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14 May 2008

8:30 - 10:00

ECOSOC Chamber
(closed)

Early-Morning, Closed Ministerial Meeting/Straight Talk: Introductory Session
10:00 - 13:00

General Assembly Hall
(Plenary)

Opening of the High-Level Segment

Chair: CSD-16 Chair
Opening remarks: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
Eminent Person: information to be updated

The Way Forward
 

15:00 - 16:00

Conf. Room 4
(Plenary)

The Way Forward (cont.)
16:00 - 18:00

Conf. Room 4

Roundtable 1:

Investing in Africa to Achieve Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development

Conf. Room 2

Roundtable 2:

Inter-linkages among the thematic issues, including adaptation to climate change

 
10:00 - 13:00   No activity scheduled
15:00 - 17:30   No activity scheduled
 
10:00 - 13:00    No course scheduled
15:00 - 18:00

Conf. Room 6

A Global Tool Box to Manage Water and Nutrients for Agri-Communities

Sponsor: American Society of Agronomy

Conf. Room B

Access to Readily Available Extension, Educational, and Research Information and Resources

Sponsor: USDA and CAB International
 
13:15 - 14:45 Conf. Room 6 Sustainable Development in China - Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought Desertification

Organized by: National Development and Reform Commission of China
Conf. Room B Enhancing the economic value of dryland areas through sustainable agricultural practices
Conf. Room 4 Gender-sensitive national sanitation policies - challenges and opportunities

Organized by: Water and Natural Resources Branch, DESA/DSD

Conf. Room 2 Bioenergy, agriculture, international trade and sustainable development

Organized by: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

18:15 - 19:45 Conf. Room 6 National Sustainable Development Strategies - progress and prospects

Organized by: National Information, Monitoring and Outreach Branch, DESA/DSD
Conf. Room B Saving water from field to fork - Report plus PPP partners IWMI, SEI and Chalmers

Organized by: Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI
Conf. Room 4 Agriculture and Biofuels: Policy Implications for Latin America

Organized by: United Nations Foundation
Conf. Room 2 Network of Women Agriculture Ministers

Organized by: WOCAN with IFAD and FAO
 

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North East Gallery, Visitors' Lobby, UNHQ

Hard Rain - Our Headlong Collision with Nature: Photographs illustrating climate change, poverty and the sixth great extinction

Organized by: Still Pictures, UNEP and UNDP

10:00 - 17:00 UN Visitors Lobby Natural World Museum International Art Exhibition: Art, Attitudes & Environment

Organized by: UN DPI, UNEP, Natural World Museum

10:00 - 17:00 UNFF Website Webforum on "Reversing the loss of forest cover, preventing forest degradation in all types of forests and combating desertification, including low forest cover countries"

Organized by: UN Forum on Forests Secretariat

13:15 - 14:45 Conf. Room 1 Panel discussion: Nanotechnologies and their implications for the global South

Organized by: United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)

18:30 - 21:30 German Permanent Mission, 871 UN Plaza (1st Ave/49th St) Agriculture and Climate Change - Challenges for Workers, Producers and Consumers

This event is open to the accredited CSD participants

Organized by: German Trade Union for Building, Agriculture and Environment, German NGO Forum Environment and Development

 
8:30 - 9:00

Conf. Room A

Youth and Children
9:00 - 10:00 Conf. Room A NGOs informational meeting
10:00 - 11:00 Conf. Room A Women
11:00 - 12:00 Conf. Room A Scientific and Technological Community
11:00 - 12:00 UNICEF Conf. Room, 7th floor Education
12:00 - 13:00 Conf. Room A Local Authorities
13:00 - 14:00 Conf. Room A Indigenous People
14:00 - 15:00 Conf. Room A African Region
15:00 - 16:00 Conf. Room A Business and Industry
16:00 - 17:00 Conf. Room A Global Public Private Network on Water and Sanitation
17:00 - 18:00 Conf. Room A Workers and Trade Unions
18:00 - 19:00 Conf. Room A NGOs review strategy meeting
19:00 - 20:00 Conf. Room A