Speeches and presentations
[to be updated continuously]
Opening
Opening addresses
- Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
- His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of Japan
- Hakubun Shimomura, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
- Hideaki Ohmura, Governor of Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (video message)
- Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP (video message)
Keynote speech
Launch of the Final Report on the UN Decade of ESD
Looking beyond the UN Decade of ESD - Ministerial statements
Overview of the agenda of the conference
High-level Round Table
Introductory statements:
- Aida Hadzialic, Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training, Sweden
- Mohamed Sameh Amr, Chairperson of the Executive Board of UNESCO
Statements:
- Kari Anttila, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
- Rolando Forneiro Rodríguez, Viceminister of Education, Cuba
- Krissanapong Kirtikara, Deputy Minister of Education, Thailand
- Liu Limin, Vice Minister of Education of the People’s Republic of China
- Maureen McLaughlin, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Director of International Affairs, U.S Department of Education
- Godswill Obioma, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council and President UNESCO IBE Council
- Arab Hoballah, Chief SCP, UNEP on behalf of UNEP Executive Director
- League of Arab States
Closing Plenary
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