Event information

Category	Opening Ceremony

Day / Time	Monday, June 19th / 10:00 - 11:00

Room	VCEC - Exhibit Hall A

Event Description	The World Urban Forum III opens with a welcoming ceremony followed by statements by dignitaries and key partners.

Featuring	Traditional Aboriginal Welcome *Master of Ceremonies* Eric Falt, Director of the Division of Communications & Public Information, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Kenya *Welcoming Remarks* Charles Kelly, Commissioner General, World Urban Forum 3, Government of Canada Sam Sullivan, Mayor, City of Vancouver, Canada Gordon Campbell, Premier, Province of British Columbia, Canada Message from Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan Opening Address Anna Tibaijuka, Under Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Director, UN-HABITAT, Kenya Noli de Castro, Vice President, Government of the Philippines Ali Mohamed Shein, Vice President, Government of Tanzania *Keynote Address* The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, Government of Canada *Opening Plenary Chairs* María Antonia Trujillo, Minister of Housing, Government of Spain; Chair, WUF 2 Diane Finley, Minister, Human Resources and Social Development, Government of Canada; Chair, WUF 3 *Adoption of agenda and organization of work for WUF 3* Plenary Speakers Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of the United States of America Kumari Selja, Minister of State for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Government of India Naokazu Takemoto, Secretary-General of the Japan Parliamentarians on HABITAT (Senior Vice-Minister of Finance), Japan Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, Co-President, United Cities and Local Governments, South Africa Enrique Ortiz, Secretary General, Habitat International Coalition

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