Working sessions of the Summit: 52 speakers
Three
working sessions took place on Wednesday, on the first day of the
Second South Summit which His Highness the Emir of Qatar opened in
the morning in the presence of the representatives of the 132 member
countries of the Group of 77 and China.
No less than 52 speakers addressed the audience. Among them were the
Prime Minister of Jamaica Percival Paterson, the Representative of
the UN Secretary General Kofi Anan, and many Arab and international
Leaders.
All the speakers underlined the need for the G77 countries to
enhance the south-south cooperation as a complement of the
North-South trade, and to do the necessary effort in order to
implement the provisions of the Plans of Action which the member
countries agreed upon and especially the Havana Plan of Action which
will be included in the Doha Plan of Action.
They also called on the developed countries to give more importance
to combating poverty and to further help the developing countries
and in particular the least developed countries to achieve their
goals and fulfill their aspirations and ambitions of their peoples
who are suffering from poverty, illnesses, lack of education and
many other hardships.
Concerning the UN reforms process, the speakers put the stress on
the necessity of unifying their positions in order to have their
word in this process and ensure that the reforms enhance the
developing countries interest orientation policy of the
international organization.
