WSSD 1995 Statements

Here are some 290 statements made by country delegates during the five days of official sessions. The statements are listed in alphabetical order by continent. The brackets indicate the day of the statement.

African      

Algeria (11/3)
Algeria (7/3)
Angola (11/3)
Benin (12/3)
Botswana (8/3)
Botswana (12/3)
Burundi (12/3)
Burundi (8/3)
Burkina Faso (11/3)
Burkina Faso (7/3)
Cameroon (11/3)
Cameroon (8/3)
Cape Verde (12/3)
Central African Republic (12/3)
Central African Republic (10/3)
Chad (8/3)
Comoros (12/3)
Congo (12/3)
Congo (8/3)
Cote d'Ivoire (12/3)
Djibouti (9/3)
Egypt (10/3)
Ethiopia (7/3)
Gabon (11/3)
Gabon (9/3)
Gambia (12/3)
Gambia (7/3)
Ghana (11/3)
Ghana (8/3)
Guinea (12/3)
Guinea (8/3)
Guinea-Bissau (12/3)  
Guinea-Bissau (8/3)
Kenya (12/3)
Kenya (7/3)
Lesotho (12/3)
Lesotho (9/3)
Libya Arab Jamahiriya (12/3)
Libya Arab Jamahiriya (12/3)
Madagascar (12/3)  
Mali (12/3)
Mali (6/3)
Malawi (7/3)
Mauritania (12/3)
Mauritania (11/3)
Mauritius (12/3)
Mauritius (9/3)
Morocco (12/3)
Mozambique (11/3)
Mozambique (9/3)
Namibia (8/3)
Namibia (11/3)
Niger (8/3)
Nigeria (8/3)
Rwanda (8/3)
Sao Tome and Principe (12/3)
Senegal (11/3)
Senegal (8/3)
Seychelles (6/3)
Sierra Leone (8/3)
South Africa (12/3)
Sudan (12/3)
Sudan (Arabic)S
Sudan (12/3)
Swaziland (11/3)
Swaziland (7/3)
Tanzania (11/3)
Tanzania (7/3)
Togo (12/3)
Tunisia (12/3)
Tunisia (12/3)
Tunisia (10/3)
Tunisia (7/3)
Uganda (12/3)
Uganda (9/3)
Zambia (7/3)
Zaire (12/3)
Zimbabwe (11/3)

Arab Countries

Bahrain (12/3)
Djibouti (12/3)
Iraq (12/3)
Iraq (10/3)
Jordan (12/3)
Jordan (12/3)
Kuwait (12/3)
Kuwait (6/3)
Lebanon (10/3)
Palestine (10/3)
Qatar (12/3)
Saudi Arabia (12/3)
Syrian Arab Republic (12/3)
Syrian Arab Republic (10/3)
United Arab Emirates (12/3)
United Arab Emirates (Arabic) (12/3)

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda (8/3)
Argentina (10/3)
Bahamas (8/3)
Barbados (6/3)
Belize (8/3)
Benin (8/3)
Bolivia (6/3)
Bolivia (12/3)
Brazil (8/3)
Brazil (12/3)
Canada (9/3)
Canada (9/3)
Chile (11/3)
Chile (6/3)
Colombia (12/3)
Colombia (9/3)
Colombia (9/3)
Costa Rica (12/3)
Costa Rica (Spanish) (12/3)
Cuba (12/3)
Cuba (Spanish) (12/3)
Cuba (10/3)
Dominican Republic (12/3)
Ecuador (12/3)
Ecuador (8/3)
El Salvador (12/3)
El Salvador (Spanish) (12/3)
Guatemala (12/3)
Guatemala (9/3)
Guyana (7/3)
Guyana (11/3)  
Haiti (8/3)
Honduras (12/3)
Jamaica (6/3)
Jamaica (12/3)
Mexico (12/3)
Mexico (7/3)
Nicaragua (12/3)
Nicaragua (9/3)
Panama (8/3)
Panama (8/3)
Paraguay (12/3)
Peru (8/3)
Peru (11/3)
Suriname (9/3)
St Kitts and Nevis (12/3)
St Vincent & Grenadines (10/3)
Suriname (12/3)
Trinidad and Tobago (10/3)
Uruguay (10/3)
United States (12/3)
United States (8/3)
United States (7/3)
Venezuela (6/3)
Venezuela (Spanish) (6/3)

