Executive Secretaries Statements by Year

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11 June	Statement by the Eçxecutive Secretary at the Workshop on Transboundary Water Cooperation “Latin American and pan‐European regions: Sharing experiences and learning from each other”
10 June	Statement by the Executive Secretary at the 61st plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians (Geneva, Switzerland)
31 May	Statement by the Executive Secretary at the 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
28 May	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Vienna Energy Forum 2013 (Vienna, Austria)
24 May	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Panel on "Industrial revolution–the transition to a green economy" (Astana, Kazakhstan)
23 May	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Opening Ceremony of the Astana Economic Forum (Astana, Kazakhstan)
22 May	Statement by the Executive Secretary during MoU signing between UNECE, UNESCAP and the Eurasian Economic Commission (Astana, Kazakhstan)
22 May	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Joint UNECE-International Trade Centre (ITC) Panel Session (Astana, Kazakhstan)
6 May	Opening Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Second UN Global Road Safety Week (Geneva, Switzerland)
24 April	Closing Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Second Housing Forum for Europe and Central Asia. (Geneva, Switzerland)
17 April	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the 7th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Town, Mayors Session (Geneva, Switzerland)
12 April	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the International Road Transport (IRU) General Assembly (Geneva, Switzerland)
9 April	Opening Statement by the Executive Secretary during the 65th Commission session (Geneva, Switzerland)
21 March	Statement by the Excecutive Secretary during the Multi‐stakeholder Dialogue on Water in the Post‐2015 (The Hague, Netherlands)
21 March	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the International Day of Forests: Forests – the roots of Sustainability (Geneva, Switzerland)
5 February	Opening Statement by the during the fifth session of the Team of Specialists on Public-Private Partnerships: “Substantive Segment: the activities of the UNECE International PPP Centre of Excellence” (Geneva, Switzerland)
21 January	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS (RBEC) Meeting (Zagreb, Croatia)

6 December	Opening Statement by the Executive Secretary during the the Special Session on Public‐Private Partnerships: “Exploring PPP options to renovate the Palais des Nations: A review of best practices and their applicability for the Palais des Nations” (Geneva, Switzerland)
5 December	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the discussion of the Innovation Performance Review of Ukraine, Substantive segment of the seventh session of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Integration (Geneva, Switzerland)
5 December	Opening Statement by the Executive Secretary during the seventh session of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Integration (Geneva, Switzerland)
4 December	Opening Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Roundtable on Public‐Private Partnerships: Partnering with the Private Sector in International Organisations (Geneva, Switzerland)
28 November	Closing remarks by the Executive Secretary at 2012 SPECA Economic Forum: “Strengthening Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in Central Asia by Sharing the Asian Experience” (Bangkok, Thailand)
28 November	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Seventh Session of the SPECA Governing Council (Bangkok, Thailand)
27 November	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the 2012 SPECA Economic Forum: “Strengthening Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in Central Asia by Sharing the Asian Experience” (Bangkok, Thailand)
26 November	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the meeting “Review of Work in the SPECA Framework in Support of Implementation of the Decisions of the Fifth Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan” (Bangkok, Thailand)
26 November	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Seventh session of the SPECA Project Working Group on Trade (Bangkok, Thailand)
22 November	Statement by the Executive Secretary at the MOU signing between UNECE and Department of Health of the Philippines (Manila, Philippines)
14 November	Statement by the Executive Secretary during Third UNECE Forum of Women Entrepreneurs (Baku, Azerbaijan)
6 November	Statement by the Executive Secretary during the Dialogue of Executive Secretaries with the Second Committee on “Follow-up to Rio+20: Actions and Considerations at the Regional Level” (New York, USA)
25 October	Opening Statement of the Executive Secretary at Official Launch of the UNECE Trade Facilitation Guide (Geneva, Switzerland)
16 October	Statement by the Executive Secretary at the 70th session of the Timber Committee (Geneva, Switzerland)
15 October	Statement by the Executive Secretary at the Informal meeting of Permanent Representatives to the OSCE (Vienna, Austria)
20 September	Closing Statement of the Executive Secretary at UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing (Vienna, Austria)
20 September	Opening Statement of the Executive Secretary at UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing during the Ministerial Segment (Vienna, Austria)
19 September	Opening Statement of the Executive Secretary at UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing (Vienna, Austria)
11 September	Statement by the Executive Secretary at the 5th International Environmentally Friendly Vehicle Conference (Baltimore, United States)
3-4 September	Remarks of the Executive Secretary at the 20th Anniversary event of the Water Convention (Helsinki, Finland)
21 June	Remarks of the Executive Secretary at the Regional Commissions Side Event (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
19 June	Remarks of the Executive Secretary at the event Sharing Environmental Information in Action, Effective access to reliable environmental information (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
19 June	Remarks of the Executive Secretary at the UN-Water side event on International year for Water Cooperation (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
19 June	Remarks of the Executive Secretary at the event World Resources Institute side event on Principle 10 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
18 June	Remarks of the Executive Secretary at the event Forests: the heart of the green economy (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
25 April	Remarks of the Executive Secretary at the Third Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in Transboundary Basins: Making Adaption Work (Geneva, Switzerland)
17 April	Remarks of the Executive Secretary of UNECE at the Executive Committee’s 50th meeting (Geneva, Switzerland)

