Monday, 04 May 2009

Press Release

10:00am - 1:00pm Opening and General statements

[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 2 hours and 53 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 2 hours and 53 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 ] 18 minutes

Item 1: Election of officers

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

United Nations
Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary General
[ Video - English ] 9 minutes [ Statement ]

Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and organization of work

Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
E/CN.17/2009/1
[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Opening remarks/introductory statements

Director of the Division for Sustainable Development
Mr. Tariq Banuri
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Item 3: Thematic cluster for the implementation cycle 2008-2009 - policy session
Reports on intersessional meetings

Vice Chair of the 17th Session of the CSD
Mr. Javad Amin-Mansour (Islamic Republic of Iran)

• Report on the outcome of the "capacity Development Workshop for Improving Agricultural Productivity, Water Use Efficiency and Rural Livelihoods" (Bangkok, Thailand, 28 to 30 January 2009)

[ Video - English ] 5 minutes

Vice Chair of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mr. Kaire Munionganda Mbuende (Permanent Representative of Namibia to the United Nations)

• Report on the outcome of the African regional meeting on "African agriculture in the 21st century: Meeting the challenges, making a sustainable green revolution" (Windhoek, Namibia, 9 to 10 February 2009)

[ Video - English ] 7 minutes

Israel
Mr. Ilan Fluss, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Israel

• Report on the outcome of the intersessional meeting entitled "The Role of Native and Desert-Adapted Species for the Purpose of Slowing Desertification" (Israel, 22 to 30 March 2009)

[ Video - English ] 4 minutes

Introduction of the Chairperson's draft negotiating document

Chairperson of the 17th Session of the CSD
H.E. Mrs. Gerda Verburg
E/CN.17/2009/2
[ Video - English ] 1 minute

Statements by representatives of the regional groups

China (spoke on behalf of Sudan)
On behalf of the Group of 77 and China
H.E. Mr. Abdalmahood Abdalhaleem Mohamed, Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations
[ Video - English ] 7 minutes

Czech Republic
On behalf of the European Union
Mr. Jiri Hlavacek, Director of the Department of Mulitlateral Relations, Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic
[ Video - English ] 6 minutes

Mexico
On behalf of the Rio Group
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Spanish ] 5 minutes

Grenada
On behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
H.E. Dr. Dessima William, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations
[ Video - English ] 6 minutes

Statements by representatives of the regional commissions

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Mr. Masakazu Ichimura, Chief of the Environment and Development Policy Section, Environment and Development Division
[ Video - English ] 13 minutes

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Mr. Josue Dione, Director, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division
[ Video - English ] 13 minutes

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Ms. Marianne Schaper, Sustainable Development Officer, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Spanish ] 11 minutes

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Mr. Marco Keiner, Director, Environment, Housing and Land Management Division
[ Video - English ] 9 minutes

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Ms. Carol Chouchani Cherfane, Chief of the Water Resources Section, Sustainable Development and productivity Division
[ Video - English ] 11 minutes

Interactive Dialogue

Venezuela
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Spanish ] 3 minutes

Lebanon
[ Video - English ] 3 minutes

Grenada
[ Video - English ] 1 minute

Iraq
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Kyrgyzstan
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Russion ] 1 minute

Answers to questions

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Ms. Carol Chouchani Cherfane, Chief of the Water Resources Section, Sustainable Development and productivity Division
[ Video - English ] 1 minute

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Mr. Marco Keiner, Director, Environment,Housing and Land Management Division
[ Video - English ] 25 minutes

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Ms. Marianne Schaper, Sustainable Development Officer, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division
[ Video - English ] [ Video - Spanish ] 3 minutes

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Mr. Josue Dione, Director, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Mr. Masakazu Ichimura, Chief of the Environment and Development Policy Section, Environment and Development Division
[ Video - English ] 2 minutes

Organization of work

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

Secretary
[ Video - English ] 1 minute