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The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) organized a Joint Special Event, "Food and economic crises in post-conflict countries", on Thursday, 29 October from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m., in the ECOSOC Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	Opening session
	Welcome remarks by H.E. Ms. Sylvie Lucas, President of ECOSOC (English / French) (Video: English / French)
	Welcome remarks by H.E. Mr. Heraldo Muñoz, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (Video: English)
	Welcome remarks by Ms. Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Programme (Video: English)
9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Keynote address by H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations (Video: English)
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Panel discussion
	Moderator: Ms. Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, World Food Programme
	Panelists:
	H.E. Mr. Ferdinand Nderagakura, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Burundi ( Video:English / French)
	Dr. Paul Farmer, Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti (Video: English)
	Ms. Sarah F. Cliffe, Special Representative/Director, World Development Report 2011, Conflict and Fragility, World Bank (Video: English)
	Dr. David Nabarro, United Nations Symstem Coordinator on Avian & Pandemic Influenza and the Global Food Crisis (Video: English)
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Interactive Dialogue:
	Jamaica (Video: English)
	Benin (Video: English / French)
	South Africa (Video: English)
	Bangladesh (Video: English)
	Kenya (Video: English)
	Guinea-Bissau (Video: English / French)
	Haiti (Video: English / French)
	Tanzania (Video: English)
	Brazil (Video: English)
	Spain (Video: English / Spanish)
	El Salvador (Video: English / Spanish)
	Peru (Video: English / Spanish)
	Palestine (Video: English)
	Sweden (Video: English)
	Republic of Korea (Video: English)
	FAO (Video: English)
	IOM (Video: English)
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Closing remarks
	H.E. Mr. Heraldo Muñoz, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (Video: English / Spanish)
	H.E. Ms. Sylvie Lucas, President of ECOSOC (Video: English / Spanish)