The Co Chairperson (Sweden) made a statement.

Co Chairman Mr. David Morán Bovio (Spain)

Co President of the Union of Muslims of Russia since May 1995.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I thank the Secretary General for his statement.

The Co Chairperson read out an oral statement on programme budget implications.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I appeal to speakers to respect the three minute limit.

The meeting was opened by Dr. Francisco García García, Co Chair of the Country led Initiative, who welcomed the participants and presented the members of the podium. Statements were made by Lic.

The Co Chairperson (Gabon) (spoke in French) I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. S. Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) We have heard the last speaker in explanation of position.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I will come back with some comments of my own later on.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) declared closed the High level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly.

Either we achieve real and effective progress towards peace, stability, security, construction and coexistence, or we return to the vicious cycle, under the constant threat of violence and terrorism, far from the real and necessary solutions to the challenges that we face.

The Co Chairperson (Gabon) (spoke in French) We have heard the last speaker for this meeting.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) We are receiving complaints about the length of speeches.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) We have heard the last speaker in the debate.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I thank the Prime Minister of Malaysia for abiding by the time limit.

The Co Chairperson (Gabon) (spoke in French) I now give the floor to Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic of Finland.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now give the floor to Ms. Leonor Briones, Director of Social Watch.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I give the floor to Mrs. Benita Ferrero Waldner, member of the European Commission.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I call on Mr. Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) Let me say that I very much appreciate those comments.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Elyor Ganiev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I call now on Her Excellency Ms. Rosemary Banks, Chairperson of the delegation of New Zealand.

I give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, Co Chairperson of the High level Plenary Meeting.

The Co Chairperson (Gabon) I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Nobutaka Machimura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now give the floor to Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission.

Following the presentation by the task force, the Co Chair opened the floor for questions.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I call now on His Excellency Mr. Rashid Meredov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I call next on His Excellency Mr. Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Myanmar.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I call next on His Excellency Mr. Mario Fortín Midence, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Honduras.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I call on Ms. Florence Mugasha, Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now call on Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, President of the Asian Development Bank.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now give the floor to Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank.

The Co Chairperson of the High level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, made a statement.

The Co Chairperson of the High level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, made a statement.

The Co Chairperson (Gabon) (spoke in French) I now give the floor to Her Excellency Mrs. Vaira Vike Freiberga, President of the Republic of Latvia.

The Co Chairman (Gabon) (spoke in French) The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Vicente Fox, President of Mexico.

The first meeting of the Expert Group was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre, Geneva, from 28 November to 2 December 2005. Mr. Gang Yu (China) and Mr. Bo Wahlström (Sweden) served as co chairs of the meeting.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now invite His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, to take the floor.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now call on His Excellency Mr. Alejandro Toledo Manrique, President of the Republic of Peru.

The Co Chair introduced agenda item 3 on the progress report of the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I call next on His Excellency The Honourable Siosiua 'Utoikamanu, Minister of Finance of Tonga.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Mustafa Osman Ismail, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Sudan.

As Co Chairperson of this High level Meeting, I very much appreciate what I have heard in this great Hall.