WELCOMING REMARKS

H.E. Mr. Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Secretary General of the League of Arab States (LAS)

Ms. Amina J. Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group

H.E. Mr. Waed Abdullah Badhib
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation of the Republic of Yemen.

Ms. Rola Dashti
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)