2:00 p.m. Official Pre-Summit Media Briefing:
[Text: English] [Text: French] [ Video: English]

H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa;
Mr. Nitin Desai, Secretary-General of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Followed by a briefing on media logistics and arrangements by
Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit

For interested journalists, a tour of the facilities will be available immediately after the briefings.

11:00 a.m. What should the Summit achieve?
[Text: English] [Text: French] [ Video: English]

Mr. Ian Johnson, Vice-President, Sustainable Development, World Bank

12:00 p.m. Daily press briefing by Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit
[Text: English] [ Video: English]

12:30 p.m. Daily press briefing by the Spokesman for the Host Government, with Mr. Charles Nqakula, South African Minister of Safety and Security
[ Video: English]

2:00 p.m. NGOs Challenge Governments to Act at Jo'burg
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)
[Text: English] [Text: French] [ Video: English]

2:30 p.m. Business at the Summit: An introduction to the business presence at WSSD
[Text: English] [Text: French] [ Video: English]
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman of Business Action for Sustainable Development;
Lord Richard Holme, International Chambe of Commerce;
Mr. Rueul Khosa, CEO, ESKOM;
Mr. Bjorn Stigson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

3:00 p.m. International Council of Local Environment Initiatives (sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)
[Text: English] [Text:French] [ Video: English]

3:30 p.m. Water for African Cities:
[Text: English] [Text: French] [ Video: English]
Ms. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of the UN Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat);
Prof. Kader Asmal, Minister for Education of South Africa and Stockholm Water Prize Laureate;
Mr. Tim Wirth, President of the UN Foundation.

11:00 a.m. Global Judges Symposium on Environmental Law:
[Text: English] [Text: French]

[ Video: English]

12:00 p.m. Daily press briefing by Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit
[Text: English] [ Video: English]

12:30 p.m. Daily press briefing by the Spokesman for the Host Government
[ Video: English]

1:30 p.m. Coalition for Sustainable Development
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Ms. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of the UN Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat);
Ms. S.D. Mthembi-Mahanyele, Minister of Housing of South Africa;
Mr. Alan Llyod, President of International Union of Local Authorities and President of the World Associations of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination;
Ms. Mercedes Bresso, President of United Towns Organization

2:30 p.m. Trade Unions at Johannesburg: "Grounding Sustainability in Reality":
[Text: English] [ Video: English]
Mr. John Evans, General Secretary of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD;
Mr. Nilton Freitas, Central Unica dos Trabahaldores (CUT-Brazil);
Ms. Anita Normark, General Secretary of the International Federation of Building and Wood;
Mr. Vavi Zwelimzima, General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU);
Mr. Lucien Royer, Health and Safety Specialist, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

3:00 p.m. Women's Caucus
[Text: English] [ Video: English]
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

3:30 p.m. WASH: It's the Big Issue:
[Text: English] [ Video: English]
Sir Richard Jolly, Chair of Water, Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC);
Mr. Ronnie Kasrils, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry of South Africa;
Ms. Maria Mutagamba, Minister of State for Water of Uganda
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat).

10:00 a.m. International Energy Agency:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Ms. Fiona Davies, Press Officer
Mr. Jonathan Pershing, Head of the Energy and Environment Division;
Dr. Fatih Birol, Head of the Economic Analysis Division
(sponsored by the Delegation of the United Kingdom)

10:30 a.m. UN Works: Meet the People on the Billboards:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Lama Byambajay of Mongolia;
Dr. Jeya Wilson of South Africa;
Ms. Pauline Tangiora of New Zealand;
Ms. Janet Horani of Jordan;
Mr. Wes Adell of the United States;
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak of India

11:00 a.m. Justice and Solidarity: Ethics for sustainability:
[Text: English] [Text: French] [ Video: English]
Mr. Molefe Tsele, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches;
Mr. Demba Moussa Dembele, Jubilee South;
Ms. Ivonne Yanez, Friends of Earth International
Ms. Elisabeth Salvesen, Norwegian Delegation, WSSD
(sponsored by the Delegation of Norway)

