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FORMER EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES' STATEMENTS
2005
 

25 August

The New Development Model: Challenges for women in the economy - TroNett Conference (Trondheim, Norway, 25-27 August 2005)

14 July

Ad Hoc Informal Meeting of the Commission (Geneva, 14 July 2005)

13 June

Fifty-third plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians (Geneva, 13-15 June 2005)

25 May

International Conference on Strengthening Economic Cooperation in Central Asia and the Future Role of SPECA (Astana, Kazakhstan, 25-27 May 2005)

25 May

Second Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 25-27 May 2005)

23 May

Thirteenth OSCE Economic Forum - Demographic Trends, Migration and Integrating Persons belonging to National Minorities: Ensuring Security and Sustainable Development in the OSCE Area (Prague, Czech Republic, 23-27 May 2005)

12 May

Spring Meeting of the AIECE (Association of European Conjuncture Institutes) (Geneva, 12-13 May 2005)

7 April

European Population Conference 2005 (Strasbourg, France, 7-8 April 2005)

17 March

High-level Meeting of Education and Environment Ministries (Vilnius, 17-18 March 2005)

22 February

Sixtieth session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (Geneva, 22 February 2005) - Introductory remarks by the Executive Secretary

2004
 

14 December

10-year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action in the UNECE Region (Geneva, 14 December 2004)

13 December

Forum "Property Rights for the Poor: A Global Perspective" (Rome, 13 December 2004)

6 December

Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between UNECE and OSCE (Sofia, 6 December 2004)

1 December

Special Event of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution - Twenty-second session of the Executive Body (Geneva, 1 December 2004)

25 November

2004 Summit of Prime Ministers of the Central European Initiative (Portorose, Slovenia, 25 November 2004)

22 November UNECE Census Week (Geneva, 22-26 November 2004)
16 November Bishkek Conference on Information Society and Regional Cooperation in Information
and Communication Technologies for Development (Bishkek, 16-18 November 2004)
29 September Inter-agency Expert Group Meeting on MDG Indicators (Geneva, 29 September - 1 October 2004)
8 June Fifty-second plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians (Paris, 8-10 June 2004)
31 May Twelfth OSCE Economic Forum - Towards a Strengthened Partnership: the Future of UNECE–OSCE Cooperation (Prague, 31 May 2004)
11 May

Executive Forum on “Competing in a Changing Europe” (Geneva, 11 May 2004)

5 May

Ninth UNECE Gas Centre High-Level Conference on Gas Industry’s Regulatory Relations (Bratislava, 5 May 2004)

27 April

Sixtieth Annual Session of ESCAP (Shanghai, 27 April 2004) - UNECE’s Role in Promoting ICTs and the Knowledge-based Economy

20 April

UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD12) (New York, 20 April 2004) - UNECE regional segment

5 April

UNECE International Seminar: Aggressive Behaviour on the Road, Can it be Changed? (Geneva, 5 April 2004)

1 April

Expert Meeting on Good Governance for SMEs (Geneva, 1 April 2004)

31 March

Sixth Forum on Best Practice in Development of Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Countries in Transition: The Romanian and Slovak Experiences (Geneva, 31 March 2004)

8 March

Workshop on "The Economic Dimension of Security in Europe: Facing New Challenges in a Changing Europe" (Geneva, 8 March 2004)

17 February

The regional dimension of resource mobilization and the creation of an enabling environment for poverty eradication in the context of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the LDCs for the Decade 2001-2010 (New York, 17 February 2004)

11 February

Second Gunnar Myrdal Lecture (Geneva, 11 February 2004)

28 January

Regional Symposium on Mainstreaming Gender into Economic Policies (Geneva, 28-30 January 2004)

21 January

Fifth International Conference "A Woman - a creative personality in the 3rd Millennium" (Brno, Czech Republic, 21 January 2004)

15 January

First Regional Implementation Forum on Sustainable Development (Geneva, 15 January 2004)

12 January

European Population Forum 2004 (Geneva, 12-14 January 2004)

2003
 
3 December

"Economic Policies for Full Employment in an Enlarged Europe" - 25th Anniversary Conference of the European Trade Union Institute (Brussels, 3 December 2003)

