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General Debate of the Plenary

First Plenary

Opening Statements

  • H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia & President of the Conference
  • Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations
  • Mr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group
  • Mr. Roberto Azevêdo, Directory-General of the World Trade Organization
  • Mr. Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
  • H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the Africa Union Commission

General Debate

  • H.E. Mr. Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin (English)
  • H.E. Mr. Macky Sall, President of Senegal (English)
  • H.E. Mr. David Arthur Granger, President of the Republic of Guyana
  • H.E. Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of the Republic of Kenya
  • H.E. Ms. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia
  • H.E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia
  • H.E. Mr. Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia

Second Plenary

Opening Statements

  • H.E. Ms. María Emma Mejía Vélez, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council
  • Dr. Mukhisha Kituyi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  • Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator of United Nations Development Program
  • Ms. Rama Salla Dieng and Mr. Stephano Prato on behalf of the Addis Ababa CSO Coordination Group
  • Ms. Caroline Anstey, Group Managing Director and Global Head, UBS and Society, on behalf of the Business Sector

General Debate

  • H.E. Mr. Ikililou Dhoinine, President of the Union of the Comoros (English)
  • H.E. His Majesty King Letsie III, Head of State of the Kingdom of Lesotho
  • H.E. Mr. Bakri Hassan Salih, First Vice-President of the Republic of the Sudan (English)
  • H.E. Mr. Danny Faure, Vice-President of the Republic of Seychelles
  • H.E. Mr. Mohammad Shariatmadari, Vice-President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • H.E. Mr. Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden
  • H.E. Mr. Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Prime Minister of Swaziland
  • H.E. Mr. Brigi Rafini, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Niger (English)
  • H.E. Mr. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda
  • H.E. Ms. Lenita Toivakka, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland
  • H.E. Mr. Gerd Müller, Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany
  • H.E. Mr. Kristian Jensen, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark
  • H.E. Mr. Alexander Chikwanda, Minister of Finance of Zambia

Third Plenary

General Debate

  • H.E. Mr. Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Cooperation, Digital Agenda, Post and Telecom of Belgium
  • H.E. Mr. Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
  • H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia
  • H.E. Mr. Maatia Toafa, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Tuvalu
  • H.E. Mr. Matteo Renzi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy
  • H.E. Ms. Kori Udovicki, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government of Serbia
  • H.E. Mr. Nhlanhla Nene, Minister of Finance of South Africa, on behalf of the G77 and China
  • Mr. Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development
  • H.E. Ms. Cecilia Vaca Jones, Minister Coordinator of Social Development (and on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States)
  • H.E. Mr. Jacob Lew, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
  • H.E. Mr. Lou Jiwei, Minister of Finance of China
  • H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia (also in Arabic)
  • H.E. Imad Najib Fakhoury, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Jordan
  • H.E. Mr. Matia Kasaija, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development of Uganda
  • H.E. Ms. Goodall Gondwe, Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Malawi
  • H.E. Ms. Hind Subaih Barrak Al-Subaih, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour and Minister of State for Planning and Development Affairs of Kuwait
  • H.E. Mr. Pornmoniroth Aun, Minister of Economy and Finance of Cambodia
  • H.E. Mr. Mohamed Boussaid, Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco (also in Arabic)
  • H.E. Mr. Dulcidio de la Guardia, Minister of Economy and Finance of Panama
  • H.E. Mr. Børge Brende, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway
  • H.E. Mr. Saada Mkuya Salum, Minister of Finance of the United Republic of Tanzania
  • H.E. Mr. Patrick Chinamasa, Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Zimbabwe

