Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food
6 April 2009, United Nations Headquarters
STATEMENTS
- Opening Statement by the President of the General Assembly
- Closing Statement by the President of the General Assembly
- Statement by Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
- Statement by Member States and Agencies
PROGRAMME
- Concept Note
- Programme (Including the Bios of the Moderators and the Panelists and the presentations)
- Programme (Printable Version)
WEBCAST
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Morning Meeting:
1. Opening session
2. Panel I: "Policy choices and the right to food in the context of the global food crisis". Moderator: Br. David Andrews, Senior Advisor to the President of the General Assembly on Food Policy and Sustainable Development
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 53 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 53 minutes]- Opening statement by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann , President of the General Assembly
[Webcast: Archived Video - 15 minutes ]
- Opening statement by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann , President of the General Assembly
- Afternoon Meeting:
1. Panel II: "Answering to the poor: Right to food and sustainable models of agriculture". Moderator: Ms. Barbara Ekwall, Senior Officer, Agricultural Development Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2. Closing session
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 2 minutes]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 2 minutes] - Closing statement by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann , President of the General Assembly
[Webcast: Archived Video - 10 minutes ]
LETTERS
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the programme and the bios of the panelists for the "Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food" to be held on 6 April, 2009. (2 April)
- Letter to all Permanent Missions and Permanent Observer Missions to the United Nations transmitting the concept note for the "Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food" to be held on 6 April, 2009. (26 March)
NEWS
- Press Conference (6 April 2009)