Avian Influenza and the Pandemic Threat

Hanoi, Viet Nam, 20th – 21st April 2010

Event information:

• Event web site

• Event announcement

Event proceedings and declarations:

• Hanoi Declaration
• Opening session remarks by David Nabarro
• The Way Forward – What will be Needed
  

International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza
Hanoi, Viet Nam, 20th – 21st April 2010
Opening Session

Remarks by David Nabarro, Senior UN System Influenza Coordinator

Honourable Vice Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam;
Ministers and Senior Officials of the Government of Vietnam;
Ministers and other Heads of Delegation;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps in Vietnam;
Representatives of UN Systems Agencies, the OiE, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other regional and international entities;
Colleagues and Friends.

International Ministerial Conference on Animal and Pandemic Influenza: Hanoi 20th – 21st April 2010

7.1 Actions and Institutional Arrangements to Sustain Momentum

David Nabarro, Senior UN System Influenza Coordinator

It is my pleasure to share with you six different but interlinked outcomes of IMCAPI-Hanoi-2010 that are helping me as I think about the way forward:

Hanoi, Viet Nam, 20th – 21st April 2010
Technical Pre-Meeting

Remarks by David Nabarro, Senior UN System Influenza Coordinator

I would like to begin by thanking Dr Bong and the Government of VietNam for the superb work they have done to organise this conference. I thank you for the countless hours that have been devoted to bringing us together today. I would also like to acknowledge the generous contributions of the United States of America and the European Union, and the intensive engagement of the United Nations System, the OiE and the World Bank.

At the International Ministerial Conference: “Animal and Pandemic Influenza: The Way Forward”
Hanoi, Vietnam, 19-21 April 2010
IMCAPI Hanoi 2010

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