency Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Election of the President of IFAD

• Statement by Mr Lennart Båge, Candidate of the Kingdom of Sweden
• Statement by the Co-Convenor of List A Member States, Mr Jean Devlin, Canada
• Statement by the Convenor of List B Member States, Mr Gabriel Lombin, Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Statement by the Convenor of List C Member States, Mr Ariel Fernández, Argentine Republic
• Statement by Mr Lennart Båge, Candidate of the Kingdom of Sweden
• Statement by the Convenor of List C Member States, Mr Ariel Fernández, Argentine Republic

Congratulatory statements on the appointment of mr Lennart Båge as President of IFAD

• Statement by the Alternate Governor for the Republic of Cuba, Mr Juan Nuiry Sánchez, on Behalf of the Group of 77
• Statement by the Co-Convenor of List A Member States, Mr Jean Devlin, Canada
• Statement by the Acting Governor for the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr Bozorgmehr Ziaran
• Statement by the Acting Alternate Governor for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mr Ahmad Ben Souleiman Al-Aquil
• Statement by the Convenor of List B Member States, Mr Gabriel Lombin, Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Statement by the Acting Alternate Governor for the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, Mr Mohand Salah Ladjouzi
• Statement by the Acting Governor for the United States of America, Mr William E. Schuerch
• Statement by the Governor for the Republic of The Sudan, Mr Abdel Hamid Musa Kasha
• Statement by the Alternate Governor for the Republic of Cameroon, Mr Michael Tabong Kima

Statement by the President-elect

• Statement by Mr Lennart Båge to the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Governing Council upon his Election as President of IFAD

Chairperson’s closing statement

• Statement by the Chairperson of the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Governing Council, Ms Kirsti Lintonen

Table of contents Chapter 1 - Inauguration and Proceedings Chapter 2 - Decisions of the Governing Council Chapter 3 - A. Summary Records Chapter 3 - B. Other General Statements of Governors Chapter 4 - Statements and Special Addresses Annexes List of Participants at the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Governing Council (147 KB) Agenda (166KB) List of Documents Placed Before the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Governing Council (166KB) Resolutions Adopted by the Governing Council at its Twenty-Fourth Session (166 KB)