Opening Session Speeches

• Mr. Charles Kelly, Commissioner General of the Third Session of the World Urban Forum, Government of Canada
• Mr. Sam Sullivan, Mayor, City of Vancouver, Canada
• Mr. Gordon Campbell, Premier of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, and former Mayor of the City of Vancouver
• Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Ms. Anna Tibaijuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director of UN-Habitat
• Mr. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
• Mr. Noli de Castro, Vice-President of the Philippines and Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
• Mr. Ali Mohamed Shein, Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania
• Ms. María Antonia Trujillo, Minister of Housing, Government of Spain and Chair of the Second Session of the World Urban Forum (speech in Spanish)
• Ms. Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Government of Canada, Chair of the Third Session of the World Urban Forum.
• Mr. Alphonso Jackson, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of the United States of America
• Ms. Kumari Selja, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation, Government of India
• Mr. Naokazu Takemoto, Secretary-General of the Japan Parliamentarians on Habitat and Deputy Chairman of the Asia Regional Forum of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat
• Mr. Enrique Ortiz, Secretary General, Habitat International Coalition