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Office of the Director
United Nations Statistics Division

Statements by the Director
New York, USA
2 March 2012
Statement on Programme Issues by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the 43rd Session of the Statistical Commission
New York, USA
22-23 February 2012
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Twenty-first Inter-Agency and Expert Group Meeting on Millennium Development Goals Indicators
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
15-16 February 2012
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the UNRCC-PCGIAP International Symposium on Spatially Enabled Government and Society
Singapore
19 January 2012
Presentation, Inequality in Singapore, Institute of Policy Studies Close Door Dialogue
Singapore
18 January 2012
Lecture, 7 Billion Population: What do the stats tell us? Institute of Policy Studies Meeting of Corporate Associates
Singapore
16 January 2012
Presentation, "Singapore's Income Growth and Distribution: Issues and Challenges", Singapore Perspectives Conference 2012 - Singapore Inclusive: Bridging Divides
Beijing, China
24 October 2011
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Regional Seminar on International Trade Statistics
Manila, Philippines
19 October 2011
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Conference on the MDGs Statistics
Paris, France
12 October 2011
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division, “Measuring Well-Being in Developing Countries: Beyond the Millennium Development Goal Indicators”, Two years after the release of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission report: what new well-being and sustainability measures?
New York, USA
4 October 2011
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics
Beijing, China
27 September 2011
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Forum on Monitoring National Development: Issues and Challenges
Beijing, China
26 September 2011
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Advisory Committee Meeting of the China International Statistical Training Centre
Seoul, Republic of Korea
6 July 2011
Opening Remarks by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Seminar on Green Economy and Official Statistics
Winchester, United Kingdom
27 June 2011
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the , “UN Initiative on Global Geospatial Information: the Vision”, 2011 Cambridge Conference, ‘Mapping for a Fairer and Safer World’
New York, USA
27 June 2011
Opening Remarks by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Expert Group Meeting on International Standards for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System
Moscow, Russia
23 June 2011
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Conference “Russian State Statistics and Challenges of the XXIst Century”
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
13 June 2011
Keynote speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 19th International Input-Output Conference of the International Input-Output Association
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
9 June 2011
Lecture by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division on “Moving Ahead: Critical Developments in Official Statistics”, High Level Forum organized by Statistical Center of Abu Dhabi
Washington, DC, USA
3 May 2011
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the SDMX Conference, the World Bank
Shenzhen, China
25 April 2011
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Workshop on Measuring GDP by Final Demand Approach
Istanbul, Turkey
11 April 2011
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 1st Session of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Statistical Commission Meeting
New York, USA
25 February 2011
Statement on Programme Issues by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the 42nd Session of the Statistical Commission
New York, USA
16 February 2011
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Nineteenth Meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators (DRAFT)
Bangkok, Thailand
15 December 2010
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 2nd session of the Committee on Statistics of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (DRAFT)
Muscat, Oman
10-12 December 2010
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Inauguration of the General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments 2010
Moscow, Russia
17 November 2010
Opening remark by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 3rd International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators
Muscat, Oman
7-11 November 2010
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the "Global Trends, National Development, and Official Statistics", High level workshop for undersecretaries of different ministries “Importance of Statistics”
Lusaka, Zambia
1 November 2010
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Workshop on International Merchandise Trade Statistics
New York, USA
20 October 2010
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division on World Statistics Day
Manila,
the Philippines
11 October 2010
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Global Forum on Gender Statistics
Sydney, Australia
17 September 2010
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the NatStats 2010 Conference "Measuring what counts: economic development, wellbeing and progress in 21st century Australia"
Tokyo, Japan
31 August 2010
Welcoming Remarks by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Celebration of 40th Anniversary of SIAP and 9th Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices in Asia and the Pacific
