2002 - OPEC

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Secretary General’s Diary
Jan 30–31 Keynote address to The Economist Conference’s Oil, Gas & Electricity Summit, Athens, Greece
Feb 1–3 Attended the World Economic Forum Annual Summit, New York, United States
Feb 4 Guest Speaker at Luncheon of Venezuelan American Association of the US, New York, USA
Feb 5 Addressed the Oxford University European Affairs Society, Oxford, United Kingdom
Feb 18–22 Official visit to Australia
Feb 23–27 Official visit to New Zealand and attended the 2002 New Zealand Petroleum Conference
Mar 3–5 Official visit to Russia together with the President of the Conference, HE Dr R Lukman, Moscow,
Russia
Mar 20 Keynote address to the Diplomatic Academy, Vienna, Austria
Apr 7–9 Addressed the 10 th Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference, Doha, Qatar
Apr 14 Spanish Ministry of Economy’s Seminar on The International Role of the Euro, Ovideo, Spain
May 11–14 7 th Conference of the Organization of the Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Cairo, Egypt
Jun 12 23 rd Session of the Ministerial Council of the OPEC Fund for International Development, Vienna,
Austria
Jun 18 Signed Memorandum of Understanding between OPEC and the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland
Aug 5–6 Official Visit to the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
Aug 26–Sept 4 Attended the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
Sep 5 Attended the presentation at OPEC Luncheon as part of the 17 th World Petroleum Congress, Rio
de Janeiro, Brasil
Sept 21–23 Attended the 8 th International Energy Forum, Osaka, Japan
Oct 14–15 Attended the GASTECH 2002 Conference, Doha, Qatar
Oct 23–Nov 1 Attended the 8 th Session of the Conference of the Parties, New Delhi, India
Nov 5–6 Attended the 23 rd Annual Oil & Money Conference, London, United Kingdom
Nov 20 Attended the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) Round Table on
Security of Energy Supply, Geneva, Switzerland