COORDINATION SEGMENT STATEMENTS
Monday, 7 July 2008
3 - 4 p.m.
Opening of the Coordination Segment
Theme: “The role of the United Nations system in implementing the ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the substantive session of 2007 of the Council” [4]
- Opening statement by H.E. Mr. Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima ( Cape Verde ), Vice- President of the Economic and Social Council
- Introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on the theme of the coordination segment ( E/2008/21 )
- Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs
4 - 6 p.m.
Panel discussion on the theme “Working towards food security: The United Nations system approach”
- Chair: H.E. Mr. Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima ( Cape Verde ), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council
- Moderator: Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs
- Panellists: Mr. John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
- Mr. Christopher Delgado, Adviser, Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank
- Ms. Julia Howard, Executive Director, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
- Mr. Themba N. Masuku, Director, FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations
- Mr. Allan Jury, Director, Division of External Relations, World Food Programme
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Panel discussion on the theme “Rural development and the challenges of social welfare: A country-level perspective”
- Chairman: H .E. Mr. Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima ( Cape Verde ), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council
- Panellists: Mr. Bunmi Makinwa, Director, Africa Division, UNFPA
- Mr. Allan Jury, Director, Division of External Relations, WFP
General discussion
3 - 6 p.m.
Introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on “The role of the ECOSOC in the integrated and coordinated implementation of the outcomes of and follow-up to major United Nations conferences and summits, in light of General Assembly relevant resolutions, including resolution 61/16”
- Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs
General debate
- Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77
- Congo
- Ethiopia
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Nigeria
- Switzerland
Round table discussion on “The role of the Economic and Social Council in addressing violence against women in all its forms and manifestations: A dialogue with the chairpersons of the functional commissions”
- Chairman: H.E. Mr. Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima ( Cape Verde ), Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council
- Moderator: Mr. Olivier Belle ( Belgium ), Chairperson, Commission on the Status of Women
- Panellists: Ms. Lorena Giménez ( Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ), Vice-Chairperson, Commission for Social Development
- Mr. Pali Lehohla ( South Africa ), Chairperson, Statistical Commission
- H.E. Ms. Elena Zuñiga ( Mexico ), Chairperson, Commission on Population and Development
Wednesday, 9 July
10 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Round table discussion on the theme “Coherence: strengthening the normative and operational link in the work of the UN on rural employment”
- Chairman: H.E. Mr. Pedro Antonio Lima ( cape Verde ), Vice-President of ECOSOC
- Moderator : Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director of ILO's Social Protection Sector
Panelists:
- Mr. Tareq Md. Ariful Islam, Vice-Chairperson of the Commission for Social Development
- Mr. Olivier Belle, Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of Women
- Mr. Juan Eduardo Eguiguren, representative of the Chairperson of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development
- Mr. Jose Eduardo Dantas Ferreira Barbosa, President of the WFP Executive Board
- Mr. Zdzislaw Rapacki, Chairperson of the ILO Governing Council
- Concluding remarks by Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs
- Closing remarks by H.E. Mr. Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima (Cape Verde), Vice-President of ECOSOC