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We take note of the Parliamentary Message to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries.

The International Jamboree in Thailand had dialogue between religions as one of its main themes and included a ceremony bringing together spiritual leaders, who addressed a message to young people.

Also at the 1st meeting, on 17 May, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development addressed the Commission.

The Council shall explore the feasibility of using information technology, such as videoconferencing or videomessaging, to enhance access and participation by non-resident State delegations, specialized agencies, other intergovernmental organizations and national human rights institutions consistent with the Paris Principles, as well as by non-governmental organizations in consultative status, bearing in mind the need to ensure full compliance of such participation with the Council’s rules of procedure and rules concerning accreditation.

The Chair addressed the meeting and presented an overview of the mandate of the group, its objectives and the subject matters under its consideration.

[...] delivered a welcoming statement [...]

TOKYO, Japan, 5 November 2012 - Chinese filmmaker Huaqing Jin speaks via video message to the 39th Japan Prize ceremony, on behalf of Chinese television outlet Zhengjiang Satellite TV.

The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Mr. Suangsan Jamornchan, noted in his inaugural address that the Committee session was timely, as the Asia-Pacific region continued to suffer disproportionately from natural disasters.

[...] his welcoming address noted that the [...] [...]

DFID China Head of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Sector (John Leigh) and Project Manager of MWR CPMO (Zhu Jiang) delivered speech on behalf of their own organisations and made positive comments on the activities conducted in Liaoning.

[...] [...] reflects Italy’s commitment to consolidating [...] [...]

In his address, the Bavarian Minister of Science urged that researchers and companies collaborate more closely.

When then-DPM Lee Hsien Loong spoke at the installation of the 46th and 48th Council in 1991 and 1995, he had commented that the Council should reflect its representation based on "the distribution of economic activities rather than distinctions based on clans".

In a video message, the President of the United States of America acknowledged that no country could meet all the challenges of sustainable urbanization alone and stressed the necessity to work with the United Nations to meet the needs of the present while securing the future.

This year, the opening evening featured remarks by Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for November 2010, and a keynote address by Sir Brian Urquhart, former United Nations UnderSecretary-General for Special Political Affairs.

[...] [...] 2009 by a ceremony at which statements [...] [...]

However, the main purpose of the conference is not only to have you take back home as much information as possible” addressed Big Dutchman CEO Bernd Meerpohl the agents in his welcome speech.

Following the adoption of the agenda by the Committee and the election of its officers, the Chair of the Committee will make a statement reviewing developments of relevance to the work of the Committee that have taken place since its fifty-fourth session.

[...] [...] Nutrition; and Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, Chair of [...]

The DFID China Senior Environment Advisor (John Warburton) and Director of MWR International Economic & Technology Exchange Center (Mr Yu Xingjun, Project Steering Committee Member) delivered speech on behalf of their own organisations and made positive comments on the activities conducted in Gansu.

In his reception speech on behalf of the brand, Juan-Carlos Torres said: “By its decision to give first prize for the Men’s Watch to Vacheron Constantin for its Quai de l’Ile, the jury of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie of Geneva has rewarded and honoured the brand’s innovative and pioneering spirit, a spirit that is still intact after 250 years of accumulated savoir-faire.