21 November Summit of CEI Heads of Government (Warsaw, 21 November 2003)
21 November Sixth CEI Summit Economic Forum - Round Table Sessions on "Women Entrepreneurs in a Wider Europe " (Warsaw, 21 November 2003)
20 November Round Table of the CEI Ministers of Economic Sectors: Role of Foreign Direct Investment for CEI Countries' Economies in view of EU Enlargement (Warsaw, 20 November 2003)
17 November UNECE Forum on Good Governance in Public-Private Partnerships (Geneva, 17-18 November 2003)
10 November UNECE International Seminar on Regional Experiences in Good Governance for Regulatory Practices (with special reference to Balkan countries) (Geneva, 10-11 November 2003)
7 November Workshop on "EU Enlargement: Regulatory Convergence in Non-acceding Countries" (Athens, 7-8 November 2003)
20 October UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy, 10th session (Geneva, 20-22 October 2003)
20 October UNCTAD/UNECE High-Level Regional Conference for Transition Economies " ICT & E-Commerce Strategies for Development" (Geneva, 20-21 October 2003)
7 October UNECE Timber Committee, 61st session (Geneva, 7-10 October 2003)
2 October UNECE Seminar on "Policies for achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the UNECE Region - Reducing extreme income disparities" (Geneva, 2-3 October 2003)
15 September Committee on Human Settlements, 64th session (Geneva, 15-17 September 2003)
15 September 14th International SME Conference (Tel Aviv, 15-18 September 2003)
28 August International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation (Almaty, 28-29 August 2003)
28 August International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation - UNECE Side Event (Almaty, 28-28 August 2003)
18 July Economic and Social Council, 2003 Substantive Session (Geneva, 18 July 2003) - Regional cooperation: development dimensions of trade negotiations - a UNECE perspective
23 June United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) Conference (Geneva, 23-24 June 2003)
18 June Seventh St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 18-20 June 2003)
10 June Fifty-first Conference of European Statisticians (Geneva, 10-12 June 2003)
21 May Fifth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" (Kyiv, 21-23 May 2003), Environmental policy in transition: lessons learned from ten years of UNECE environmental performance reviews
21 May Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" (Kyiv, Ukraine, 21-23 May 2003)
13 May Joint Session of the Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development (CTIED) and the Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Commerce (UN/CEFACT) (Geneva, 13 May 2003)
29 April 4th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE)
(Vienna, 29 April 2003)
24 April ECMT Council of Ministers (Brussels, 24 April 2003)  
10 April First session of Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP) Steering Committee (Geneva, 10 April 2003)
7 April Workshop on Trade, Business and Investment in a Wider Europe (Geneva, 7 April 2003)
27 March 8th session of the SPECA Project Working Group on Transport and Border Crossing Facilitation (Baku, 27-29 March 2003)
19 March Forum on Best Practice in the Development of Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Countries in Transition: The Croatian and Slovenian Experience (Geneva, 19 March 2003)
17 March Second Forum of Women Entrepreneurs (Geneva, 17-18 March 2003)
24 February Meeting on Achieving Trade Security within a Standardized, Efficient and Transparent International Framework (Geneva, 24 February 2003)
18 February Inland Transport Committee, Sixty-fifth session (Geneva, 18-20 February 2003)
4 February Working Party on Customs Questions Affecting Transport, One hundred-and-third session (Geneva, 4-7 February 2003)
27 January Russian Economic and Financial Forum, Second session (Geneva, 27-28 January 2003)
21 January Working Party on Gas, Thirteenth session (Geneva, 21-22 January 2003)
2002
 
29 November Fourth session of the Regional Advisory Committee of the United Nations Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) (Bishkek, 29 November 2002)
20 November Committee on Sustainable Energy, Twelfth session (Geneva, 20-21 November 2002)
15 November Summit of CEI Heads of Government (Skopje, 15 November 2002)
9 November The Pan-European Regional Ministerial Conference in preparation of the World Summit on the Information Society (Bucharest, Palace of Parliament, 7-9 November 2002)
25 October Seventh Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (Tirana, Albania, 25 October 2002)
21 October First Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention (Lucca, Italy, 21-23 October 2002)
19 September First UNECE Land for Development Summit (Rome, 19-20 September 2002)
16 September Committee on Human Settlements, 63rd session (Geneva, 16-18 September 2002)
11 September Mrs. Brigita Schmögnerová, UNECE Executive Secretary, addresses the Ministerial Conference on Ageing (Berlin, 11-13 September 2002)
10 September Stakeholders' response to population ageing - Statement made by Mrs. Brigita Schmögnerová, UNECE Executive Secretary, at the Pre-Conference event entitled "Ageing Societies - Challenges for Industry and Society" (Berlin, 10 September 2002)
29 August World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 29 August 2002)
26 August   Participatory democracy and good governance: fundamental tools for a human rights approach to sustainable development - Opening remarks by Mrs Brigita Schmögnerová, UNECE Executive Secretary, to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa (Side event at Sandton Convention Centre, 26 August 2002)
19 July   Interregional cooperation for sustainable development: Regional challenges ahead - Statement by Mrs. Brigita Schmögnerová, UNECE Executive Secretary, to the Economic and Social Council at its 2002 Substantive Session (New York, 19 July 2002)
10 June   Fiftieth Conference of European Statisticians (Paris, 10-12 June 2002)
8 April   13th International Conference on Small and Medium Enterprises (Gibraltar, 8 April 2002)
18 March International Conference on Financing for Development (Monterrey, Mexico, 18 March 2002)
2001

