Top row, left to right: Mr Ramesh Chandra A. Jain, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, India; Mr Mohammed Umar, Director, Institute for Research, Extension and Training in Agriculture, University of the South Pacific; H.E. Hima Takelesi, High Commissioner of Niue to New Zealand; Dr Virachai Virameteekul, Vice Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand; Mr Keng Yong Ong, Secretary General, ASEAN Secretariat;
Middle row, left to right: Dr Hari Krishna Upadhyaya, Member (Agriculture) of the National Planning Commission, Nepal; Mr Q.A.M.A. Rahim, Secretary-General, SAARC; The Honourable Tuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau, Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Meteorology, Samoa; H.E. Major General Nyunt Tin, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation of Myanmar; The Honourable M.K. Anwar, Minister for Agriculture of Bangladesh; H.E. Y.B. Tan Sri Dato Haji Muhyiddin bin Haji Mohd Yassin, Minister for Agriculture of Malaysia; H.E. Mr Zhang Baowen,Vice Minister of Agriculture, China,
Bottom row, left to right: Mr He Changchui, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, FAO; Mr Jacques Diouf, Director-General, FAO; H.E. Mr Somsak Thepsutin, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand; Mr Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary UNESCAP; Mr G.H.P.B. van der Linden, Vice-President, ADB; Honourable Young M. Vivian, MP, Premier of Niue.