11:30 a.m. Launch of the Pakistani WSSD Commemorative Stamp:
Ms. Shahida Jamil, Minister of Environment and Local Government and Rural Development of Pakistan;
Amb. S.A. Gilani of Pakistan

12:00 p.m. Daily press briefing by Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit
[Text: English] [ Video: English]

12:30 p.m. Daily press briefing by the Spokesman for the Host Government, with Dr. Zola Skwenyiya, Minister of Social Development of South Africa
[ Video: English]

1:00 p.m. Mr. Miloon Kothari, Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, UN Commission on Human Rights
[Text: English] [Text: French]

1:30 p.m. Reducing vulnerability to natural hazards - El Nino, floods, drought:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Michel Jarraud, Deputy Secretary-General of the World
Meteorological Organization;
Ms. Helena Molin-Valdes, Senior Officer Policy Issues, UN
Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

2:00 p.m. Sustainable Development Initiative in the Arab Region:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Ms. Fatma S. El Mallah, Director of the Department of Environment and Sustainable Development and head of the delegation of the League of Arab States;
Dr. Ziad Abu Ghirara, Representative of Saudi Arabia and Coordinator of the Arab Group to WSSD;
Mr. Mahmoud Shidiwah, Representative of Yemen, Chairman of the 13th Session of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment;
Mr. Shafqat Kakakel, Deputy Executive Director, UN Environment Programme

2:30 p.m. Partnerships: For people or profit? Will Jo'burg Summit become Doha plus 10 months?
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Bobby Peek, Friends of the Earth, South Africa;
Ms. Yolanda Kakabadse, President, IUCN;
Mr. Tom Crompton, World Wildlife Fund
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

3:00 p.m. Business: Investing in Sustainable Development:
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chairman, Business Action for Sustainable Development;
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Lord Richard Holme, International Chamber of Commerce;
Mr. Bjorn Stigson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development;
Ms. Vanida Govinda, ESKOM
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

9:00 a.m. United States Congressmen Dennis Kucinich, Earl Blumenaur, and George Miller

9:30 a.m. Global Consultative Process on Agricultural Science:
Mr. Bob Watson, Chief Scientist and Advisor, Sustainable Development, World Bank

10:00 a.m. Mr. Lennart Bage, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development
[Text: English] [Text: French]

10:30 a.m. European Union Major Partnership Announcement:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Hans Christian Schmidt, Danish Minister for Environment
and EU Presidency;
Mr. Poul Nielson, Commissioner for EU Development and Humanitarian Aid;
Ms. Vasso Papandreou, Minister for Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, Greece

11:30 a.m. Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General
[Text: English] [Text: French]

12:00 p.m. Daily press briefing by the Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit, with Mr. Jan Pronk, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for WSSD
[Text: English]

12:30 p.m. Daily press briefing by the Spokesman for the Host Government with Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Minister of Minerals and Energy of South Africa

1:00 p.m. Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research: Global Conservation Trust and "Crop Diversity at Risk: The Case of Sustaining Crop Collections" report
[Text: English]
Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Italy)
Dr. Chris Higgins, Imperial College (United Kingdom)
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

1:30 p.m. Mr. Jan Pronk, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the World Summit on Sustainable Development

2:00 p.m. United States Delegation: US Partnership for Sustainable Development
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Claude Allen, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Human
Services;
Mr. James Moseley, Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture;
Mr. James Connaughton, Chairman, White House Council on
Environmental Quality;
Ms. Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, Head of the U.S. Delegation;
Mr. Andrew Natsios; Administrator, Agency of International
Development;
Ms. Linda Fisher, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency;
Mr David Garman, Assistant Secretary Department of Energy
Mr. Robert Card, Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment Department of Energy;
Mr. Peter Watson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Ms. Jennifer Haverkamp, Assistant Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

