PRE-TOKYO SRI LANKA SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON DC, USA

14 APRIL 2003

Agenda

Opening Remarks by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage

"Peace with Development" - by Minister Milinda Moragoda - Minister For Economic Reform, Science and Technology
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Update on Peace Negotiations by Norwegian State Secretary Vidar Helgesen

Looking ahead to the Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka by Representative of the Government of Japan Yasushi Akashi

Macro-economic Assessment by IMF Deputy Managing Director Shigemitsu Sugisaki - Power Point presentation

Summary of Development needs by World Bank Vice President, South Asia Region, Mieko Nishimizu
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USAID Perspectives by USAID Deputy Administrator Frederick Schieck

 

Statements

Canadian Statement delivered by the Hon. David Kilgour, Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific)

Statement by the Indian delegation

Statement by Hafiz Pasha, UN Assistant Secretary General, UNDP Assistant Administrator and Regional Director of the Bureau of Asia and the Pacific

Statement by Dr. Peter S. Watson - Chairman, President & CEO of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation

Statement by the German Embassy in Washington

Remarks by the delegation of the Netherlands

Statement by the International Fund for Agricultural Development

 

List of Delegates

 

Press Releases

Sri Lankan peace efforts are applauded as calls are made for more international support - 15 April 2003

Washington Seminar on Sri Lanka Hosted by Deputy Secretary Richard L. Armitage - 14 April 2003

International Seminar on Sri Lanka - 11 April 2003

U.S. hosts meeting in Washington to garner international support for Sri Lanka's peace process - 07 April 2003

 

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