1. The Ministerial Conference on Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure Development in Asia and the Pacific was organized and hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea, through the Ministry of Planning and Budget, in Seoul on 5 October 2007, with support provided by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).
2. H.E. Mr. Chang Byoung Wan, Minister of Planning and Budget of the Republic of Korea, gave an opening address. Mrs. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of UNESCAP, read out a message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and delivered a statement.