2:30 p.m. Who will feed the world in the 21st century? Farmers Growing Food Sustainably or Corporations Supplying GE Commodities?
[Text: English]
Prof. Terje Traavik, Director, Norwegian Institute for Gene Ecology;
Mr. Percy Schmeiser, Farmer, Canada;
Ms. Lucy Mulenkei, Director, Indigenous Information Network, Kenya;
Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Tetebba Foundation, Philippines
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

3:00 p.m. Brazilian Energy Initiative:
Mr. Jose Carvalho, Minister of Environment, Brazil;
Mr. Borge Brende, Minister of Environment, Norway;
Ms. Anna Elisa Osorio, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Venezuela;
Dr. Jose Goldemberg, Secretary of State of Environment of the State of Sao Paolo;
Mr. Carlos Merenson, Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development, Argentina

4:00 p.m. Can Information and Communication Technology Pave the Way for Sustainable Development?
Mr. Raj Reddy, Herbert Simon University Professor in Computer Science and the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University;
Mr. V.S. Arunachalam, Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Materials Science and Engineering and the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

4:30 p.m. Prof. Godwin O.P. Obasi, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization

5:00 p.m. Zayed International Prize for the Environment
Dr. Mohamed A. Bin Fahad, Chairman of the Higher Committee;
Dr. Meshgan Mohd Al-Awar, Member of the Higher Committee;
Dr. Eisa M. Abdellatif, Chief Technical Advisor

(sponsored by the Delegation of the United Arab Emirates)

5:30 p.m. International Task Force on Global Public Goods:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mrs. Gun-Britt Andersson, State Secretary for International Development Cooperation;
Mr. Sven Sandstrom, Secretary of the International Task Force on Global Public Goods and former Managing Director of the World Bank
(sponsored by the Delegation of Sweden).

6:00 p.m. Group of Like-minded Megadiverse Countries:
Mr. Victor Lichtinger, Mnister of the Environment of Mexico (on
behalf of the Group)

7:00 p.m. Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Leen Hordijk, Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA);
Mr. Mahendra Shah, Coordinator of UN Relations and Senior Scientist, IIASA
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

7:30 p.m. World Forum of Youth, Morocco, August 2003:
Mr. Driss Guomaoui, National Coordinator of the World Forum of Youth;
Mr. Younes Selsouri, Member of the Organizing Committee;
Mr. David Woollcombe, President, Peace Child International;
Mr. Alexander Woocombe, Youth Coordinator, World Forum of Youth 1999
(sponsored by the Delegation of Morocco)

8:00 p.m. Protecting Intellectual Property Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Executive Director of Tebtebba Foundation;
Mr. Romeo Saganesh, Director of Quebec Relations for the Grand Council of the Crees;
Prof. Catherine Odora-Hoppers, Professor, University of Pretoria and Consultant for the World Property Organization;
Mr. Sakda Saenmi, Spokesperson for Hill Tribes Peoples of Thailand, and Director of Inter-Mountain Peoples Education and Culture in Thailand Association;
Mr. Hohepa Kereopa, Elder and Representative of Maori traditional healers in New Zealand;
Dr. Meteo Leach, Director of Te Kete a Tini Rauhanga (“Investigation of the native medicinal flora used by Maori traditional healers) and Lecturer at Waikato University, New Zealand
(sponsored by the UNESCO)

9:00 a.m. UN Foundation

9:30 a.m. The way forward for the Millennium Development Goals:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, UN Development Programme;

10:00 a.m. World Tourism Organization (WTO): Initiative on Sustainable Tourism and Poverty Elimination, and the International Year of Ecotourism 2002:
Mr. Francesco Frangialli, Secretary-General of WTO
Mr. Geoffrey Lipman, Advisor to the WTO Secretary-General
on Tourism and Trade Liberalization;
Mr. Eugenio Yunis, Head, Sustainable Development of Tourism,
WTO

11:00 a.m. Climate Change and Water:
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

11:30 a.m. Mr. Mohamed El-Ashry, Chief Executive Officer, Global Environment Fund
[Text: English] [Text: French]

