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World Family Summit 2004

Monday, 6 December 2004
   
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09:00 Opening Ceremony
   
 

Chair: H.E. Mr. Weiqing Zhang, Minister, National Population and Family Planning Commission (NPFPC), China

Opening address:
H.E. Ms. Xiulian Gu, Vice-chairman of the National People’s Congress, Chairman of All-China Women’s Federation, China
Speech

   
  Dr. Deisi Noeli Weber Kusztra, President, World Family Organization (WFO)
   
  H.E. Mrs. Ursula Haubner, Secretary of State for Family Affairs, Austria
   
  H.E. Mrs. Marie Arianne Navarre-Marie, Minister, Ministry of Women's Rights, Child Development & Family Welfare, Mauritius
   
  H.E. Mr. ShahBaz Hussain Ch., Minister, Ministry of Population Welfare, Pakistan
Speech
   
  H.E. Mr. Liucheng Wei, Governor, Hainan Provincial Government, China
   
  Mr. Khalid Malik, UN Resident Coordinator in China, UNDP
Speech
   
  Dr. Najet Karaborni, Senior Interregional Adviser, Office of the UN Secretary General, UNDESA
Speech
   
   
11:00 Plenary: Family and Sustainable Development
   
  Chair: H.E. Dr. Baige Zhao, Vice-Minister, NPFPC, China
   
  Keynote speaker: H.E. Mrs. Rosinha Garotinho, Governor, Rio de Janeiro State - Brazil
Speech
   
  Keynote speaker: Mr. Khalid Malik, UN Resident Coordinator in China, UNDP
   
   
12:00 Panel I: Family and Poverty Eradication
   
  Chair: H.E. Ms. Ursula Haubner, Secretary of State for Family Affairs, Austria
   
  Keynote speaker: Dr. Najet Karaborni, Senior Interregional Adviser, Office of the UN Secretary General, UNDESA
Presentation (powerpoint presentation)
   
  Moderator: Prof. Father Roque Zimmermann, Secretary of State for Labor and Social Promotion, Parana State, Brazil
   
   
14:00 Panel II: Family and Education
   
  Chair: H.E. Mrs. Cândida Celeste da Silva, Minister, Ministry of Family and Women Promotion, Angola
   
  Keynote speaker: Dr. Haifa Al-Lail, Dean of Effat College and Chair of the Ladies Committee of Jeddah Economic Forum, Saudi Arabia
Speech
   
  Moderator: Mrs. Jacqueline Flore Lucette Heyman, WFO President for Family Policy Commission, Ministry of Education, Expert, Belgium
   
   
15:00 Panel III: Family and Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
   
  Chair: Prof. Siegfried Richard Otto Keil, WFO Vice president for Family Policy, Germany
   
  Keynote speaker: Prof. Katarina Tomasevski, Rapporteur on the Right to Education of the UN High Commission on Human Rights, UN
   
  Moderator: Ms.Xiaoqiao Zou, Deputy Director General, All-China Women’s Federation, China
   
   
16:30 Panel IV: Family and Child Health, Youth and Elderly
   
  Chair: H.E. S.A. Koumakpai, Benin
   
  Keynote speaker: H.E. Dr. Rowaida Al Maaitah, Senator, The Upper House of Parliament, Secretary General of National Council for Family Affairs, Jordan
Presentation (powerpoint presentation)
   
  Moderator: Prof. Subhash Chander Gulati, Population Research Center, Institute of Economic Growth, University Enclave, Delhi, India
Speech
   
   
20:00 Welcome Reception - Dinner hosted by NPFPC
   
 
After the first day of the World Family Summit, all participants were invited to join a dinner offered by the government of China. The Chinese minister of National Population and Family Planning Commission, H. E. Mr. Weiqing Zhang, the president of the World Family Organization, Dr. Deisi Weber Noeli Kusztra and other authorities were present.
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