Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Press Release

10:00am - 1:00pm High Level Segment (HLS)

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 38 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 38 minutes ]

Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
[ Video - English ] 13 minutes

Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon
[ Video - English ] 11 minutes [ Statement ]

Republic of Guyana
H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo
President
[ Video - English ] 14 minutes

Namibia
H.E. Ms. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Minister of Environment and Tourism
[ Video - English ] 13 minutes

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
Ms. Sylvie Lucas
President
[ Video - English ] [ Video - French ] 6 minutes

Argentina
H.E.  Mr. Homero Biblioni
Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Spanish ] 11 minutes

IUCN
Ms.  Julia Marton-Lefèvre
Director-General
[ Video - English ] 10 minutes

Pakistan
Mr.  Shoaib Sultan Khan
Chair, National Rural Support Programme
[ Video - English ] 11 minutes

Sudan on behalf of the Group of 77 and China
H.E. Mr. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad
[ Video - English ] 6 minutes

Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union
Mr.
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Original Language ] 9 minutes

United States of America
Ms.
Deputy Secretary of agriculture
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Jamaica on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States
Mr.
[ Video - English ] 5 minutes

Nauru on behalf of the Pacific Small Islands
Ms.
[ Video - English ] 7 minutes

United Arab Emirates on behalf of the Arab Group
Mr.
[ Video - English ] [ Arabic - English ] 6 minutes

Bangladesh on behalf of the group of the Least Developed Countries
Ms.
[ Video - English ] 7 minutes

Japan
Mr.
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Russian Federation
Mr.
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Russian ] 4 minutes

Italy
Ms.
[ Video - English ] 5 minutes

Closing remarks by the Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

3:00pm - 3:45pm Roundtable session: Responding to food crisis through sustainable development

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 55 minutes ]

Opening remarks by the Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
[ Video - English ] 8 minutes

Remarks by keynote speakers

UNEP
Mr. Achim Steiner
Executive Director
[ Video - English ] 12 minutes

UN - Habitat
Ms. Anna Tibaijuka
Executive Director
[ Video - English ] 9 minutes

FAO
Mr. Alexander Mueller
Assistant Director-General
[ Video - English ] 10 minutes

IFPRI
Ms. Rajul Pandya-Lorch
Head of the 2020 Vision Initiative
[ Video - English ] 10 minutes

Closing remarks by the Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
[ Video - English ] 1 minute

4:00pm - 6:00pm Interactive Sub-Roundtable 2 - Responding to food crisis through sustainable development

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 1 hour and 57 minutes ]