1 December	Regional Preparatory Meeting for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) (Geneva, Switzerland)
30 November	Committee on Economic Cooperation and Integration, 6th Session (Geneva, Switzerland)
24 November	International Conference “Knowledge-based Development and Innovative Entrepreneurship” (Baku, Azerbaijan)
23 November	17th Azerbaijan International Exhibition and Conference Telecommunications and Information Technologies (BAKUTEL) (Baku, Azerbaijan)
16 November	Committee on Sustainable Energy (Geneva, Switzerland)
16 November	Opening session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy (Geneva, Switzerland)
18 October	Executive Committee meeting (Geneva, Switzerland)
21-23 September	7th Environment for Europe, Ministerial Conference (Astana, Kazakhstan)
9 September	First Serbia - EU Forum (Belgrade, Serbia)
11 July	International Conference on Promoting Eco-Innovation Policies and Opportunities (Tel Aviv, Israel)
8 July	Regional Cooperation as a Catalyst for Development in the UNECE (Geneva, Switzerland)
7 July	UN/CEFACT 17th Plenary (Geneva, Switzerland)
4 July	Workshop on Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation (Geneva, Switzerland)
20-23 June	Espoo Convention - Meeting of the Parties, 5th session (Geneva, Switzerland)
15 June	Geneva-Hub of International Statistics (Geneva, Switzerland)
14 June	Committee on Trade, 4th session (Geneva, Switzerland)
24 May	OECD 50th anniversary Forum (Paris, France)
24 May	UNECE Public-Private Roundtable on Green Economy and UNESCO Future Forum (Paris, France)
18 May	China Beijing International High-tech Expo (Beijing, China)
17 May	Inauguration ceremony of the PPP department at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russian Federation)
11-18 May	The China Financial Summit 2011 - Financial Innovation and Economic Restructuring (Beijing, China)
3 May	Fourth Astana Economic Forum (Astana, Kazakhstan)
8 April	Global Energy Security (Moscow, Russia)
7 -8 April	Conference on Trade Facilitation and the Single Window (Russian version) (Moscow, Russia)
21 March	Regional Forest Information Week (Geneva, Switzerland)

17 November	Conference on Financing development of road and rail transport infrastructures (Vienna, Austria)
18 October	SPECA Economic Forum (Geneva, Switzerland)
1 August	Launch of the ZERO Race (Geneva, Switzerland)
21 April	First session of the Meeting of the Parties of the Aarhus Convention (Geneva, Switzerland)
22 March	General Assembly, High-level Dialogue on Water, Peace and Security (New York, USA)
10 March	Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health (Parma, Italy)
24 February	A global biomonitoring project under the Safe Planet Campaign (Bali, Indonesia)
28 January	Inland Transport Security Discussion Forum (Geneva, Switzerland)

