Monday, 05 May 2008

Programme of the day (PDF)

• Opening
• Election of officials
• Adoption of the agenda and organization of work
• Reports on inter-sessional meetings
• General Statements on overall review

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 3 hours and 20 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 3 hours and 20 minutes ]

Opening Remarks by Mr. Francis Nhema, Minister of Environment and Tourism of Zimbabwe and Chairman of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 16th Session
[ Video - English ]

Opening Remarks by H.E. Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
[ Video - English ]

Presentations of the outcomes of events and activities organized during the inter-sessional period and organization of work.

• Panel discussions on water during WATEC Conference (Tel Aviv, Israel, , 31 October 2007), Mr. Ilan Simon Fluss
  [ Video - English ]
• 7th Global Forum on Sustainable Energy (Vienna, Austria, 21-23 November 2007), H.E. Ms. Elfriede-Anna More
  [ Video - English ]
• International Conference on Combating Desertification (Beijing, China, 22-24 January 2008)
  [ Video - English ] [ Video - Chinese ]
• The Oslo Policy Forum on Changing the Way We Develop: Dealing with Disasters and Climate Change (Oslo, Norway, 28- 29 February 2008);
  [ Video - English ]

Presentation by the Director of the Division for Sustainable development
[ Video - English ]

Overview of progress towards sustainable development: A review of the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation - Report of the Secretary-General (E/CN.17/2008/2).

Presentation by Mr. Christopher Flavin, President of the Worldwatch Institute, to introduce Secretary-General's overview report (E/CN.17/2008/2)

Antigua and Barbuda (on behalf of the Group of 77)
[ Video - English ]

Slovenia (on behalf of the European Union)
[ Video - English ]

Iraq (on behalf of the Arab States Group)
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Arabic ]

Tonga
[ Video - English ]

Grenada (on behalf of the Small Islands States)
[ Video - English ]

Iceland
[ Video - English ]

Representatives of 9 major groups

Workers and Trade Unions
[ Video - English ] [ Video - French ]

Women
[ Video - English ]

Children and Youth
[ Video - English ]

Indigenous Peoples
[ Video - English ]

NGOs
[ Video - English ]

Local Authorities
[ Video - English ]

Business and Industry
[ Video - English ]

Scientific and Technological Community
[ Video - English ]

Farmers
[ Video - English ]

• Presentations of the outcomes of regional implementation meetings
• Interactive discussions focusing, in particular, on region-specific barriers and constraints, as well as lessons learned and best practices, based on regional experiences and
• Next steps.

Africa [Entire discussion]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 29 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 29 minutes ]

Asia [Entire discussion]
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 11 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 1 hour and 11 minutes ]

Organization of work
[ Video - English ]

Outcome of the regional implementation meeting, Mr. Ousmane Laye, Representative of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
[ Video - English ]

Region: Africa

• Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  [ Video - English ] [ Video - English / French ]
  
  
• Dr. Alioune Badiane, Director, Regional Office for Africa and Arab States, UN-HABITAT
  [ Video - English ]
  
  
• Ms. Sally Bunning, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
  [ Video - English ]
  
  

Interactive discussions

Morocco
[ Video - English ] [ Video - French ]

South Africa
[ Video - English ]

Syrian Arab Republic
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Arabic ]

Scientific and Technological Community
[ Video - English ]

Algeria
[ Video - English ] [ Video - French ]

Senegal
[ Video - English ] [ Video - French ]

Workers and Trade Unions
[ Video - English ]

Sweden
[ Video - English ]

Zimbabwe
[ Video - English ]

NGOs
[ Video - English ]

Guinea
[ Video - English ] [ Video - French ]

Farmers
[ Video - English ]

Israel
[ Video - English ]

Egypt
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Arabic ]

Summary of the discussions on Africa by the Chairman of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 16th Session
[ Video - English ]

Region: Western Asia

Panellists:

• Mr. Djamel Echirk, General Inspector for the Environment, Ministry of Land Habilitation, Environment and Tourism, Algeria
  [ Video - English ] [ Video - French ]
  
  
• Mr. Khaled Abdul Aziz Al Charea, Director, Land Safety, General Authority for Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Local Administration & Environment, Syria
  [ Video - English ] [ Video - Arabic ]
  
  
• Mrs Carol Chouchani Cherfane, Acting Team Leader, SARD/SDPD/UN-ESCWA
  [ Video - English ]

Interactive discussions

Saudi Arabia
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Arabic ]

Palestine
[ Video - English ]

Children and Youth
[ Video - English ]

Comments and answers to the questions by Mr. Khaled Abdul Aziz Al Charea, Director, Land Safety, General Authority for Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Local Administration & Environment, Syria
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Arabic ]

Comments and answers to the questions by Mrs Carol Chouchani Cherfane, Acting Team Leader, SARD/SDPD/UN-ESCWA
[ Video - English ]

Lebanon
[ Video - English ]

NGOs
[ Video - English ]

Israel
[ Video - English ]

Syrian Arab Republic
[ Video - English ]

Comments and answers to the questions by Mr. Djamel Echirk, General Inspector for the Environment, Ministry of Land Habilitation, Environment and Tourism, Algeria
[ Video - English ] [ Video - French ]

Comments and answers to the questions by Mr. Khaled Abdul Aziz Al Charea, Director, Land Safety, General Authority for Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Local Administration & Environment, Syria
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Arabic ]

Comments and answers to the questions by Mrs Carol Chouchani Cherfane, Acting Team Leader, SARD/SDPD/UN-ESCWA
[ Video - English ]