Friday 14th January 2005 |
09:30 am |
Mr. John F. Turner, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
On Earth observations and Tsunami waning systems |
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11:00 am |
Mrs Joyce Yu, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for Samoa .
Mr Phillipe Boullé, Expert for the SIDS Meeting and Specialist in Disaster Risk Management
Mr Vinesh Y. Hookoomsing, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius .
Subject: Successful practices in mitigating the impact of Natural Disasters on Small Island Developing States.
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11:30 am |
Mr. Xavier Darcos, Minister Delegate for Cooperation, Development and Francophony, Head of the French delegation
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12:00 pm |
Press Conference by Secretary General, Kofi Annan
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14:00 pm |
Pynee Chellapermal, Esmeralda Brown, Jordon Beshpan. Subject: Assessment of NGO Participation in the SIDS Conference
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15:30 pm |
Mr. Anwarul Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and Secretary-General of the International Meeting |
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Thursday 13th January 2005 |
10:00 am |
Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, executive director, UN HABITAT.
Subject: Mandate and work of UN-HABITAT with particular reference to the SIDS and disaster management. |
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11:00 pm |
Mr. Don McKinnon,
Commonwealth Secretary-General
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12:00 pm |
Daily press briefing by the Spokesperson for the International Meeting.
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12:30 pm |
Salvano Briceno, Director, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Inter-Agency Secretariat, on the Kobe Conference and natural disaster reduction. |
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16:00 pm |
Dr. Ian Goldin, Vice President of the World Bank |
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18:30 pm |
The European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, on the SIDS conference.
JL.Schiltz, minister of development of Luxembourg (President of the European Union)
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Wednesday 12th January 2005 |
11:00 am |
Mr. Alfredo Luigi Mantica, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy. On integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihood enhancement in Small Islands the Galapagos-Socotra partnership initiative.
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12:00 pm |
Daily press briefing by the Spokesperson for the International Meeting. |
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13.15 pm |
A delegation of the young people from Small Island Developing States who have taken part in UNESCO's Youth Visioning event at SIDS will present their Declaration to the press. This declaration will be presented to the plenary session of the conference at 12.45pm .
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17.30 pm |
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura will hold a press conference to present UNESCO's Global Strategy for a Tsunami Early Warning System. |
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Tuesday 11th January 2005 |
11:15 am |
Mr. M. Jarraud, Secretary-General of WMO, Dr. Laura Kong, Director, UNESCO/IOC International Tsunami Information Centre. On early warnings for disaster reduction and preparedness |
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12:00 pm |
Briefing by the Spokeswoman for the International Meeting |
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Monday 10th January 2005 |
12.00 pm |
Briefing by the Spokesperson for the International Meeting. |
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13.45 pm |
Briefing by the Secretary-General of the International Meeting, Mr. Chowdhury, on the Civil Society report to the International Meeting and the opening session.
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17.30 pm |
Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General, FAO and Hon. N. Bodha, Minister of Agriculture, Food Technology and Natural Resources, on agriculture and Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States. |
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3.30 pm |
Mr Anwarul K. Chowdhury, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States and Secretary-General of the International Meeting for the Sustainable Development of SIDS, and Honourable Rajesh Anand Bhagwan, M.P, Minister of Environment and National Development Unit on the opening of the International Meeting. |
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