Speeches

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• Opening statement by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt at the ICI conference 29th May 2008

  • Opening statement by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (pdf 102 kB)

• United Nations

  • Address to the annual review conference by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (pdf 142 kB)

• Iraq

  • Speech of the Iraqi Prime Minister H.E. Mr Noori K. Al-Maliki (in Arabic) (pdf 149 kB)

• Iraq

  • Speech of the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih: Investing in a Shared Future (pdf 178 kB)

• Sweden

  • National statement by Sweden, Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs (pdf 63 kB)

• USA

  • Remarks at The Iraq Compact Conference by Secretary Condoleezza Rice (pdf 86 kB)

• Argentina

  • Words of Ambassador José Pedro Pico, Representative of Argentine Republic (pdf 57 kB)

• Belgium

  • Statement of M. O. CHASTEL, Deputy-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Belgium (pdf 100 kB)

• China

  • Address by Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, China (pdf 83 kB)

• Denmark

  • Address by the Minister for Development Cooperation, H.E. Ulla Tørnæs, Denmark (pdf 100 kB)

• Georgia

  • Remarks by H.E. Ms Eka Tkeshelashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia (pdf 99 kB)

• Indonesia

  • H.E. Mr. Andri Hadi, Director-General, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia (pdf 923 kB)

• Japan

  • Statement by Mr. Osamu Uno, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (pdf 102 kB)

• Kuwait

  • Address by Mr Mansour Al Otabi Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait (in Arabic) (pdf 108 kB)

• Latvia

  • Contribution of the Republic of Latvia by H.E. Maris Riekstins, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia (pdf 64 kB)

• Nigeria

  • Statement by the Head of the Nigerian Delegation H.E. Mr Godknows Igali, Ambassador of Nigeria to Sweden (pdf 301 kB)

• Norway

  • Address by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Johansen of Norway (pdf 60 kB)

• The Philippines

  • Philippine Statement, H.E. Ms Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson, Ambassador of The Philippines to Sweden (pdf 86 kB)

• Romania

  • Address by Mr. Anton Niculescu, Secretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania (pdf 104 kB)

• Saudi Arabia

  • Saudi Arabian speech by Mr Nizar Madani Bin Obeid, State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (in Arabic) (pdf 90 kB)

• Spain

  • Statement by Spain, Mr Angel Lossada, Secretary of State, MFA (pdf 46 kB)

• Vietnam

  • Statement by H.E.Mr. Trinh Quang Thanh, Ambassador of Vietnam to Sweden, Head of the Vietnamese delegation (pdf 22 kB)

• The Presidency on behalf of the EU

  • Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the EU (pdf 88 kB)

• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Secretariat

  • Speech by Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Secretariat (pdf 349 kB)

• IMF

  • Statement by Adam Bennett Senior Advisor, Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund (pdf 77 kB)