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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, 27
April
In the
morning, delegates discussed the relationship among water, sanitation
and human settlements, focusing on poverty eradication and other
cross-cutting issues. In the afternoon, CSD-12 Chair Brende presented
the Chair’s Summary Part I, following which delegates made brief
comments on the paper. The Partnership Fair and the Learning Center held
events throughout the day.
Photo: A special
event at the German House to launch the call for submissions of the Seed
Awards
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Discussions
on the relationship among the three themes: Water, Sanitation and
Human Settlements
--Poverty
Eradication
--Other
Cross-Cutting Issues
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Margaret
Catley-Carlson, Chair, Global Water Partnership, Canada Sir
Richard Jolly, Professor, Institute of Development Studies,
University of Sussex, UK Pietro
Garau, Professor, Co-Chair, MDG Task Force on Slum Dwellers
More questions directed to and
comments from: Margaret
Catley-Carlson Sir
Richard Jolly Pietro
Garau
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Chair
introduces his Summary: Part 1 |
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Chair
Børge Brende introduces the
Chair's
text
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Below: Delegates
consult before the afternoon session |
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Partnerships
Fair: Population, Environment and Sustainable Development: ICPD
at 10 |
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Daisy
Owomugasho, African Women's Economic Policy
Network, Uganda (Water, Sanitation and Human
Settlements and Reproductive Health), Catherine
Budgett-Meakin, Coordinator of the Population
and Sustainability Network, UK, and Toby Aykroyd,
UK (Unsustainable population growth and its impact
on economic development and the environment |
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Side
Event: Sustainable Water and Energy Technology for
Change in Developing Countries: The Potential of
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)--organized
by the Government of Mauritius for the Alliance of
Small Island States |
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Al Binger, Director of the University of the
West Indies Center for Environment and
Development, Kingston Jamaica, and Panelists
(in no particular order): Robert
Nicholson,
Sea Solar Power, Maryland, US, Harno
Uehara,
Saga University, Institute of Ocean Energy,
Saga, Japan, Joseph Haung, US Department of
Energy, Washington DC, and George
Lockwood,
Solar Ocean Energy, California, US |
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Special
Event: Experiences with an Ecosystem Based
Approach in Integrated Water Resources
Management--organized by the Government of Japan,
Ramsar and the Government of Switzerland |
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Tomohiro
Shishime, Director of the Ground Water
Office, Ministry of Environment, Japan,
discusses case studies on sound water
management in upstream forest, river basin
wetland (left), Beat Nobs, Swiss
Agency for the Environment, Forests and
Landscape discusses the value of forests and
other ecosystems in water management, Achim
Steiner, Director General of IUCN
moderates the event, and Peter
Bridgewater, Secretary General, Ramsar
Convention, discusses the importance and
values of wetlands: the future of the Ramsar
Convention as a major water convention |
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Special Event: SEED initiative: Supporting
entrepreneurs for environment and development |
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| Klaus
Töpfer,
Executive Director, UNEP, Lord Holme, Chair,
Center for the Advancement of Sustainable
Development Partnerships, Felix Dodds,
Executive Director, Stakeholder Forum for Our
Common Future, Jürgen
Trittin, Federal Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety,
Germany |
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Event: Lessons Learned from Local Leaders:
Implementation of Long-Term Initiatives in a Short
Term Job--organized by the World Bank |
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CSD Chair and Norwegian Environment
Minister B�rge Brende gives an introductory
statement during the side event |
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Ian
Johnson, Vice President,
Environmentally and Socially
Sustainable Development, World Bank,
and
Shoji Nishimoto, Director,
Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP |
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| Miscellaneous
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| Major
groups meeting |
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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 - UNECA
8-13 December 2003; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
CSD-12
Regional Implementation Meeting - UNESCAP
27-28 October 2003, Bangkok, Thailand
CSD-12
Regional Implementation Meeting - UNESCWA
19-21 October 2003, Cairo, Egypt
ENB
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