Fourth Plenary

General Debate

  • H.E. Mr. Yemi Osinbajo, Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • H.E. Ms. Aurelia Frick, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture of Liechtenstein
  • H.E. Mr. Romain Schneider, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of Luxembourg
  • H.E. Mr. Adriano Meleiane, Minister of Economy and Finance of Mozambique
  • H.E. Mr. Yun Byung-se, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
  • H.E. Mr. Carlos Raúl Morales, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala
  • H.E. Mr. Kamal Al-Hassi, Minister of Finance and Planning of Libya
  • H.E. Mr. Mateusz Szczurek, Minister of Finance of Poland
  • H.E. Mr. Paul Herbert Oquist Kelley, Minister and Private Secretary for National Policies of Nicaragua (also in English)
  • H.E. Ms. Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica, Acting Minister for Development, Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Latvia
  • H.E. Mr. Minoru Kiuchi, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
  • Ms. Justine Greening, Secretary of State, Department for International Development of the United Kingdom
  • H.E. Mr. Vincent Seretse, Minister of Trade and Industry of Botswana
  • H.E. Mr. Noel-Nelson Messone, Minister of Environment and Natural Resourses of Gabon
  • H.E. Mr. Joseph Noël Sinatambou, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and International Trade of Mauritius
  • H.E. Mr. Kaifala Marah, Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Sierra Leone
  • H.E. Mr. Frederick Mitchell, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Bahamas
  • H.E. Mr. Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie of Canada
  • H.E. Mr. Seth Terkper, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Ghana
  • H.E. Ms. Vesna Pusić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia
  • H.E. Mr. Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Fiji
  • H.E. Mr. Faamoetauloa Taito Faale Tumaalii, Minister for Natural Resources and Environment of Samoa
  • H.E. Kossi Assimaidou, Minister in Charge of Development Planification of Togo
  • H.E. Mr. Jawad Naji, Minister, Prime Minister’s Adviser for Islamic and Arab Fund Affairs of the State of Palestine
  • H.E. Ms. Nialé Kaba, Minister of Economy and Finance of Côte d’Ivoire
  • H.E. Ms. Annick Girardin, Minister of State for Development and Francophony of France
  • H.E. Mr. Abdou Kolley, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of the Gambia
  • Mr. Andrés Escobar Arango, Vice Minister of Finance of Colombia

Fifth Plenary

General Debate

  • H.E. Mr. Peter Phillips, Minister of Finance and Planning of Jamaica
  • H.E. Ms. Cristina Duarte, Minister of Finance and Planning of Cabo Verde
  • H.E. Mr. James Fletcher, Minister for Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology of Saint Lucia
  • H.E. Mr. Gustave Sanon, Minister of Economy and Finance of Burkina Faso
  • H.E. Mr. Namgay Dorji, Minister of Finance of Bhutan
  • H.E. Mr. Faeqa Saeed Al Saleh, Minister of Social Development of Bahrain
  • H.E. Ms. Beatrice Atallah, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Madagascar
  • H.E. Mr. Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance of India
  • H.E. Mr. Abdelkader Messahel, Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and League of Arab States of Algeria
  • H.E. Mr. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland
  • H.E. Ms. Florence Limbio, Minister of Economy, Planning and International Cooperation in charge of Poles Development of the Central African Republic
  • H.E. Mr. Winston Dookeran, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago
  • H.E. Mr. Roberto Tan, Treasurer of the Philippines
  • H.E. Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Planning of Burundi
  • H.E. Mr. Darcy Boyce, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office of Barbados
  • H.E Emmanuel Nganou Djoumessi, Minister of Economy, Planification and National Planning of Cameroon
  • H.E. Mr. Juan Temístocles Montás Domínguez, Minister of Economy, Planning and Development of the Dominican Republic
  • H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integration and International Cooperation of Mali
  • H.E. Mr. Miguel Engonga Obiang Eyang, Minister of Finance and Budget of Equatorial Guinea
  • Mr. Fernando Aportela Rodríguez, Vice-Minister of Finance of Mexico
  • Ms. Mary Jervase Yak, Deputy Minister for Planning of South Sudan
  • Mr. Helder Lopes, Vice-Minister of Finance of Timor Leste
  • H.E. Mr. Hany Kadry Damian, Minister of Finance of Egypt
  • Mr. Ramon Gordils, Vice-Minister of Economic Cooperation of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • H.E. Mr. Khalid Bin Mohammed Alattiyah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar
  • Mr. Manuel Sager, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
  • Mr. Gonzalo Robles Orozco, Secretary-General for International Development Cooperation of Spain
  • Dr. Kasim Asker Hasan Ali, Head of the Africa Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq

Sixth Plenary

General Debate

  • H.E. Ms. Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade andDevelopment Cooperation of the Netherlands
  • H.E. Mr. Claver Gatete, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda
  • H.E. Ms. Mariam Mahamat Nour, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of Chad
  • H.E. Mr. Henri Djombo, Minister of Forestry and Sustainable Development of the Congo
  • H.E. Mr. Edward Scicluna, Minister for Finance of Malta
  • Mr. Storchak, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation (also in English)
  • Mr. Adám Zoltán Kovacs, Deputy State Secretary for International Cooperation of Hungary
  • Mr. Muhammad Abdul Mannan, State Minister for Finance and State Minister for Planning for Bangladesh
  • Mr. Rolandas Krisciunas, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
  • Mr. Martin Tlapa, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
  • Mr. Väino Reinart, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia
  • Ms. Thipphakone Chanthavongsa, Vice-Minister of Finance of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • Mr. Troung Chi Trung, Vice-Minister of Finance of Viet Nam
  • Mr. Seán Sherlock, Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland
  • Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Thailand
  • Mr. Milorad Šćepanović, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro
  • Mr. Jaime Alfredo Miranda, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of El Salvador
  • Mr. Eduardo Tregos Lalli, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica
  • Mr. Swarnim Wagle, Member of the National Planning Commission of Nepal
  • Mr. Eduardo Gálvez, Deputy Director-General for Multilateral and Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
  • Mr. Pedro Luis Pedroso, Deputy General Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba
  • Mr. Gil Haskel, Head of the Agency for International Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel
  • Mr. Yogeesvaran Kumaraguru, Deputy Director-General of the Economic Planning Unit at the Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia
  • Mr. Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Director-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs at the Ministry for Europe, Integration and International Affairs of Austria
  • H.E. Mr. Dragovest Goranov, Chairman of the Delegation of Bulgaria
  • Mr. Ashraf Shikhaliyev, Director of the International Development Agency of Azerbaijan
  • H.E. Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
  • H.E. Sahbi Khalfallah, Chairman of the Delegation of Tunisia
  • H.E. Mr. Arcanjo Maria do Nascimento, Chairman of the Delegation of Angola
  • Ms. Arancha González, Executive Director of the International Trade Center
  • Mr. José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
  • Ms. Yamina Djacta, Director, UN-Habitat New York Office
  • Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration
  • Ms. Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Mr. Toru Hasegawa, Deputy Director, Economic Development, Air Transport Bureau of the International Civil Aviation Organization