12:00 p.m.Daily press briefing by Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit and Mr. Lowell Flanders, Senior UN Adviser Coordinating the Drafting Groups , with Mr. Gustavo Ainchil (Argentina), Facilitator for Contact Group on Energy
[Text: English] [ Video: English]

12:30 p.m. Daily press briefing by the Spokesman for the Host Government: with Dr. Frene Ginwala, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa; and Dr. Najma Heptulla, President of the Interparliamentary Union Council

1:00 p.m. AIDS and Human Capacity:
Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS
[Text: English] [Text: French]

2:00 p.m. Consumption and Impact of Delegates at WSSD:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Ms. Mary Metcalf, Provincial Minister for Agriculture, Conservation, Environment and Land, Kauteng Province (South Africa);
Mr. Nikhil Sekhran, UNDP-Global Environment Fund
(sponsored by Global Environment Fund)

2:30 p.m. Week One Wrap-Up: NGOs on the State of the Summit:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Ms. Meena Raman, Friends of the Earth, Malaysia;
Mr. Remi Parmentier, Greenpeace International;
Mr. Bjarne Pedersen, Consumers International
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

3:00 p.m. Business: Mining, Accountability and New Partnerships:
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Chair, Business Action for Sustainable
Development;
Mr. Robert Wilson, CEO, Rio Tinto;
Ms. Vanessa Guthrie, Alcca
Mr. Bjorn Stisson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development;
Mr. Jack Whelan, International Chamber of Commerce

4:00 p.m. Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
[Text: English] [Text: French]

4:30 p.m. International Transport Workers' Federation:
"More Troubled Waters":
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister, United Kingdom;
Mr. Dullah Omar, Transport Minister of South Africa
Mr. Randall Howard, General Secretary of the South African
Transport and Allied Workers' Union;
Mr. Matt Giani, Greenpeace International Oceans Coordinator
Mr. Horst Kleinschmidt, Chief Director, Marine Management,
Department of the Environment, South Africa;
Mr. John Bainbridge, Interanational Transport Workers
Federation
(sponsored by the Delegation of the United Kingdom)

5:00 p.m. Harnessing Technologies for Sustainable Development:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary, UN Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA);
Mr. Patrick Asea, Director, Economic and Social Policy
Division, ECA;
Ms. Shamika Sirimanne, Senior Economist, ECA;
Mr. Peter da Costa, Senior Communication Adviser, ECA

5:30 p.m. Executive Secretaries of the three Rio Conventions:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Ms. Joke Waller-Hunter, UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change;
Mr. Hama Arba Diallo, UN Convention to Combat
Desertification;
Mr. Hamdallah Zedan, Convention on Biological Diversity

6:00 p.m. Industrial Ecology:
Mr. Robert Ayres, Professor Emeritus, European Institute of
Business Administration;
Mr. Robert Lempert, Senior Scientist, Rand Corporation, USA;
Mr. Shibru Tedla, General Manager, Eco-Consult, and President
of the Ethiopian Society for Appropriate Technology, Ethiopia

7:30 p.m. Parliamentarians for Global Action Parliamentary Workshop on Clean Air and Clean Water
(sponsored by Delegation of Greece)

9:30 a.m. Scientists: Put Population at Core of Sustainable Development Agenda:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Mahendra Shah, Coordinator of the Global Science Panel;
Mr. Hans van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University and
President, International Association of Universities;
Ms. Mari Simonen, Director, Technical Support Division, UN
Population Fund
(sponsored by UNFPA and UNU)

11:00 a.m. Partnership: Business Partnership for Development - Water and Sanitation:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Jamal Saghir, Director, Energy and Water Division, World Bank;
Mr. Ravi Narayaman, Director, WaterAid;
Mr. Stephen Turner, Deputy Director, WaterAid;
Mr. Douglas Smith, Business Manager, Thames Water Southern
Africa
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

11:30 a.m. Partnership: Academy for Future Science: Cellenite Technologies, water purification for cleaning rural and urban waste. Biophysix, treating diabetes and AIDS without needles
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. J.J. Hurtak, AFFS Corporation
Ms. Heleen Coetzee, University of Pretoria;
Mr. Roger Pamer;
Ms. Desiree Hurtak (moderator)
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

12:00 p.m. Daily press briefing by Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit and Mr. Lowell Flanders, Senior UN Adviser Coordinating the Drafting Groups
[Text: English] [ Video: English]

12:30 p.m. Daily press briefing by the Spokesman for the Host Government
[E/F/S Interpretation].

