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Twelfth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-12)
United
Nations Headquarters, New York | 19-30 April 2004
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Highlights from
Tuesday, 20 April
In the
morning, delegates in Conference Room 1 participated in a thematic
discussion on water, focusing on water policies and reforms, and
capacity building for water management and provision of water services.
Delegates in Conference Room 2 engaged in interactive discussions with
Major Groups on their contribution to implementation. In the afternoon,
delegates in Conference Room 1 heard reviews on progress in
implementation for the ESCAP and ECE regions. In the afternoon,
delegates in Conference Room 2 participated in an interactive
discussions on water, focusing on balancing water uses, and water demand
management and conservation. A
Seminar/Course was held in the afternoon in the
Learning Center on How
to apply for GEF projects, and the Partnership
Fair was held throughout the day
Photo: Major Groups during the morning interactive
discussion among Major Groups and Delegates
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Interactive discussion among Delegates and Major Groups
Interactive
discussion among delegates and Major Groups to explore Major Groups'
experiences, case studies, lessons learned on the practical aspects
of implementing commitments in the three themes of Water, Sanitation
and Human Settlements. Major Group representatives presented key
aspects outlined in their discussion papers, which can be viewed by
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Delegates from the Russian
Federation, Sweden, France and Burkina Faso |
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Thematic
discussion on Water
Thematic
discussions addressed the themes of:
"water policies and reforms to make the use and governance of
water resources more effective and sustainable" and "building
capacity for cooperative management of water and provision of
water services" |
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Rosario Villaluna, Executive Secretary, Global
Coalition of Water and Sanitation Resource Centres,
Philippines, Dennis D. Mwanza, Managing
Director, Water Utility Parnership, Cote d'Ivoire, Manuel
Dengo, DESA, CSD Vice-Chair Bruno Stagno,
Costa Rica, Alexander DeBaros,
Secretariat, Mike Muller, Director General,
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa, and Li Yuanyan,
Deputy Chief Engineer and Professor, Water Resources and
Hydropower Planning and Design, General Institute, Ministry
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Delegates from
Jamaica, Australia, and Azerbaijan hard at work |
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Interactive
Dialogue on Water: "Balancing water
uses--water, environment, food and other uses" and "Water
demand management and water conservation" |
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Halifa Drammeh,
UNEP, intervenes in the water discussion |
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A Review of Progress in Implementation from a Regional
Perspective: UNESCAP |
A.Y.B.I. Siddiqi, Former Secretary, Local
Government Division, Ministry of Local Government and
Rural Development and cooperatives, Bangladesh, Co-Chair
of Asia and the Pacific Rim
Kuniyoshi Tokeuchi, International Association of
Hydrological Sciences, University of Yamanashi
Patricia Moser, Asian Development Bank |
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Isikia
Rabici Savua, Fiji, for the ESCAP subregion of
the Pacific
Patricia Moser, Asian Development Bank |
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A Review of Progress in Implementation from a Regional
Perspective: UNECE |
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Elaine
Michetti, Partnership Development Specialist, UN
Volunteers, during a presentation on "Caring Cities:
Volunteer Capital for Urban Development" |
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Interactive Discussion:
Partnerships for Human Settlements: Bolus Paul Zom
Lolo, CSD 12 Vice-Chair (center) and Lars Reutersward,
Director, Global Division, UN Habitat (right) |
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Learning Center: The Institute @CSD |
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This course included a presentation of the
strategic priorities of the GEF, an overview of
the UNDP GEF programme and a brief review of key
procedures to apply for GEF resources.
Participants were also given the opportunity
to deepen their understanding of GEF procedures
through directly working on specific case
studies. The case studies focused
primarily on water, rural settlements, and
integrated land use planning. |
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Side Event: A Decade of GEF
Experience with Transboundary Waters | | |
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Meraji
Msuya, Nile Basin
Initiative Secretariat, Sustainable
Development and GEF Role in the Nile Basin
Initiative, Jerson Kelman, Agencia, Nacional de Aguas, Brazil/GEF Sao Francisco
River Basin Project and Integrated Water
Resources Management, Chair Alfred M.
Duda, GEF Secretariat, and Choomjet
Karnjanakesorn, Mekong River Commission
Secretariat, Mekong River Basin GEF Water
Utilization Project |
Side Event: Environmental Flows for
Sustainable Development:
vital for
healthy functioning river systems and
critical for achieving economic prosperity
and the conservation of biodiversity--IUCN |
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This interactive
session discussed the importance of
environmental flows for people and nature,
consider experience already gained in
achieving environmental flows, and explore
the next steps in promoting and implementing
environmental flows for sustainable
development. For more information, visit:
www.iucn.org
Photo: John
Scanlon, Chair of the Session, Head, IUCN
Environmental Law Programme. |
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Relevant
Links:
 CSD-12
homepage
Official
Programme
Partnerships Fair
Learning Center
Side
Events
CSD-12
Documents
CSD-12
Documents
Think
Pieces on Water, Sanitation and Human Settlements: These papers seek to
stimulate the debate on key areas related to the current CSD session's
thematic cluster. The "think pieces" can be accessed at:
http://www.dep.no/md/engelsk/csd12/topics/022021-990432/
Webpage
for CSD-12 Chair and Norway's Environment Minister Børge Brende:
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ENB Coverage of related meetings:
CSD Briefing Note
from March 22, 2004
CSD Briefing Note
from February 25, 2004
CSD Briefing Note
from January 23, 2004
CSD
Briefing Note from October 3, 2003
ENB
Coverage of the CSD-12 Regional Implementation Meetings:
UNECE
First Regional Implementation Forum
15 - 16 January 2004; Geneva, Switzerland
CSD-12
Regional Implementation Meeting - ECA
8-13 December 2003; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
CSD-12
Regional Implementation Meeting - ESCAP
27-28 October 2003, Bangkok, Thailand
CSD-12
Regional Implementation Meeting - ESCWA
19-21 October 2003, Cairo, Egypt
ENB
Coverage of CSD-11 |
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