Over 600 delegates from more than 100 countries and representatives of 20 international organisations adopted a declaration pledging to take coordinated action in combating bird flu and preventing a human pandemic.
Among those attending was the Croatian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Petar Cobankovic, who announced that Croatia would seek a donation for the fight against avian influenza because it was one of the countries with a high risk of emergence of the disease.