Asia and the Pacific

Afghanistan (9/3)
Australia (12/3)
Bangladesh (12/3)
Bangladesh (7/3)
Brunei Darussalam (9/3)
Cambodia (12/3)
Cambodia (8/3)
China (12/3)
China (12/3)
China (7/3)
Cook Islands (9/3)
Fiji (12/3)
Fiji (10/3)  
India (11/3)
India (7/3)
Indonesia (11/3)
Indonesia (7/3)
Iran (10/3)
Japan (10/3)
Japan (11/3)
Kazakhstan (12/3)
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (7/3)
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (11/3)
Korea, Republic of (6/3)
Korea, Republic of (11/3)
Kyrgyzstan (12/3)
Lao People's Democratic Republic (8/3)
Macau (10/3)
Malaysia (11/3)
Malaysia (6/3)
Maldives (12/3)
Marshall Islands (12/3)
Marshall Islands (7/3)
Mongolia (12/3)
Mongolia (Russian) (12/3)
Myanmar (9/3)
Nepal (12/3)
Nepal (7/3)
New Zealand (12/3)
Niue (9/3)
Pakistan (8/3)
Pakistan (11/3)
Papua New Guinea (6/3)
Philippines (12/3)
Saint Lucia (10/3)
Singapore (10/3)
Sri Lanka (12/3)
Sri Lanka (7/3)
Tajikistan (12/3)
Thailand (10/3)
Thailand (11/3)
Turkey (11/3)
Turkey (9/3)
Uzbekistan (12/3)
Vanuatu (10/3)
Vanuatu (French) (10/3)
Viet Nam (10/3)

Europe

Albania (12/3)
Austria (7/3)
Andorra (9/3)
Azerbaijan (12/3)
Andorra (11/3)
Andorra (Catalan) (11/3)
Andorra (French) (11/3)
Armenia (11/3)
Austria (11/3)
Belarus (12/3)
Belarus (Russian) (12/3)
Belgium (11/3) 
Belgium (10/3)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (10/3)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (12/3)
Bulgaria (12/3)
Bulgaria (9/3)
Croatia (10/3)
Cyprus (9/3)
Croatia (12/3)
Cyprus (12/3)
Czech Republic (11/3)
Denmark (Opening statement)
Denmark (11/3)
Denmark (10/3)
Denmark (closing remarks) (12/3)
Estonia (12/3)
Estonia (Russian) (12/3)
Finland (9/3)
Finland (11/3)
France (12/3)
Georgia (12/3)
Georgia (Russian) (12/3)
Germany (11/3)
Germany (6/3)
Greece (9/3)
Holy See (12/3)
Holy See (7/3)
Hungary (12/3)
Hungary (10/3)
Iceland (12/3)
Iceland (8/3)
Ireland (12/3)
Ireland (8/3)
Israel (10/3)
Italy (11/3)
Italy (6/3)
Latvia (12/3)
Latvia (10/3)
Liechtenstein (12/3)
Liechstenstein (8/3)
Lithuania (12/3)
Lithuania (10/3)
Luxembourg (12/3)
Macedonia (12/3)
Macedonia (7/3)
Malta (12/3)
Malta (9/3)
Moldova (12/3)
Netherlands (11/3)
Netherlands (9/3)
Norway (11/3)
Norway (6/3)
Poland (11/3)
Poland (9/3)
Portugal (9/3)
Romania (12/3)
Romania (7/3)
Russian Federation (12/3)
Russian Federation (Russian) (12/3)
San Marino (12/3)
Slovakia (6/3)
Slovenia (8/3)
Slovakia (12/3)  
Slovenia (11/3)
Spain (11/3)
Spain (8/3)
Sweden (11/3)
Sweden (10/3)
Switzerland (12/3)
Switzerland (French) (12/3)
Switzerland (7/3)
Switzerland (French) (7/3)
United Kingdom (10/3)
Ukraine (12/3)
Ukraine (11/3)

Here are the statements of the 42 NGOs who spoke at the Social Summit. They are listed chronologically.

6 March 1995

• Baha'i International Community, Mr. Lawrence Arturo (English)

• DPI/NGO Conference, HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal (Jordan) (English)

• South Asia Caucus, Mr. Amitava Mukherjee (English)

• World Council of Churches, Dr. Konrad Raiser (English)

7 March 1995

• Commission on Global Governance, Mr. Jan Pronk (English)

• Int. Council on Social Welfare, Mr. Dirk Jarre (English)

• Int. Fed. of Agricultural Producers, Mr. G. Blight (English)

• Int. Org. for Migration, Mr. Peter Schatzer (English)

• World Assembly of Youth, Kauna Nghinaunye (English)

8 March 1995

• Int. Center for Economic Growth, Mr. Nicolas Ardito-Barletta (English)

• Int. Council of Women, Ms. Sumkadi Kuraism (English)

• Int. Union of Local Authorities, Mr. J. Sampaio (French)

• Inter-Parliamentary Union, Dr. Ahmed Fathy Sorour (English)

• National Union of Working Women, Ms. Jaya Arunachalam (English)

• Soroptimist Int., Ms Marie-Jeanne Bosia-Berberat (English)

• WEDO, Mrs. Bella S. Abzug (English)

• Women's Caucus, Ms. Sochua Mu Leiper (English)

