A/CONF.171/13 English Page 130 Association of Retired Persons, Church World Service, International Panel of Academies on Population and Development, Centro de Investigacion Social, Formación y Estudios de la Mujer, National Audubon Society, World Council of Churches, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, IPAS-Women’s Health Initiatives and Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development. 16. At the 9th plenary meeting, on 9 September, the Conference heard statements by the representatives of the Niger, Malawi, Colombia, Botswana, Nigeria, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Rwanda, Estonia and Vanuatu. 17. At the 10th plenary meeting, on 9 September, statements were made by the Prime Minister of Madagascar and the representatives of Norway, Uruguay, Ecuador, the Russian Federation, Luxembourg, Poland, Mauritius, Jamaica, Nepal, Guinea-Bissau, Albania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Viet Nam, Belize, Slovakia, the Marshall Islands, Honduras, Bulgaria, the Congo, Kiribati, Niue, Maldives and Latvia and the observer for the British Virgin Islands. 18. At the same meeting, statements were made by the Deputy Director-General of the International Labour Organization and the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. The Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme also made statements. Statements were made by the representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation, intergovernmental organizations. 19. At the 11th plenary meeting, on 12 September, the Conference heard statements by the representatives of Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Myanmar, El Salvador, Belarus, Iceland, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, the Central African Republic, Peru, Liberia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the United Republic of Tanzania. 20. At the 12th plenary meeting, on 12 September, the Conference heard statements by the representatives of Angola, Burundi, Seychelles, Zaire, Guinea, Costa Rica, the Gambia, Haiti, Jordan, Gabon, San Marino, the Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Azerbaijan, Sao Tome and Principe, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia and Turkmenistan and the observer for the United States Virgin Islands. 21. At the same meeting, the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund and the representative of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean made statements. The representative of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, an intergovernmental organization, made a statement. Statements were also made by the following non-governmental organizations: Pathfinder International, Vivid Communication with Women in their Cultures, Family Planning Association of India, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Pacific Island Association of Non-Governmental Organizations, International Alliance of Women - Equal Rights, Equal Responsibilities, International Federation for Family Life Promotion, Margaret Sanger Center and CARITAS Association in Egypt for Community Development. /...