PRESIDENT of the 63rd Session
United Nations General Assembly

Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on Access to Education in Emergency, Post-crisis and Transition situations-caused by Man-made Conflicts or Natural Disasters

Trusteeship Council Chamber
UN Headquarters, New York
18 March 2009

OPENING SESSION:
10:00 -10:30 AM
Introductory remarks by H.E. Mr. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Keynote speech by H.H. Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, UNESCO Special Envoy on basic and higher education

PANEL I: EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES – WHY WE NEED TO ACT NOW
10.30 AM– 1:00 PM
Introductory Video

• Moderator: Dr. Kevin Cahill, Chief Adviser for Humanitarian Affairs, Office of the President of the General Assembly.


• H.E Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi

Presentation

• Mr. Vernor Muñoz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
  Presentation [PDF]


• Mr. Wildenes Etienne, teacher from a CRS school in Haiti


• Q & A
  

LUNCH BREAK
1:00 - 2:45 PM

 PANEL II: HOW TO MAKE EDUCATION WORK-- INVESTING IN LEARNERS, INVESTING IN SUCCESS
3:00 - 4:30 PM

• Moderator: Ms. Hilde F. Johnson, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF


• Mr. Nicholas Burnett, Assistant Director General for Education, UNESCO.
  Presentation [PDF]


• Ms. Leslie Wilson, Country Director Afghanistan (former country Director- Bangladesh), Save the Children


• Ms. Brenda Haiplik, Representative of INEE (Inter – agency Network on Education in Emergency)


• Mr. Maiwand Rahyaba, youth representative from Afghanistan
  Presentation [PDF]


• Q & A

PANEL III: SHARED ACCOUNTABILITY: WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD
4:30- 5:45 PM

• Moderator: Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict


• HE Ambassador Claude Heller, Mexico’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Chair of the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict


• Mr.Lothar Krappmann, member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
  Presetation [PDF]


• Mr. Brendan O’Malley, Author of UNESCO study, "Education under Attack"
  Presentation [PDF]


• Ms. Sradda Thapa, "Women's Refugee Commission", Youth Representative from Nepal
  Presentation [PDF]
• Q & A

CLOSING SESSION
5.45 – 6.00PM

Closing remarks by H.E. Mr. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the United Nations General Assembly