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
13 - 14 August 2010
Keynote Address by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration
Seoul, Republic of Korea
19 July 2010
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Seminar on Information and Communication Technology Statistics
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14-15 June 2010
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the “Global census activities and overview of UNSD's role in the global statistical system”, High Level Forum organized by IGBE
Paris, France
8-10 June 2010
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 58th plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians of UNECE
Cairo, Egypt
17 May 2010
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the National Seminar on the Regional project on Census Data Analysis and Dissemination
New York, USA
26 February 2010
Statement on Programme Issues by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the 41st Session of the Statistical Commission
Singapore
28 January 2010
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Housing Conference on the occasion of the Singapore Housing and Development Board's 50th Anniversary celebration
Scheveningen, The Netherlands
14 December 2009
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Seminar on Early Warning and Business Cycle Indicators
Bangkok, Thailand
26 October 2009
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the 18th United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific
Singapore
9 October 2009
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Annual Corporate Planning Seminar of the Ministry of National Development of Singapore
Muscat, Oman
5-7 October 2009
Presentations by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Gulf Cooperation Council Statistical Strategy Workshop
New York, USA
1 September 2009
Opening remarks by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Expert Group Meeting on International Economic and Social Classifications
Seoul, Republic of Korea
6 July 2009
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 2nd International Workshop on Economic Census
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
16 June 2009
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Commemorative Conference of the 60th Anniversary of the Malaysia Department of Statistics “Department of Statistics, Malaysia: 60 Years Generating National Statistics”
Beijing, China
8 June 2009
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Workshop on From Data to Accounts: Measuring Production in National Accounting
Ottawa, Canada
27 May 2009
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Seminar on Timeliness, Methodology and Comparability of Rapid Estimates of Economic Trends
Bali, Indonesia
30 March 2009
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 5th UNWTO International Conference on Tourism Statistics - Tourism: an Engine for Employment Creation
New York, USA
27 February 2009
Statement on Programme Issues by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the 40th Session of the Statistical Commission
Bangkok, Thailand
4 February 2009
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 1st session of ESCAP Committee on Statistics
Accra, Ghana
26 January 2009
Opening statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Global Forum on Gender Statistics
Seoul, Republic of Korea
11-12 December 2008
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the Conference on Climate Change, Development and Official Statistics in the Asia-Pacific Region
Barbados
27 October 2008
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the 33rd Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians
Shanghai, China
16 October 2008
Plenary Address by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the IAOS Conference on Reshaping Official Statistics
Shanghai, China
13 October 2008
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 7th Management Seminar for the Heads of National Statistical Offices in Asia and the Pacific
Cary, USA
12 August 2008
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Global Statistical System”, Corporate Seminar, Statistical Analysis System (SAS)
San Diego, USA
2 August 2008
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the “Census Summit” GIS for Census and Statistical Agencies
Tokyo, Japan
5 June 2008
Lecture by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the UN initiatives on the Global Spatial Data Initiative (GSDI) and UNSD projects”, Global Forum Mapping 2008
Geneva, Switzerland
27 May 2008
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 2008 Global Event on Measuring the Information Society
Luxembourg
6 May 2008
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Joint UNSD- Eurostat Conference on "International Outreach and Coordination in National Accounts for Sustainable Growth and Development"
Oslo, Norway
14-16 April 2008
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the Conference on Climate Change and Official Statistics
New York, USA
7 April 2008
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the United Nations Expert Group Meeting to Review the Handbook on Geographic Databases and Census Mapping
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
20 March 2008
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Stakeholders Workshop on Statistical Capacity Building
Vientiane, Lao PDR
17 March 2008
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Stakeholders Workshop on Statistical Capacity Building
New York, USA
29 February 2008
Statement on Programme Issues by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division to the 39th Session of the Statistical Commission
Rome, Italy
10-12 December 2007

