E/2004/27 E/CN.6/2004/14 8. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the United Republic of Tanzania (on behalf of the Southern African Development Community), Algeria, Canada, China, Denmark, Japan, Bolivia, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Argentina, Guatemala, Botswana and the Russian Federation as well as by the observers for Namibia, Norway, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Angola, Venezuela, Iraq, Portugal, Fiji, New Zealand and Ghana. 9. At the same meeting, a statement was made by the representative of the Commonwealth Secretariat. 10. Also at the same meeting, a statement was made by the representative of the World Bank. 11. At the 7th meeting, on 3 March, statements were made by the representatives of Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, the Congo, South Africa, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Croatia, Benin and the Russian Federation, and by observers for Afghanistan, Ghana, Switzerland, Kuwait, Guyana, Myanmar, Iceland, Sweden, Liechtenstein and Kazakhstan. 12. The observer for Palestine also made a statement. 13. A statement was made by the representative of the regional commissions. 14. Statements were also made by the representatives of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 15. At the 8th meeting, on 4 March, statements were made by the representatives of the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Malaysia, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Kyrgyzstan, the Dominican Republic, Nigeria and Armenia, and by the observers for Italy, the Syrian Arab Republic, Bangladesh, Egypt, the Philippines, Australia, Jordan and Senegal. 16. A statement was made by the observer for the Holy See. 17. Statements were made by the representatives of the International Organization for Migration, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. 18. At the 9th meeting, on 4 March, statements were made by the representatives of Thailand, Guinea, Nicaragua, Brazil (on behalf of the Rio Group) and Gabon and by the observers for Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Viet Nam, Ethiopia, Zambia, Cameroon, Suriname, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Barbados and Mali. 19. Statements were also made by the representatives of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 20. Statements were made by representatives of the following non-governmental organizations and caucuses: Project Five-O; Coalition of Islamic Organizations; NGO Caucus on Women’s Equal Participation in Conflict Prevention, Management and Conflict Resolution, and in Post-conflict Peace-building; Labour Caucus; World Vision; International African Women’s Caucus; Women in Law and Development in Africa; Femmes Africa Solidarité; and International Possibilities Unlimited. 31