18 November	Energy Security and the Financial Crisis: Statement
16 July	Coordination meeting on the follow-up to the IFAS summit in Almaty : Statement
6-7 June	International Grain Forum, St. Petersburg : Statement
6 June	Project LINK Spring Meeting 2009, St. Petersburg : Statement
5 June	Promoting Innovative Development through International Cooperation, St. Petersburg : Statement
19 May	17th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, Athens : Opening Statement
28 April	The Global Economic and Financial Crisis: Regional Impacts, Responses and Solutions - The ECE Region : Statement
24 February	71st Session of the Inland Transport Committee, Geneva : Opening Statement

10 October	Sixth Ministerial Conference "Environment for Europe" (Belgrade, 10-12 October 2007) - Opening session
26 April	Sixtieth Anniversary Session of the UNECE (Geneva, 25-27 April 2007) - High-level Segment
23 April	World Youth Assembly for Road Safety (Geneva, 23 April 2007)
13 April	International Road Transport Union (IRU) General Assembly (Geneva, 13 April 2007)

21 February	Sixty-first session of the Economic Commission for Europe (Geneva, 21-23 February 2006)
7 February	Inland Transport Committee, 68th session (Geneva, 7-9 February 2006)
14 February	Video clip of Marek Belka

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

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)

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)

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)

1 November	Mrs. Danuta Hübner leaves the UN
3 October	UNECE Timber Committee, Geneva, 3 October 2001
28 September	2001 Baltic Sea Region E-Business Forum - Digital Economy Development in Transition Economies, Riga, Latvia, 28 September 2001
24 September	Regional Ministerial Meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Geneva, 24-25 September 2001
20 September	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	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	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	First Session of the Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
3 July	World Economic Forum Session on Public-Private Partnerships for Transport Infrastructure, Salzburg, Austria
26 June	XII Malente Symposium, Lübeck
13 June	Fifth session of the Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development
12 June	Forum "Trading into the future: e-services for trade, investment and enterprise"
11 June	49th session of the Conference of European Statisticians
16 May	Ninth Meeting of the OSCE Economic Forum "Transparency and Good Governance in Economic Matters", Prague, Czech Republic
4 May	High-level Meeting on Transport, Environment and Health
29 April	Meeting of Ministers of Environment, Bucharest
27 April	Fourth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Member States, Moscow
5 April	Sixth High-level Conference on Reform and Restructuring of Gas Markets, Vienna, 5-6 April 2001
28 March	Seventh Plenary Session of UN/CEFACT
15 March	MIPIM Seminar on "Property and Conflict", Cannes
14 March	International Conference "Sensitive Areas – a Key Challenge for Environment and Transport in Europe", Eisenstadt, Austria, 14-15 March 2001
26 February	Second Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment
23 January	11^th session of the Working Party on Gas
22 January	Meeting of the Advisory Board, Gas Centre
15 January	Regional Workshop "Gender and Labour Market in Transition Countries" organized by UN/ECE, UNIFEM and the World Bank, Warsaw


7 December	Closing Plenary Session at the Conference on Financing for Development, Geneva
6 December	Opening Plenary Session at the Conference on Financing for Development, Geneva
4 December	UN/ECE Forum on Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development, Geneva
28 November	18^th session of the Executive Body for the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Geneva
27 November	Eighth Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna, 27-29 November 2000
25 November	Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Member States of the Central European Initiative, Budapest
22 November	First meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN/ECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, Brussels
31 October	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	Inaugural Session of the Working Party on Industry and Enterprise Development, Committee for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development, Geneva
20 October	BSEC Ministerial Meeting, Bucharest
11 October	UNIDO Regional Forum on Industrial Cooperation and Partnership in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States, Budapest
4 October	OECD Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Transport, Vienna
23 September	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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