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Keynote speakers
The World Civil Society Forum welcomed several keynote speakers in the plenary sessions. You can access written and audio versions of the speeches.

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Keynote Speakers

SE Sergei Ordzhonikidze
SE Sergei Ordzhonikidze
Director of the United Nations Office in Geneva
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Our common objective is an inclusive, tolerant international society where all individuals can participate and contribute. To achieve this aim, the process of reaching it also needs to be as inclusive as possible. Galvanizing NGOs in developing countries to become catalysts for change in their regions is, therefore, of concern to the UN. It is in everybody's interest that civil society participation is as broad as possible. This is crucial to fulfilling the ambitious and necessary goals of the Millennium Declaration. quote