REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace – Work – Fatherland
Presidency of the Republic
CIVIL CABINET
REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN Paix – Travail – Patrie
Présidence de la République
CABINET CIVIL
Yaoundé,
60th COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE (Yaoundé, 6 October 2014) ********** OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
PROGRAMME
MONDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2014
7.00 a.m. - 8.00 a.m. - Population and entertainment groups assemble at the Conference Centre
8.00 a.m. - 9.00 a.m. - Arrival of Guests and Delegations at the Conference Centre
9.00 a.m. - 10.40 a.m. - Arrival of National Dignitaries and the Diplomatic Corps
10.45 a.m. - End of installation of Personalities at the Conference Centre
10.50 a.m. - Arrival of His Excellency the President of the Republic and Mrs Chantal BIYA
11.00 a.m. - Solemn Opening Ceremony
- Welcome Address by the Government Delegate to the Yaoundé City Council
- Introduction of Delegations by the Chairperson of the Organizing Committee of the 60th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
- Address by the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Address by the Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Address by the Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Right Honourable CAVAYE YEGUIE DJIBRIL
- Address by the President of the Senate, Marcel NIAT NJIFENJI
- Reading of the Message of Queen Elizabeth II by the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Cameroon
- Speech by His Excellency Paul BIYA, President of the Republic of Cameroon
- Vote of Thanks by the Conference
- Group photograph
1.00 p.m. End of Official Opening Ceremony