FIRST

France

• Message

  HM Queen Elizabeth II

• Introduction

  Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwell CH CBE

  Chairman, FIRST Advisory Council

• Fashioning a French renaissance

  HE Nicolas Sarkozy

  President of the Republic of France

• Future directions

  Sir Stuart Bell MP

  Second Church Estates Commissioner and Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough

• Partners in ‘Global Europe’

  Sir Peter Westmacott KCMG LVO

  Ambassador of the United Kingdom to France

• The Entente: cordiale or glaciale?

  Charles Williams

  Banker, Politician and Author

• Irresistible Paris

  Pamela Goodman

  Travel Editor, FIRST

• Agreement and support

  Sir Brian Crowe

  Deputy Chairman of Chatham House

• France SA adapts its recipe

  Richard Brighouse

  Business Correspondent, FIRST

• A Politician’s reflections

  Dominic Grieve MP

  Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield and Shadow Attorney General

Azerbaijan

• National leader of Azerbaijan

  Profile of Heydar Aliyev

  National Leader of Azerbaijan

• The reform process continues

  Profile of Ilham Aliyev

  President of Azerbaijan

• Health, education and culture

  Mehriban Aliyeva

  Founder, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation

• A vital contribution to science

  Mahmoud Karimov

  Academician and President, the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan

• Tolerance, skill and style

  Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

  Chairman, the Anglo-Azerbaijan Society

• Azerbaijan’s international role

  Elmar Mammadyarov

  Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan

• Economic pragmatism

  Samir Rauf Oglu Sharifov

  Minister of Finance of the Republic of Azerbaijan

• Developing an industrial base

  Natik Aliyev

  Minister of Industry and Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan

• International Bank of Azerbaijan

  Jahangir Hajiyev

  Chairman of the Board, International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA)

• Close relations and friendship

  HE Fakhraddin Gurbanov

  Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Court of St James’s

• Banking sector takes shape

  Dr Elman S Rustamov

  Chairman of the Board, National Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan

• Developing tourism’s potential

  Dr Aboulfaz Garayev

  Minister of Tourism and Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

• A dynamic force in banking

  Dr Rauf Vafadar Oglu Rzayev

  Chairman of the Board, Kapital Bank, Azerbaijan

• Meeting customers’ needs

  Chingiz Asadullayev

  Head of the Supervisory Board, AGBank

• Leadership in the banking sector

  Etibar Aliyev

  Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Texnikabank

• Transparent, open and accountable

  Shahmar Arif Oglu Movsumov

  Executive Director of the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan

• A new retailing concept

  Rafael Hajiyev

  Chairman, ADA Group Management Board

UNCTAD

• Introduction

  HE John Kufuor

  President of Ghana

• The importance of UNCTAD

  Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi

  Secretary General, UNCTAD

• A unique opportunity

  Joe Baidoe-Ansah

  Ghana Minister of Trade, Industry & Private Sector Development

• Aid for trade

  Pascal Lamy

  Director-General, World Trade Organisation

• Making a positive impact

  Love Mtesa

  Zambian Ambassador to the United Nations

• Free trade and the global economy

  Peter Sutherland

  Chairman, Goldman Sachs International and Chairman, BP plc

• Photo report

  Visit Round-Up

• Azerbaijan

  • Socar special report