1:00 p.m. Partnership: ForestTrade, Inc.
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Ms. Sylvia Blanche, Co-founder, ForestTrade, Inc.;
Mr. Thomas Fricke, Co-founder, ForestTrade, Inc.
Ms. Frances Moore Lappe, Author, "Diet for a Small Planet", "Hope's Edge"
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

1:30 p.m. Partnership: Global Alliance for Building Sustainability:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Ms. Anne Sugrue, EcoCity;
Mr. David Fitzpatrick, RICS Foundation;
Mr. Levi Oguike, Minister of Trade, Nigeria;
Mr. Alan Gilham, RICS Foundation
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

2:00 p.m. Partnership: Clean Energy Business Partnerships
Mr. Michael Marvin, President, US Business Council for
Sustainable Energy;
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. David Citrin, Vice-President for International Affairs,
ORMAT International;
Mr. David Green, Chief Executive, UK Business Council for
Sustainable Energy
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

4:00 p.m. Presentation of the Latin American and Caribbean Initiative:
Mr. Jose Carlos Carvalho, Mnister of Environment of Brazil;
Mr. John Briceno, Vice-Prime Minister of Belize;
Mr. Walter Arensberg, Inter-American Development Bank
[Portuguese/E Interpretation]

5:00 p.m. Amb. Celso Lafer, Minister for External Relations of Brazil

9:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m. European Union Launch of Energy Initiative
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Hans Chr. Schmidt, Environment Minister of Denmark;
Mr. Poul Nielson, EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Health;
Ms. Margot Wallstron, EU Commissioner for Environment

10:30 a.m. Joint press conference with the Government of Germany and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative (SARD):
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Matthias Berninger, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture;
Mr. Jacques Paul Eckebil, Assistant Director-General of Sustainable Development for FAO

11:00 a.m. Healthy Environments for Children Initiative:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the
World Health Organization;
Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Minister of Health, South Africa;
Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johnson, Minister of International Development, South Africa;
Dr. David Nabarro, Executive Director, Sustainable
Development and Healthy Environments, World Health
Organization

11:30 a.m. ICT for Sustainable Development:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Jose Maria Figueres, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, and Chair of the UN ICT Task Force;
Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, UN Development Programme;
Ms. Debra Dunn, Senior Vice-President, Hewlett Packard;
Mr. Timothy Wirth, President, UN Foundation

12:00 p.m. Daily press briefing by Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit and Mr. Lowell Flanders, Senior UN Adviser Coordinating the Drafting Groups
[Text: English] [ Video: English]

12:30 p.m. Spokesman for the Host Government, with Mr. Alec Erwin, Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa
[E/F/S Interpretation]

1:00 p.m. UNICEF and the Children of Rio:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Ms. Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UN Children's Fund;
Visumzi Adonis (age 10) from Klerksdorp, a mining tow in South Africa;
Justin Geyer (age 10) from the Eastern Cape of South Africa;
Hailey Turner (age 10) from Merseyside, United Kingdom

2:00 p.m. First Ever Global Sustainable Development Poll:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
H.E. Mr. George Papandreou, Foreign Minister of Greece;
Dr. Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission;
Ms. Margot Wallstrom, European Commissioner for the Environment;
Mr. Klaus Topfer, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme;
Dr. Kumi Naidoo, Secretary-General of Civicus

2:30 p.m. Youth Challenges Governments: What world will our children inherit?
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

