9.30 Opening Session Monday, February 11th (Trusteeship Council Chamber)
- Statement by Srgjan Kerim, President of the General Assembly
- Statement by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Address by Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York
10.15 -13.00 Panel “Rising to the Challenge: Partnerships on Climate Change”
- Moderator: Timothy Wirth, UN Foundation
- Chen Ying, China Enterprise Confederation
- Fiona Harvey, Financial Times
- Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan - Presentation
- Hans-Gert Poettering, President of the European Parliament
- Youba Sokona, Sahara and Sahel Observatory
- Martin Khor, Third World Network
13.15-14.45 Lunch
(Delegates Dining Room, 4th floor, upon invitation)
- Keynote address by Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Group
15.00-17.30 Panel “Responding to a Multifaceted Challenge : The UN at Work”
- Moderator: Ricardo Lagos, Secretary-General’s Climate Change Envoy
- Sha Zukang, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Achim Steiner, United Nations Environment Programme
- Kemal Dervis, United Nations Development Programme
- Josette Sheeran, World Food Programme
- Monique Barbut, Global Environment Facility
17.30 Closing Remarks
- Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary UNFCCC
7.00 Dinner hosted by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for Ministers
Special Guests
- Jacques Diouf, Food and Agriculture Organisation
- Pamela Flaherty, Citigroup Foundation
- Jerome C. Glenn, The Millennium Project, Washington
- Abdoulie Janneh, Economic Commission for Africa and Coordinator of Regional Commissions, United Nations
- Michel Jarraud, World Metereological Organisation
- Mats Karlsson, High-level Committee on Programmes, Chief Executives Board for Coordination, United Nations
- Emilio Lèbre La Rovere, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Mohan Munasinghe, Munasinghe Institute for Development
- Robert Orr, Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations
- Umberto Vattani, President of the Italian Trade Commission
- Vincent Peréz, Alternergy, Singapore
- Meenakshi Raman, Friends of the Earth International
- Kandeh Yumkella, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
12-13 February (General Assembly Hall)
- Plenary meeting
Concluding remarks by the President of the General Assembly