Global Forum on Gender Statistics

Tokyo, Japan
27 November 2007
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Symposium on the Development of Official Statistics
New York, USA
5 November 2007
Opening Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Measuring the Economically Active Population in Censuses
Beijing, China
22-24 October 2007

Fourth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics (ICAS-4)

Michigan, USA
12 October 2007
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Conference on “Solving Problems in Society: Ideas of People” on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Joint Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science - University of Michigan
Manila, Philippines
1 October 2007

18th National Statistics Month, 10th National Convention on Statistics, International Conference on Millennium Development Goals Statistics

Bonn, Germany
25-27 September 2007
A Global Assembly on Measuring Civil Society and Volunteering
Lisbon, Portugal
23 August 2007
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 56th Session of the International Statistical Institute
New York, USA
20 August, 2007
24th Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
New York, USA
16-19 July, 2007
Joint Session of Expert Group Meetings on Industrial Statistics and Distributive Trade Statistics
New York, USA
19-23 March, 2007
Fifth Meeting of the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts
New York, USA
2 March 2007

38th Session of the Statistical Commission on the Occasion of its 60th Anniversary

New York, USA
27 February 2007
Hanoi, Vietnam
7 February 2007
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the “The 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses”, 3rd International Roundtable on Managing for Development Results
Tokyo, Japan
22 January 2007
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the East Asia Expert meeting on Manufacturing Statistics
New York, USA
15 December 2006
"Making Progress on Environmental Sustainability: lessons and recommendations from a review of over 150 MDG country experiences"
New York, USA
12-14 December 2006
Interagency and Expert Group Meeting on the Development of Gender Statistics
New York, USA
4 – 7 December 2006
UN Expert Group Meeting on Measuring International Migration: Concepts and Methods
Copenhagen, Denmark
30 November  – 1 December 2006
Workshop on Ecosystems and Natural Capital Accounting
Tokyo, Japan
7 November 2006
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 11th Meeting of the Heads of National Statistical Offices of East Asian Countries
Chiba, Japan
2-3 November 2006
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 2nd Session of the Governing Council of the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
Washington DC, USA
19-20 October 2006
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 2007 Bureau of the Conference of European Statisticians
Michigan, USA
3 October 2006
Lecture by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the “The 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Census”, University of Michigan (Population Studies Center)
Bangkok, Thailand
18-19 September 2006
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 17th UN Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Pacific
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
28 August 2006
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the meeting of the Steering Committee of the UNSD-ECOWAS Statistics Project
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
29-30 August 2006
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Workshop on strategic planning of statistical activities
Madrid, Spain, 17-20 July 2006 International Workshop on Tourism Statistics
Doha, Qatar
5-7 June 2006
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Symposium on Statistics for Development: A Dialogue between Users and Producers of Statistics
Voorburg, the Netherlands,
22-24 May 2006
User-Producer Conference: Water Accounting for Integrated Water Resource Management
Bangkok, Thailand
19 May 2006
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the High-Level Symposium on Official Statistics
Tokyo, Japan
15 May 2006
Keynote Speech by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Symposium on “Designing of Official Statistics of Japan”
Vienna, Austria
28 March-4 April 2006
23rd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
Bellagio, Italy
21 March 2006
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the "Measuring the progress of Societies: A Key Policy Challenge” Conference
New York, USA
10 March 2006
37th Session of the Statistical Commission
Cape Town, S. Africa
30 January -6 February 2006
Building a strong national statistical systems in Africa : the key role of the 2010 World Programme on Population Censuses
Mexico
28-29 November 2005
OECD Latin America and the Caribbean Conference on. Environmental Information and Decision Making
Beijing, China
21-22 November 2005
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Workshop on the Strategy of Reform and Development of the Statistical System in China
New York, USA
04 November 2005
Endorsement and organizational commitment by UNSD and Invitation to International Agencies: Principles Governing International Statistical Activities
New York, USA
19-23 September 2005
Expert Group Meeting on Industrial Statistics
Cape Town, South Africa
5 September 2005
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the 14th Conference of Commonwealth Statisticians: "Millennium + 5: Managing Statistics for more Equitable Societies
New York, USA
29-31 August 2005
Preliminary Meeting of the United Nations Committee on Environmental-Economic Accounting
New York, USA
22-25 August 2005
UN Expert Group on Distributive Trade Statistics - First Meeting
New York, USA
22-26 August 2005
United Nations Expert Group Meeting on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Beijing, China
26-29 July 2005
International Workshop on Economic Census
Aguascalientes, Mexico,
4-6 July 2005
Workshop on New Alternatives for Population and Housing Census
New York, USA
27 June 2005
8th UN Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas
New York, USA
20-24 June 2005
Meeting of the Expert Group on International Economic and Social Classifications
Vienna, Austria
20-22 June 2005
Work Session on Water Statistics
New York, USA
23-25 May 2005
Ad-hoc Energy Group Meeting
Noumea, New Caledonia
1 April 2005
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) Meeting on "Issues for Official Statistics from Small Economies"
Sydney, Australia
31 March 2005
Statement by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS) Meeting on "Issues for Official Statistics from Small Economies"
Singapore
28 March 2005
Lecture by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the “International statistical issues”, Forum organized by Singapore Department of Statistics
Seattle, USA
7 March 2005
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Population Census Conference
New York, USA
1-4 March 2005
36th Session of the Statistical Commission
Bangkok, Thailand
4 February 2005
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the “The United Nations Statistics Division activities in distributive trade statistics: An outline”, Session 3 - Forum for Asia/Pacific Statisticians (APEX 1)
Bangkok, Thailand
3 February 2005
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Session 2 - Forum for Asia/Pacific Statisticians (APEX 1)
Palermo, Italy
10 – 13 November 2004
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge and Policy
Aguascalientes, Mexico,
26-27 October 2004
UN, FIG, PC IDEA Inter-regional Special Forum on The Building of Land Information Policies in the Americas
Geneva, Switzerland
27 September 2004
Presentation by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the Meeting of the Household Survey Network
SIAP, Tokyo, Japan
2 August 2004
Lecture by Mr. Paul Cheung, Director of the United Nations Statistics Division at the “UNSD's collaboration and working relationship with NSOs and regional institutions”, High level Forum organized by Statistical Institute for Asia and Pacific