Official Opening and Organization of the Session
- Date & Time: Tuesday 16 June (09:30 - 11:00)
- Room: 1
- Interpretation: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
Statements
Opening Statements, Global and Regional Perspectives and Country Statements will appear by alphabetical order and will be published by the end of the same day of delivery each day.
Description
Opening Statements:
• Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Chair of the Second Session, Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
• Mr. Anote Tong, President of Kiribati
• Ms. Issatou Njie Saidy, Vice President, Head of Disaster Management Programme, Gambia
• Mr. Rafael Alburquerque, Vice-President, Dominican Republic
• Mr. Raila Odinga, Prime Minister, Kenya
• Ms. Libertina Amathila, Deputy Prime Minister, Namibia
• Mr. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister, Jamaica
• Mr. Liew Vui Keong, Deputy Prime Minister, Malaysia
• Mr. Jose Luis Guteres, First Vice Prime Minister, DR Timor-Leste
• Mr. Muhammed Abdur Razzaque, Minister, Ministry of Food and Disaster Management, Bangladesh
• Ms. Loren Legarda, Senator, Philippines
Adoption of the Agenda:
The Chair will introduce the Second Session's agenda and seek participant endorsement.
Introduction of the timetable and session documents.
Chair:
Mr. John Holmes, Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Chair of the Second Session, Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Keynote speech:
Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General (tbc)
Welcoming remarks:
Mr. Hans-Rudolf Merz, President of the Swiss Confederation
Outcomes
Note: this is an interim report pending publication of the Conference Proceedings from the 2009 Global Platform.