INAUGURAL CEREMONY. Speech by Mr. Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada, President of the National Assembly of the People\'s Power. Speech by Sir Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Speech by Dr. Najma Heptulla, President of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Speech by His Excellency Mr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Council State and Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE. Election of the President and Vice-President of the Conference. Consideration of possible requests for the inclusion of a supplementary item in the agenda: Supplementary item, Emergency supplementary item. Final Conference Agenda. GENERAL DEBATE ON THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SITUATION IN THE WORLD. SPECIAL ADDRESS. Address by the President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba. Securing observance of the principles of international law in the interests of world peace and security. Education and culture as essential factors in promoting the participation of men and women in political life and as prerequisites for the development of peoples. Contribution of the world\'s parliaments to the struggle against terrorism, in conformity with resolution 55/158 of the United Nations General Assembly (Supplementary item). International action to meet the emergency situation in Afghanistan, compounded by the recent destruction of cultural heritage by the Taliban (Emergency supplementary item). Amendments to the Statutes and Rules of the Union. Closure of the Conference. ANNEXES. Securing observance of the principles of international law in the interests of world peace and security (item 4). Education and culture as essential factors in promoting the participation of men and women in political life and prerequisites for the development of peoples (item 5): Text of the resolution. Results of the roll-call vote on the requests for the inclusion of a supplementary item in the Conference agenda. Contribution of the world\'s parliaments to the struggle against terrorism, in conformity with resolution 55/158 of the United Nations General Assembly (item 7): Text of the resolution. Results of the roll-call vote on the request of the delegation of Germany for inclusion of an emergency supplementary item. International item to meet the emergency situation in Afghanistan, compounded by the recent destruction of cultural heritage by the Taliban (item 8): Text of the resolution. President and Vice-President of the Conference. List of Delegates

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