A/CONF.171/13 English Page 129 8. At the 5th plenary meeting, on 7 September, the Conference heard statements by the representatives of Italy, Paraguay, Ghana, Tonga, Hungary, Slovenia, Fiji, Panama, Mali, Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago and Cuba. 9. At the same meeting, the representative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization made a statement. 10. At the 6th plenary meeting, on 7 September, statements were made by the representatives of the Federated States of Micronesia, Bolivia, Thailand, Sweden, the Holy See, Benin, Burkina Faso, Nicaragua, Greece, Kuwait and the Philippines. The observer for Palestine made a statement. 11. At the same meeting, the representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations made a statement. Statements were also made by the Acting Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the Rector of the United Nations University, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, the Chairman of the Commission on Sustainable Development, the Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Chairperson/Rapporteur of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations. The representative of the Organization of African Unity, an intergovernmental organization, made a statement. Statements were also made by the representatives of the following non-governmental organizations: International Youth NGO Consultation of ICPD, Independent Commission of Population and Quality of Life, Population Action International, Population Council, Center for Development and Population Activities, Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices and International Right to Life Federation. 12. At the 7th plenary meeting, on 8 September, the Conference heard statements by the representatives of Israel, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, South Africa, Ukraine, Zambia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Malta, Namibia, Cameroon, Switzerland and Portugal. 13. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the Asian Development Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute, intergovernmental organizations. 14. At the 8th plenary meeting, on 8 September, statements were made by the representatives of Senegal, Guatemala, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Suriname, the Netherlands, Mongolia, Mozambique, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Cook Islands and Eritrea. 15. At the same meeting, statements were made by the Executive Secretaries of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and the Economic Commission for Europe and the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Statements were made by the representatives of the Council of Europe, the African Development Bank and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, intergovernmental organizations. Statements were also made by the representatives of the following non-governmental organizations: Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics, International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Population Institute, Union of Concerned Scientists, American /...