9 March 1995

• African Caucus, Ms. Diakite Fatoumata (French)

• Bonn Int. Centre for Conversion, Ms. Anke Bruun (English)

• Conf. of NGO in Consultative Status, Ms. Rosalind W. Harris (English)

• Int. Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Hari Shankar Singhania (English)

• Int. Conf. of Free Trade Unions, Mr. B. Jordan (English)

• Int. Mov. ATD Fourth World, Ms. Alwine de Vos van Steenwijk (English)

• NGO Committee on Agina, Ms. Susan Paul (English)

• Rotary International, Mr. William Huntley (English)

• Small Farmers, Producers..., Mr. Muhammad Yunus (English)

• Values Caucus, Mr. Bawa Jain (English)

• World Movement of Mothers, Ms. Francoise de Bellefroid (French)

10 March 1995

• BUSCO, Mr. Olivier Giscard d'Estaing (French)

• Centre of Concern, Mr. James E. Hug (English)

• Copenhagen Alternative Declaration (English)

• Cousteau Society, Mr. Jacques-Yves Cousteau (English)

• Development Caucus, Mr. Roberto Bissio

• Int. Fed. of Red Cross & Red Crescent Soc., Mr. George Weber (English)

• Int. Planned Parenthood Fed., Mr. Halfdan Mahler (English)

• Rights of the Child Caucus, Ms. Mercedes Roman (English)

• World Blind Union, Ms. Imedleddine Chahar (English)

11 March 1995

• Latin American Caucus (Spanish)

12 March 1995

• Eurostep, Mr. Max van den Berg (English)

• Ind. Comm. for Pop. and Quality of Life, Ms. Maria L. Pintasilgo (English)

• Union Nationale de la Femme Tunisienne, Ms. F. Kefi (French)

• World Conf. of Labour, Mr. Carlos L. Custer (English)

Here are the statements of all 46 United Nations agencies and intergovernmental organizations who spoke at the Summit. They are listed in chronological order.

6 March 1995

• European Union, HE Mme. Simone Veil (France) (French)

• Group of 77, HE Mr. Cielito Habito (Philippines) (English)

• Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. B.B. Ghali (English)

• UNDP, Mr. James Gustave Speth (English)

• WHO, Mr. Hiroshi Nakajima (English)

7 March 1995

• FAO, Mr. Jacques Diouf (English)

• IFAD, Mr. Fawzi Hamad Al-Sultan (English)

• IMF, Mr. Michel Camdessus (English)

• ISESCO, Mr. Ahmadou Ali Diaw (French)

• Int. Com. of the Red Cross, Mr. Roethlisberger (English)

• Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. B.B. Ghali (French)

• UNEP, Ms. Elizabeth Dowdeswell (English)

• UNICEF, Mr. Richard Jolly (English)

8 March 1995

• Asian Development Bank, Mr. Gunther G. Schulz (English)

• IFPRI, Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen (English)

• INSTRAW, Prof. Els Postel (English)

• Org. of African Unity, HE Mr. Mascal Gayama (French)

• SG of the Fourth World Conf. on Women, Mrs. Gertrude Mongella (English)

• UNDCP, Mr. Giorgio Giacomelli (French)

• UNFPA, Dr. Nafis Sadik (English)

• UNIFEM, Ms. Noeleen Heyzer (English)

• UNRISD, Mr. Dharam Ghai (English)

• WFP, Mrs. Catherine Bertini (English)

9 March 1995

• Agency for Cultural & Technical Coop., Dr. Emile Zinsou (French)

• European Commission, Mr. Padraig Flynn (English)

• Habitat II, Mr. Wally N'Dow (English)

• ILO, Mr. Michel Hansenne (English)

• ILO, Mr. Michel Hansenne (French)

• Nordic Council, Mr. Sten Svensson (English)

• UNCTAD, Mr. Carlos Fortin (English)

• UNESCO, Mr. Federico Mayor (English)

• UNHRC, Mr. Jose Ayala Lasso (French)

• UNIDO, Mr. Mauricio de Maria y Campos (English)

• UNU, Prof. Heitor Gurgulino de Souza (English)

10 March 1995

• Commonwealth Secretariat, HE Chief Emeka Anyaoku (English)

• Inter-American Dev. Bank, Mr. Enrique Iglesias (English)

• OECD, HE Mr. Makoto Taniguchi (English)

• Org. of African Unity, HE Mr. Mascal Gayama (French)

• UNHCR, Mrs. Sadako Ogata (English)

• UNV, Ms. Brenda G. McSweeney (English)

• WMO, Mrs. Gorre-Dale (English)

• World Bank, Mr. Sven Sandstrom (English)

12 March 1995

• European Community, HE Mr. Jacques Santer (English)

• European Community, HE Mr. Jacques Santer (French)

• League of Arab States, Mr. Ahmed Kadry-Ebed Al Meguid (English)