Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka Program

PROGRAM

June 9, 2003

08:15-08:50
Registration

09:05-10:20
Opening Session

Opening Statement by H.E. Mr. Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan

Opening Statement by Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Co-chairs :

Statement by H.E. Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan

Statement by Hon. Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State, USA

Statement by Hon. Olav Kjoerven, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway

Statement by H.E. Mr. Ioannis Theophanopoulos, Ambassador and Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece

Statement by H.E. Mr. Bernard Zepter, Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Commission in Japan

Statement by Mr. Tadao Chino, President of the Asian Development Bank

Video message from Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President of The World Bank

10:35-12:20
Operative Session

Operational introduction by the Government of Sri Lanka
Mr. A. S. Jayawardena, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Reports by IMF and the World Bank on Sri Lanka’s economic performance and the reconstruction and development agenda of Sri Lanka

Reports by ADB and UN system on the needs assessment on the North and East

Questions and Answers

13:45-18:15
Plenary Session : General Discussion

Statements by participating countries and international organizations.

Report from the Civil Society in Sri Lanka
Dr. P. Saravanamuttu, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Alternatives

Report from the Private Sector in Sri Lanka
Mr. Ken Balendra, Former Chairman, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce

10:30
Concluding Session

Remarks by Co-chairs
- Japan
- EU
- Norway
- US

Adoption of the Final Declaration

Statement by Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Final words of thanks and on the future by Co-chair, Japan
- Remarks by Mr. Yasushi Akashi, Representative of Government of Japan

Press Conference by the Co-chairs and the Government of Sri Lanka