8. Keynote statements were then made by leading United Nations and other international organizations, on the topics relevant to the “mainstreaming biodiversity” areas of focus. Statements were also made by Mr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization, Ms. Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Ms. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Ms. Inger Andersen, Director-General, International Union for the Conservation of Nature