On the first day of the World Summit, heads of state from over 50 nations each got to spend five minutes speaking to the summit delegates. I had to sit towards the back with the civil society delegates, but still managed to get some photos of various heads of state.

	A couple hours before the opening session, I poked my head into the conference room to watch them setting up.		Delegates settle into place for the start of the opening session.
	UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan addresses the plenary.		As you can see I didn't have the best seats for Annan's speech.
	Somewhat closer picture of Annan.		Adama Sassekou, coordinator of the summit planning process.
	Pascal Couchepin, president of Switzerland.		President Ben-Ali of Tunisia, which will host the next summit in 2005.
	Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's notorius dictator.		Mugabe had just quit the British Commonwealth, and this was his first major speech since then.
	Mugabe spends his five minutes railing against the "racists governments" of America, Australia and Great Britain.		Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
			A view from the back while Mubarak speaks.
			The king of Lesotho.
	The king talks about the role of open source software in African countries.		Mohammed Khatami of Iran.
			Two Iranian civil society delegates listen to President Khatami.

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