High-level Opening Ceremony 10 am, Monday, 12 September, in ESCAP Hall

• H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th session of the General Assembly
• H.E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand
• Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
• Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
• Mr. Kitack Lim, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization
• Ms. Xiaojun Grace Wang, Head of Delegation, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation
• Additional principals of UN Agencies, intergovernmental and other partners (TBC)

The eleventh Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo) is being co-organized by the Government of Thailand, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) in conjunction with more than 20 United Nations agencies and 100 plus partners.

This year the United Nations International Day for South-South Cooperation will be commemorated on 12 September 2022 in conjunction with the opening of the GSSD Expo.

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