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Opening Session
The first session of the Conference of Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport started with an official opening ceremony presided over by Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO.
Opening SessionIn his opening remarks, Mr Matsuura observed that it was a significant occasion for UNESCO and for all those working in the field of anti-doping to be meeting to discuss the implementation of the Convention, only 16 months after it was unanimously adopted by UNESCO's General Conference.


Several guests of honour addressed the Conference of Parties at the opening ceremony:

Speech by Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO

Speech by Mr Musa Bin Jaafar Bin Asan, President of UNESCO’s General Conference (in Arabic only)

Speech by Mr Jean-François Lamour, Minister, Vice President of the World Anti-doping Agency (in French only)

Speaking points by Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee

Speech by Mr Vyacheslav Fetisov, UNESCO Champion for Sport and Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Physical Culture and Sport (in Russian only)

Speech by Mr David Winiger, representing the Special Assistant to the UN Secretary-General on Sports for Development and Peace

Speech by Dr Jiri Dvorak, Chief Medical Officer of the Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA)



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