| At the dinner in honour of the African World Heritage Experts' meeting, and the African World Heritage Fund Workshop - Lord Charles Hotel, Somerset West, South Africa |
| At the Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors - UNESCO Headquarters |
| At the Plenary meeting of UNESCO African Group - UNESCO Headquarters |
| On the visit of His Excellency Jean Ping, President of the 59th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations - UNESCO Headquarters |
| On the first International Experts Committee on the Action Plan for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of the Old City of Jerusalem - Al Quds - UNESCO headquarters, Paris |
| On the last meeting of the series for the Caribbean States for the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage - Dominica, Roseau. |
| UNESCO/OECD Guidlines on Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education - OECD headquarters, Paris |
| On the occasion of the visit of His Excellency Gilberto Gil Brazilian Minister of Culture and UNESCO Artist for Peace - UNESCO headquarters, Paris |
| On the occasion of the Ad hoc working group on the relations between the three organs of UNESCO Information meeting for Permanent Delegates and Observers to UNESCO - UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France |
| Issues of Memory: Coming to Terms with the Slave Trade and Slavery - On the occasion of the closing ceremony of the 2004 International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition and the above mentioned International Conference. |
| On the occasion of the first official visit of His Excellency Svetozar Marovic, President of Serbia and Montenegro to UNESCO headquarters - UNESCO headquarters, Paris |
| International Conference on the Safeguarding and Restoration of Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage - UNESCO headquarters, Paris |
| UNESCO - What Future? - UNESCO headquarters, Paris |
| UNESCO/OECD Guidelines on Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education Drafting Meeting 2 - In collaboration with Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan. |
| On the occasion of the 170th session of the Executive Board - UNESCO headquarters, Paris. |
| On the occasion of the Launching of the publication: Minorities: From Non-Discrimination to Identity (by Dr. Ion Diaconu - Permanent Delegates Cercle, Miollis, Paris |
| On the occasion of the visit of His Excellency Dr. Sam Nujoma, President of the Republic of Namibia to UNESCO Headquarters - UNESCO Headquarters, Paris. |
| On the occasion of the Intergovernmental meeting of Experts on the Preliminary Draft Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and ARtistic Expressions - UNESCO headquarters, Paris |
| On the occasion of the First meeting of the Forum of African regional and sub-regional organizations to support cooperation between UNESCO and NEPAD (FOSRASUN) - UNESCO headquarters, Paris. |
| On the occasion of International Literacy Day - Cape Town South Africa. |
| On the occasion of the relighting of the eternal flame of the monument of the unknown chestnut - For the celebration of the bicentenary of the proclamation of the first black state, Haiti, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition - Port-au-Prince, Haiti - 24 August 2004 |
| The Cross-Cultural Networks in History of Modern Education of the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (ISCHE XXVI) - University of Geneva, 16 July 2004 |
| Intervention at the opening of the 28th session of the World Heritage Committee - Suzhou, China - 28 June 2004 |
| On the occasion of the inscription of the White City of Tel-Aviv – the Modern Movement (Israel) - on the World Heritage List - Tel-Aviv (Israel)- 6 - 8 June 2004 |
| Education and Development in the Commonwealth - University of Nottingham |
| Speech to the African Group at the United Nations - New York, United States of America |
| Intervention at the closing of the 169th session of the Executive Board |
| Intervention at the opening of the 169th session of the Executive Board |
| Perspectives on international quality assurance, accreditation and recognition of qualifications - On the occasion of the UNESCO/OECD Guidelines on Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education Drafting Meeting. |
| International seminar on Slave Trade in the Caribbean - Dominican Republic |
| History: imagination and reality - On the occasion of the Carthage 8th International meeting Beit al-Hikma Academy - Tunisia |
| Annual Meeting of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors - UNESCO, Paris |
| International Symposium on Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations - The contribution of Education, at all levels and stages, to the Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations - Sana'a, Yemen |
| Dialogue of Civilizations, Religions and Cultures in West Africa - International Congress on Inter-religious Dialogue - Abuja, Nigeria |
| Speech to the 2003 ADEA Biennale - Grand Baie, Mauritius |
| International Conference on Intercultural Dialogue and Culture of Peace - Libreville, Gabon |
| Réunion sur l'élaboration de lignes directrices UNESCO/OCDE sur La garantie de la qualité dans l'enseignement supérieur transnational - Paris, France |
| Décennie des Nations Unies pour l'Alphabétisation - A l'occasion de la célébration biennale de l'Association pour le Développement en Afrique. - Port Louis, Maurice (île) |