3:00 p.m. Framing Week 2: Will Governments abandon the Earth?
Ms. Jane Goodall;
Mr. Tony Juniper;
Ms. Vandana Shiva;
Mr. Steve Sawyer
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat

3:30 p.m. UN Conference on Trade and Development Biotrade Initiative:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD;
Mr. Denis Belisle, Director-General of the International Trade
Centre UNCTAD/WTO;
Mr. Philippe Roch, Minister of Environment of Switzerland;
Mr. Enrique Garcia, President of the Andean Development
Bank;
Mr. Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute;
Mr. Jorge Valdes, Secretary-General, Andean Community

4:00 p.m. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Mr. Jean Lemierre, President
(sponsored by the Delegation of the United Kingdom)

4:30 p.m. New International Initiative to Promote Cleaner Energy Across the Globe:
[Text: English]
Mr. Klaus Topfer, Executive Director of the UN Environment
Programme;
Energy experts and senior representatives from the Governments of Germany, France, Denmark and the United Kingdom

5:30 p.m. Winds of Change - Germany's New Energy Policy
[Text: French]
Mr. Juergen Trittin, Federal Minister for the Environment, Germany

6:00 p.m. Mr. Jaume Matas, Minister of Environment, Head of the Delegation of Spain
[S/E Interpretation to be provided by Delegation]
CANCELLED

6:30 p.m. Migration and Sustainable Development:
[Text: French]
Ms. Ndioro Ndiaye, Deputy Director-General, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Mr. JP Chauzy, Spokesperson, IOM

7:00 p.m. H.E. Dr. Nkosazana.C. Dlamini Zuma, Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa
[Text: English] [Text: French]

7:30 p.m. Joint press conference by Jordan and Israel: Protecting the Dead Sea:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Dr. Bassem Awadallah, Minister of Planning of Jordan;
Mr. Roni Milo, Minister of Regional Cooperation of Israel;
Mr. Hazem El Naser, Minister of Water and Irrigation of Jordan

11:00 a.m. H.E. Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark and President of the European Union;
H.E. Mr. Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission
[Text: English] [Text: French]

11:30 a.m. Children who are going to address the Plenary
Mr. Justin Friesen, 11-year-old from Canada
Ms. Analiz Vergara, 14-year-old from Ecuador;
Ms. Liao Mingyu, 11-year-old from China
Ms. Tiyiselani Manganyi, 6-year-old girl from Soweto, South Africa;
Mr. Julius Ndlovena, 10-year-old boy from Blairgowrie, South Africa

12:00 p.m. Daily press briefing by Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit, and Mr. Lowell Flanders, Senior UN Adviser Coordinating the Drafting Groups
[Text: English] [ Video: English]

12:30 p.m. Daily press briefing by the Spokesman for the Host Government, with Mr. Valli Moosa, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism

1:00 p.m. H.E. Mr. Gerhard Schroeder, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
[German/E/F Interpretation]
CANCELLED

2:00 p.m. H.E. Mr. Jacques Chirac, President of France
H.E. Mr. Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
[Text: English] [Text: French]

2:30 p.m. Caribbean Governments - Global Sustainable Energy Islands Initiative:
H.E. Mr. Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica;
H.E. Mr. Julian Hunte, Foreign Minister of St. Lucia;
Ms. Clarisce Modeste-Curwen, Minister of the Environment and Health of Grenada;
Mr. Tom Roper, Board Member, Climate Institute
[Text: English] [Text: French]

3:00 p.m. Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI)
H.H. Sheikh Hamad Bin Mohamed Al Sharqi, Head of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Delegation to WSSD, Member of the Supreme Council, and Ruler of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates;
H.E. Hapad Abdul Rahman Al Madfaa, Deputy Head of the UAE Delegation to WSSD, Minister of Health, and Chairman of the Federal Environmental Agency, United Arab Emirates
H.E. Majid Al-Mansouri, Member of the UAE Delegation, Secretary-General , Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency, Chairman, International Management Committee, Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative
Mr. Klaus Topfer, Executive Director, UN Environment Programme

