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International Day 2003

Events planned by UN ESCAP

The following events are being planned to mark the International Day for the eradication of poverty on 17 October 2003:

PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY

Tentative programme
Conference Room 2
United Nations Conference Centre
Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok

08.30	Registration
08.45 – 09.00	Guests and participants are seated Conference Room 2
09.00 – 09.05	Welcome address by the Executive Secretary of ESCAP and message from Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan
09.05 - 09.10	Introduction from UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Mr. Robert England
09.10 – 09.20	Brief history of the Day by International Movement ATD Fourth World
09.20–09.35	Testimonies contributed by persons who have overcome adverse circumstances.
09.35 – 10.25	Panel discussion I: "Barriers to reaching the poor: Do they exist and how do we overcome them?"
10.25 - 10.45	Coffee break, meeting each other, time to look at the exhibition
10.45 – 10.55	Video to present the Millennium Development Goals
10.55 – 11.45	Panel discussion II: "Building new pathway towards cooperative future with the poor?"
11.45 – 12.00	Closing session: The “Village of Harmony”, a model in papier mâché presented by the children who made it Music Tentative list of participants in the panel discussions: - Prof. Bantom Ondam, Adviser, Assembly of the Poor - Mr. Suwit Watnu, Human Settlement Foundation - Prof. Amonsiri Sansuratikul, translator of “The very Poor, living proof of the Indivisibility of Human Rights”