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1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit

3-4 December 2007; Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan
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Day 1 | Day 2 | Leadership for Ensuring Water Security | Water-related Disaster Management  
Leadership for Ensuring Water Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Knowledge, Financing and Capacity Development (Day 2 Tuesday, 4 December)
2:00 - 2:05

Curtain Raiser Film/Introduction by Moderator

2:05 - 2:10

Welcome Remarks

  • Koji Tanami [PDF]
    Governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation
2:10 - 2:15

Opening Remarks

  • Khoo Teng Chye
    Chief Executive of Public Utilities Board, Singapore
2:15 - 2:25

Keynote Speech

2:25 - 3:10

Roundtable Panel Discussion (Moderator: Maria Mercedes Robles)

Panelists:
  • HRH Willem-Alexander, the Prince of Orange - Chair of the UN Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
  • Mahendra Pal Chaudhry - Minister of Finance, National Planning & Public Enterprises & Sugar Industry, Republic of the Fiji Islands
  • Tetsuzou Fuyushiba [PDF] - Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Japan
  • Mahinda Dharmasiri Bandusena - Secretary to the Prime Minister, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
  • Ek Sonn Chan – General Director, Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, Kingdom of Cambodia
  • Margaret Catley-Carlson – Chair, Global Water Partnership

3:10 - 3:20

 Leaders Commitment
  • Khempheng Pholsena [PDF]
    Minister to the Prime Minister's Office, Head, Water Resources and Environment Administration and Chairperson, Lao National Mekong Committee, Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Ram Sharan Mahat [PDF]
    Minister of Finance, Nepal
3:20 - 3:30 Closing Remarks