3:30 p.m. Initiative to Grow Sustainable Business in World's Poorest Countries:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
H.E. Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal (tbc);
Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, UNDP;
Sir Mark Moody Stuart, Chairman of Business Action for Sustainable Development;
Ms. Carly Fiorina, Chief Executive Officer, Hewlett Packard;
Mr. Achim Steiner, Director-General, World Conservation Union (tbc);
Mr. Georg Kell, Executive Head, UN Global Compact

6:30 p.m. International Law for Sustainable Development:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
Mr. Philippe Roch, Secretary of State for the Environment of Switzerland;
Ms. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law;
Mr. Ashfaq Khalfan, Centre for International Sustainable Law;
Ms. Pia Ximena Rodriguez, International Development Law Institute;
Mr. Nicholas Schrijver, International Law Association
(sponsored by the Delegation of Switzerland)

10:00 a.m. Launch of the European Union Water Initiative:
[Text: English] [Text: French]
H.E. Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark and President of the European Union;
H.E. Mr. Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission;
Mr. Hans Chr. Schmidt, Environment Minister of Denmark;
Mr. Poul Nielson, EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid;
Ms. Margot Wallstrom, EU Commissioner for Environment

11:00 a.m. H.E. Mr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, President of Zambia

11:30 a.m. H.E. Mr. Jean Bertrand Aristide, President of Haiti

12:00 p.m. Daily press briefing by Ms. Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the Summit, with guest Mr. Nitin Desai, Secretary-General of WSSD
[Text: English]

12:30 p.m. H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Foreign Minister of South Africa

1:00 p.m. H.E. Mr. Farouk Kadoumi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine

2:00 p.m. H.E. Mr. Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan
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3:00 p.m. Indigenous Peoples Coalition:
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Mr. Jose Nain, Consejo de Todas las Tierras (Chile);
Ms. Lucy Mulenkei, Maasai (Kenya);
And Indigenous representatives from North America, Asia, the Arctic, And Indigenous youth

3:30 p.m. Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS:
Mrs. Edith Lucy Bongo, First Lady of Gabon and Inaugural President Of the Organization;
Mrs. Theresa Kufuor, First Lady of Ghana;
Mr. Bunmi Makinwa, Team Leader, UNAIDS Inter-Country Team, Eastern and Southern Africa
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4:00 p.m. H.E. Mr. Denis Kalume Numbi, Minister of Planning and Reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

5:00 p.m. H.E. Mr. Shimon Peres, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel

5:30 p.m. H.E. Mr. Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister of Ireland
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8:10 p.m. Mr. Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance of South Africa;
Mr. James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank;
Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director-General, World Trade Organization

10:00 a.m. European Union Assessment of WSSD Outcome:
H.E. Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of the European Union;
H.E. Mr. Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission
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11:00 a.m. Women and WASH - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene:
H.E. Mr. Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda (tbc);
Ms. Anne Peterson, Deputy Administrator, Global Health Programmes, USAID;
Ms. Buyelwa Sonjica, Member of Parliament, South Africa;
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12:00 p.m. H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General
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2:00 p.m. THE EARTH: Either you're for it, or you're against it!
NGOs Criticize the Johannesburg Summit:
Ms. Jennifer Morgan, Climate Director, World Wildlife Fund;
Mr. Martin Khor, Director, Third World Network;
Mr. Fred Kalibwani, PELUM (Kenya);
Mr. Andrew Hewett, Executive Director, Oxfam International;
Ms. Jocelyn Dow, President, Women's Environment and Development Organization
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)

2:30 p.m. H.E. Mr. Allan Wagner Tizon, Foreign Minister of Peru

3:00 p.m. Business Verdict
(sponsored by WSSD Secretariat)
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6:00 p.m. H.E. Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi, Foreign Minister of Japan
H.E. Mr. Hiroshi Ohki, Minister of Environment of Japan

6:30 p.m. H.E. Mr. Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa
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7:00 p.m. H.E. Mr. Hugo Chavez Frias, President of Venezuela
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