E/2002/27 E/CN.6/2002/13 5. At the 2nd meeting, on 4 March, statements were made by the representatives of Denmark, Germany and Japan and by the observers for Thailand, Israel, Canada, Costa Rica (on behalf of the Rio Group), Jamaica and Rwanda. 6. The observer for Switzerland also made a statement. 7. Statements were also made by the representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Health Organization. 8. At the same meeting, observers for the following non-governmental organizations also made statements: Caucus of Working Group on Girls; spokesperson on behalf of the International Council of Women, International Business and Professional Women, International Federation of University Women, Soroptimist International and Zonta International; Youth Caucus; International Health Awareness Network; and Women’s National Commission of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 9. At the 3rd meeting, on 5 March, statements were made by the representatives of China, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the United States of America, Guatemala, Croatia, Indonesia, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, Cuba, Burkina Faso, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Burundi, and by the observers for Bangladesh, Ghana and Liechtenstein. 10. The observer for Palestine also made a statement. 11. Statements were also made by the representatives of the International Labour Organization and the World Bank. 12. At the same meeting, statements were made by the representatives of the United Nations Population Fund and the Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (on behalf of the five regional commissions). 13. The observer for the International Organization for Migration also made a statement. 14. Also at the same meeting, the observer for the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, made a statement. 15. At the 4th meeting, on 5 March, statements were made by the representatives of Lithuania, the Dominican Republic, Turkey, Mexico, Malaysia, Egypt, Tunisia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Gabon, and the observers for Angola, the Syrian Arab Republic, Romania, Kenya, Namibia, Ecuador, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Iraq and Suriname. 16. At the same meeting, the observer for the Subcommittee on Older Women of the NGO Committee on the Status of Women also made a statement. 28