1 November 2001 - Mrs. Danuta Hübner leaves the UN 

3 October 2001 - UNECE Timber Committee, Geneva, 3 October 2001

28 September 2001 - 2001 Baltic Sea Region E-Business Forum - Digital Economy Development in Transition Economies, Riga, Latvia, 28 September 2001

24 September 2001 - Regional Ministerial Meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Geneva, 24-25 September 2001

20 September 2001 - The new Europe:  the challenges of adjustment in the candidate countries, Bank Austria Forum on Europe "The new Europe - Setting out towards a common future", Vienna, 20 September 2001

20 July 2001 - Economic and Social Council, "Regional perspectives on globalization:  an opportunity for catching up or a risk of falling behind in the development process"

20 July 2001 - Economic and Social Council, Contribution to the panel on "Regional perspectives on globalization: an opportunity for catching up or a risk of falling behind in the development process"

9 July 2001 - First Session of the Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

3 July 2001 - World Economic Forum Session on Public-Private Partnerships for Transport Infrastructure, Salzburg, Austria

26 June 2001 - XII Malente Symposium, Lübeck

13 June 2001 - Fifth session of the Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development

12 June 2001 - Forum "Trading into the future:  e-services for trade, investment and enterprise"

11 June 2001 - 49th session of the Conference of European Statisticians

16 May 2001 - Ninth Meeting of the OSCE Economic Forum "Transparency and Good Governance in Economic Matters", Prague, Czech Republic

4 May 2001 - High-level Meeting on Transport, Environment and Health

29 April 2001 - Meeting of Ministers of Environment, Bucharest

27 April 2001 -  Fourth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Member States, Moscow

5 April 2001 - Sixth High-level Conference on Reform and Restructuring of Gas Markets, Vienna, 5-6 April 2001

28 March 2001 - Seventh Plenary Session of UN/CEFACT

15 March 2001 - MIPIM Seminar on "Property and Conflict", Cannes

14 March 2001 - International Conference "Sensitive Areas – a Key Challenge for Environment and Transport in Europe", Eisenstadt, Austria, 14-15 March 2001

26 February 2001 - Second Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment

23 January 2001 -  11th session of the Working Party on Gas

22 January 2001 - Meeting of the Advisory Board, Gas Centre

15 January 2001 - Regional Workshop "Gender and Labour Market in Transition Countries" organized by UN/ECE, UNIFEM and the World Bank, Warsaw

2000

7 December 2000 - Closing Plenary Session at the Conference on Financing for Development, Geneva

6 December 2000 - Opening Plenary Session at the Conference on Financing for Development, Geneva

4 December 2000 - UN/ECE Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development, Geneva

28 November 2000 - 18th session of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Geneva

27 November 2000 - Eighth Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna, 27-29 November 2000

25 November 2000 - Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Member States of the Central European Initiative, Budapest

22 November 2000 - First meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN/ECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, Brussels

31  October 2000 - Multi-stakeholder forum on sustainable energy in a competitive market: forging partnerships on the   occasion of the tenth session   of the Committee on Sustainable Energy (31 October - 2 November 2000)

31 October 2000 - Inaugural Session of the Working Party on Industry and Enterprise Development, Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development, Geneva

20 October 2000 - BSEC Ministerial Meeting, Bucharest

11 October 2000 - UNIDO Regional Forum on Industrial Cooperation and Partnership in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States, Budapest

4 October 2000 - OECD Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Transport, Vienna

23 September 2000 - Inauguration of the International Water Assessment Centre under the Convention on the Protection and Use  of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, Koudum, the Netherlands- Speech delivered by Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary,  United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

19 September 2000 - ECE Committee on Human Settlements Meeting of Ministers responsible for Human Settlements development in the ECE region - Speech delivered by Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary,  United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (Pictures)

14 September 2000 - Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation for Europe, Vienna - Speech delivered by Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary,  United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

28 August 2000 - European Forum Alpbach - Speech delivered by Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary,  United Nations Economic Commission for Europe at the Plenary session: Limits to national sovereignty

25 July 2000 - New York - Introductory Statement by Ms. Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary of UN/ECE and current Coordinator of the Regional Commissions to at the Economic and Social Council - Agenda Item 10: Regional cooperation in the economic, social and related fields

25 July 2000 - New York - Statement by Ms. Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, to the Economic and Social Council at its Substantive Session of 2000

14 July 2000 - Ohrid - Statement by Ms. Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Ministerial Meeting of the South East European Cooperation Process

7 July 2000 - New York - Statement by Ms. Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, on behalf of the Regional Commissions, at the Special Session of the General Assembly, "Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century"

6 July 2000 - New York - Statement  by Ms. Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe during the High-Level Segment of Economic and Social Council

29 May 2000 - Geneva - Statement by Ms. Danuta Hübner, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe to the Eleventh Session of the Steering Committee of the Energy Efficiency 2000 Project