July 2010
- Statement by IFAD President at the East Forum: Rethinking the present to shape the future: choosing sustainability
June 2010
- Keynote address by IFAD President at the 21st Islamic Development Bank Annual Symposium
- Brief statement by IFAD President at the first ministerial working session of the 35th annual meeting of Islamic Development Bank
- Remarks by Ms Yukiko Omura, IFAD Vice-President to the women leadership development programme workshop
- Speech by IFAD President to the Long-term Investments in the Age of Globalization Conference
- Opening remarks by IFAD Vice-President to the conference on development cooperation in times of crisis and on achieving the MDGs
May 2010
- Speech by IFAD President at the African Amicale and United Nations Women’s Guild African Group
- Speech by IFAD President on the occasion of the "La settimana della biodiversità" - Call for action
- Remarks by IFAD Vice-President on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity
- Remarks by IFAD President on the occasion of the dinner for Brussels-based Ambassadors
- IFAD Vice-President addresses South-South Cooperation in Brasilia conference
April 2010
- Policy address by IFAD President to the Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Opening statement by IFAD President to the World Bank Annual Conference on Land Policy and Administration
- Statement by IFAD President to the 81st session of the Development Committee
- Statement by IFAD President at the lunch for Permanent Representatives
March 2010
- Speech by IFAD President to the Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development: GCARD 2010
- Welcoming remarks by IFAD President on the occasion of the official lunch with the delegation of Guatemala headed by His Excellency Álvaro Colom Caballeros
- Acceptance speech by IFAD President for a distinguished service award at the second Africa Rice Congress
- Keynote address by IFAD President at the High-level Conference on Development of Agri-business and Agro-industries in Africa
February 2010
- Statement by IFAD President to the thirty-third session of the Governing Council of IFAD
Arabic | English | French | Spanish - Opening statement by IFAD President to the Third global meeting of the Farmers' Forum
- Opening statement by IFAD President at the Jeddah Economic Forum 2010: “The Global Economy in 2020”
- Remarks by IFAD President at the High-level meeting on food security and nutrition in Haiti
Statements delivered by President Kanayo Nwanze
December 2009
- Statement by IFAD President to the Agricultural Rural Development Day at Copenhagen University
- Statement by IFAD President to side event organised by WEC-TERI-Yale on climate change and water vulnerability: strategies and practices for emerging water management and governance challenges
- Statement by IFAD President to UNIDO general conference
November 2009
- Statement by IFAD President at the ICRISAT annual conference
- Lecture delivered by the President at M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
- Statement by IFAD President on the measures to enhance global food security: rural development, smallholder farmers and trade considerations
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of the World Summit on Food Security
- Statement by IFAD President to the the second non-aligned movement: First ladies summit
- Statement by IFAD President to the Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the World Summit on Food Security
- Statement by IFAD President at Chatham House: Towards a food-secure world - the role and importance of smallholder farmers in developing countries
October 2009
- Statement by IFAD President at the University of Ottawa
- Statement by IFAD President to the 80th meeting of the Development Committee
- Statement by IFAD President to the MDG 3 Torch ceremony
September 2009
- Statement by IFAD President on the occasion of 25 years of IFAD/BSF cooperation
- Opening remarks by IFAD President as chair of the round table on food security at the UN Leadership Forum on Climate Change
July 2009
- Statement by IFAD President at WIPO Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy
- Statement by the IFAD President to the G8 Summit
June 2009
- Statement by IFAD President at OFID Ministerial Council meeting
- Intervention by IFAD’s President at the G8 Finance Ministers Meeting
- Statement by the IFAD President to the joint AU and ECA conference: Implications of the global financial and economic crisis for Africa’s long-term development
May 2009
April 2009
- Statement by IFAD President to the 79th meeting of the Development Committee
- Statement by IFAD President to the G8 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
- Statement by IFAD President on declaration by G8 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
February 2009
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