ARCHIVES; Launching Ceremony
Official Launching Ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF)
Wednesday, September 27th 2006
ADB Auditorium, ADB Headquarters on the occasion of the Doubling Water Financing and Results: Conference on ADB’s Water Financing Programme 2006-2010
| Agenda Chair: Mr. Liqun Jin, Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank |
| 16:45 - 17:00 Launching Ceremony Video |
| 17:00 - 17:10 Welcome Remarks |
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| - | Mr. Yoshiro Mori, President of Japan Water Forum, Former Prime Minister of Japan(PDF: 55KB) (photo: left) |
| - | Ms. Erna Witoelar, UN Special Ambassador for Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific (PDF: 50KB) |
| 17:10 -17:35 Greetings from Partner Organizations & Sub-regions |
| - | Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, President of the Asian Development Bank |
| - | Mr. Datuk Ir. Hj. Keizrul bin Abdullah, Chairperson of the South East Asia Steering Committee of the Global Water Partnership (PDF: 47KB) |
| - | Mr. Siddique Quamrul Islam, President of Bangladesh Water Partnership (PDF: 121KB) |
| - | Mr. Il-pyo Hong, Secretary General of Korea Water Forum (PDF: 95KB) |
| - | Mr. Sulton Rahimov, Chairman of Executive Committee of the International Fund for saving the Aral Sea (PDF: 66KB) |
| - | Message from South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (PDF: 78KB) |
| 17:35- 17:40 Launching of the APWF Website, Announcement of the venue, and Remarks from the host municipality for the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit |
| - | Dr. Koutarou Takemura, Secretary General of Japan Water Forum (PDF: 2,482KB) |
| 17:40 – 17:45 Closing Remarks |
| - | Mr. Liqun Jin, Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank |
| * | followed by the cocktail reception hosted by Mr. Haruhiko Kuroda, President of the Asian Development Bank |