The ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to UNCAC opened with a video message by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and addresses by the Prime Minister of Egypt, Mostafa Madbouly; Harib Al Amimi (United Arab Emirates), the outgoing president of the 8th session; Hassan Abdelshafy Ahmed Abdelghany (Egypt), the president of the ninth session; and Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Waly.