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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
Wednesday, 21 April
In the
morning, delegates in Conference Room 1 continued discussion on the
overall review on the implementation of Agenda 21, Programme for the
Further Implementation of Agenda 21, and JPOI. Delegates in Conference
Room 2 discussed water, focusing on financing, and empowering
stakeholders. In the afternoon, delegates in Conference Room 1 heard
status reports on inter-agency coordination, partnerships, national
reporting and indicators. Delegates in Conference Room 2 discussed
sanitation, focusing on the status of implementation, and strategies for
improving access to basic sanitation.
Photo: Students visit the UN for a special
event on Water, Education and Youth
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Statements: Overall Review
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Delegates from Canada (left) and Brazil
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Status report on
request for information from CSD-11 on reports on inter-agency
coordination, partnerships, national reporting and indicators |
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Thematic discussion on
Sanitation
--Status of implementation of MDG/JPOI goals
related to sanitation, from global to local levels
--Strategies for
improving access to basic sanitation |
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Patrick Kahangire,
Department of Water, Uganda, Bernando Monge, Dirección Protección
Ambiente Humano, Costa Rica, and Gourisankar Ghosh, Water and
Sanitation Supply Collaborative Council |
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Jamie Bartram, WHO |
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Interactive discussion on
Water:
--Meeting the financing
challenge for water--incentives to promote reforms and leverage
resources
--Empowering
stakeholders to ensure participation, in particular, women as agents
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John Wasielewski, USAID, Thierry Chambolle,
International Chamber of Commerce, Manuel Dengo, DESA, and
CSD-12 Vice-Chair
Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Costa Rica |
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Related Activities:
Water, Education and Youth--organized by UNICEF, UNDESA,
DPI, the New York City Department of Environmental
Protection (NY-DEP), the Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and Earth Child Institute
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Commissioner Christopher Ward, New York, Department of
Environmental Protection addresses students (left) and
CSD-12 Vice-Chair Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Costa Rica,
receives a book highlighting students concerns and
perspectives on water and sanitation |
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William Yotive, Project Manager, Global
Teaching and Learning Project, News and Media Division,
UN Department of Public Information (left) |
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Vanessa
Tobin, UNICEF, with students |
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William Yotive,
UN Department of Public Information, CSD-12
Vice-Chair Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Costa Rica,
Commissioner Christopher Ward, New York,
Department of Environmental Protection, Gourisankar Ghosh,
WSSCC, Vanessa Tobin, UNICEF, and student
representatives |
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The Learning Center: The Institute @CSD |
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Ysmail Dairov, Manager of Environmental
Policy Programme, and Bektas Apmatatist,
Regional Environmental Centre for Central
Asia (left) |
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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 B�rge 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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