Seventh Plenary

General Debate

  • H.E. Mr. Mohamed Diare, Minister of State, Minister of Economy and Finance of Guinea
  • H.E. Mr. Henri Yav Muland, Minister of Finance of Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Mr. Degol Mendes, Secretary of State for Planning of Guinea-Bissau
  • H.E. Mr. ‘Aisake Valu Eke, Minister of Finance and National Planning of Tonga
  • H.E. Mr. Mohamed Jaleel, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Treasury of the Maldives
  • H.E. Taj Haider, Chairman of the Delegation of Pakistan
  • Mr. Enrique Loedel, Deputy Director General for Political Affairs of Uruguay
  • Mr. Adrián Roberto Nador, Undersecretary for International Economic Negotiations of Argentina
  • Mr. Ewen McDonald, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia
  • Mr. Jonathan Kings, Deputy Secretary International Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand
  • H.E. Andreas Mavroyiannis, Special Ministerial Envoy of Cyprus
  • H.E. V. Krisnamoorthy, Chairman of the Delegation of Sri Lanka
  • H.E. T. Jasudasen, Special Representative of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore
  • H.E. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Chairman of the Delegation of Peru
  • H.E. Habib Abbas, Chairman of the Delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic
  • H.E. Collin Beck, Chairman of the Delegation of the Solomon Islands
  • Ms. Valerie S. Bruell-Melchior, Chairperson of the Delegation of Monaco
  • Mr. Gabriel Constantin Bartas, Chairman of the Delegation of Romania
  • H.E. Nawaf Salam, Chairman of the Delegation of Lebanon
  • H.E. Andrej Logar, Chairman of the Delegation of Slovenia
  • H.E. Henry MacDonald, Chairman of the Delegation of Suriname
  • Mr. Marcelo E. Scappini Ricciardi, Chairman of the Delegation of Paraguay
  • Mr. Gonçalo Marques, Vice-President of the Development Agency of Portugal
  • H.E. Imam Santoso, Chairman of the Delegation of Indonesia
  • H.E. Alejandro Palma Cerna, Chairman of the Delegation of Honduras
  • Mr. Caleb Otto, Chairman of the Delegation of Palau
  • H.E. Carlos Marcio Cozendey, Chairman of the Delegation of Brazil
  • Mr. Odo Tevi, Chairman of the Delegation of Vanuatu
  • H.E. Irwin Larocque, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
  • Mr. Martin Kreutner, Dean & Executive Secretary of the International Anti-Corruption Academy
  • Ms. Cécile Léqué-Folchini, International Organization of La Francophonie
  • Ms. Cyriaque N. Sendashonga, International Union for Conservation of Nature
  • Mr. Fuad Albassam, OPEC Fund for International Development
  • Mr. Deodat Maharaj, Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Mr. Manuel Montes, Executive Director of South Centre
  • H.E. Saleh Sahboun, League of Arab States
  • Mr. Guy Ryder, Director General of the International Labor Organization
  • Ms. Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  • Mr. Amir Mahmoud Abdulla, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme
  • Mr. Getachew Engida, Deputy Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • Ms. Miriam Maluwa, Country Director for Ethiopia, United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
  • Ms. Letty Chiwara, Representative to Ethiopia for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
  • Dr. Iyorlumun J. Uhaa, UNICEF Liason Office to the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa
  • Mr. Idrissa Kane, Deputy Regional Representative, Eastern Africa Office of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Ms. Brenda Killen, Deputy-Director of the Development Co-operation Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Mr. Paul Maseli, Director and Representative to the United Nations for the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  • Mr. Gary Fowlie, Head, Liason Office to the United Nations of the International Telecommunications Union
  • Mr. Johan Cels, Head of Governance and Partnership Service of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Closing Plenary

Closing Statements

  • H.E. Mr. Kingsley Mamabolo, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations, on behalf of the G77 and China
  • Mr. Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development
  • H.E. Mr. Saliou Akadiri, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin, on behalf of the Least Developed Countries
  • Mr. Jeffrey Salim Waheed, Deputy Permanent Representative of Maldives to the United Nations, on behalf of the Alliance of the Small Island States
  • Ms. Alexia Latortue, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Development Policy and Debt of the United States of America
  • Ms. Ceren Hande Özgür, Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations
  • Mr. Rubén Darío Molina, Director General of the Office of Integration and Multilateral Affairs of Venezuela
  • Mr. Gilber Mamani, Chairman of the Delegation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
  • H.E. Mr. Takeshi Osuga of Japan
  • H.E. Mr. Usman Sarki, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations
  • H.E. Ms. Goodall Gondwe, Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Malawi
  • H.E. Mr. Paul Herbert Oquist Kelley, Minister and Private Secretary for National Policies of Nicaragua
  • Mr. Manuel Sager, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
  • Mr. Sergio Shcherbakov, Third Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations (also in English)
  • Mr. Gavin Buchan, Director General for Development Policy Planning, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada
  • H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia
  • H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations
  • H.E. Mr. Wu Hongbo, Secretary-General of the Conference

 


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