The Challenges of Freshwater:
A Dialogue

Location: Conference Room 4
Time: 9:45 a.m. - 12 noon , Thursday 12 December 2002

Video Presentation 
• "Water, A Drop of Life"

Opening Remarks:  
• Ms. Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General

Response:  
• H.E. Mr. Talbak Nazarov, Foreign Minister of Tajikstan

Moderator:  
• Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information

Discussants:  
• Mr. Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
• H.E. Ms. June Clarke, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, Vice President of the UN General Assembly
• H.E. Mr. Milos Alcalay, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations, Chair of G-77 and China
• Mr. Gourisankar Ghosh, Executive Director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

  Questions From the Floor
  
  11:30 a.m. Water Songs

• By Pete Seeger and Bob Reid, and the Children's Choir of the United Nations International School

Live Webcast Coverage of the Event