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World Education Forum brought together some 1,100 national leaders,
including two heads of state (of Nigeria and Senegal), some
100 ministers of education, and several ministers of departments
of international development. United Nations Secretary-General
Kofi Annan and six other heads of UN agencies and the World
Bank also attended the Forum, along with education policy-makers,
over 100 NGOs, business leaders, donors, and grassroots education
workers and journalists. |
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were three major categories of delegates: |
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Country
teams nominated by governments in more than 164 countries,
including representatives from ministries of education
and other government departments such as finance, health,
labour, development cooperation, women's affairs and early
childhood, human resource development, culture and sports,
science and technology, agriculture and public service
and information. |
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Decision-makers,
specialists, academics, authors and opinion leaders. |
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Representatives
of inter-governmental, bilateral and non-governmental
organizations. |
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number of specially invited Heads of State, heads of United
Nations agencies, and key personalities are also expected
to attend. They include: |
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Kofi
Annan,
United Nations Secretary-General |
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Graça
Machel, Former Education Minister, Mozambique |
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Jean-Claude
Faure, Chairman of the Development Assistance Committee
for the OECD |
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Carol
Bellamy, Executive Director, United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF) |
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Mark
Malloch Brown, Administrator, United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) |
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Gro
Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, World Health
Organization (WHO) |
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Koichiro
Matsuura, Director-General, United Nations Educational,
Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO) |
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Peter
Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS |
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Nafis
Sadik, Executive Director, United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA) |
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James
Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank |
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H.E.
General Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria |
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H.
E. Mr Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal |
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