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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 Thursday, 29 April
In the morning, ministers engaged in an
interactive discussion with the heads of UN agencies on responding to
challenges. This was followed by a discussion on releasing the energy of local
entrepreneurs and partnerships. In the afternoon, delegates heard ministers and
Major Groups discuss the role and contribution of Major Groups, followed by a
discussion on water. The Partnership Fair and the Learning Center also held side
events throughout the day.
Photo: Secretary
General Kofi Annan with CSD Chair Borge Brende during the
launching of Worldwatch's State of the World Report 2004; Christopher Flavin,
President, Worldwatch Institute is in the background
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Ministers
and Heads of Delegations: Responding to Challenges |
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to lead off statements from:
Marina
Silva, Environment Minister, Brazil
Margaret
Beckett, Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs, UK
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Waller Hunter, Executive Secretary, UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change, and Ian Johnson,
World Bank (left) and Len Good, GEF CEO and Thoraya
Obaid, Executive
Director, UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
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| Martin
Cullen, Minister for the Environment Heritage and
Local Government, Ireland on behalf of the EU (left)
Beat Nobs, Swiss Agency for
the Environment, Forests and Landscape, Switzerland
Serge
Lepeltier, Minister of Ecology and Sustainable
Development, France |
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| Len Good,
GEF CEO (left) and the International
Labor Organization intervenes (center) |
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Jose Antonio Ocampo,
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social
Affairs, and CSD Chair Borge Brende
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Releasing
the Energy of Entrepreneurs and Partnerships |
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Listen to lead
off statements:
Paula Dobriansky, Under-Secretary for
Global Affairs, US
Bjorn Stigson, President, World Business
Council on Sustainable Development |
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| Meeting
the Basic Needs in Water, Sanitation and Human Settlements |
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Listen to lead off statements from: Alhaji
Muhktar Shagari, Minister for Water Resources, Nigeria David
Kemp, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Australia
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Listen to interventions from:
Ireland, on behalf of the EU
Qatar, for the G-77/China
Marion
Hobbs, Environment Minister, New
Zealand
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Launch of The
Worldwatch Institute's State of the World 2004 Report |
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| Kofi Annan and Borge Brende
receive honors from The Worldwatch Institute; pictured with the Chairman
of the Board of the Worldwatch Institute Oystein Dahle |
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Event: Policy Principles and Guidelines for Private Sector
Participation in Sustainable Water and Sanitation
Services--organized by the Government of Switzerland
This side event aimed to initiate
the dialogue around values, principles and implementation
strategies in water and sanitation partnerships with the private
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| Klaus Topfer,
UNEP Executive Director, Jose Volkmar Barragan, Vice
Ministro de Vivienda y Servicios Basicos of Bolivia, Beat Nobs,
wiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape, Switzerland, Martha
Karua, Mister of Water Resource Management and Development,
Kenya, and Sirkka Korpela, Director for Business Partnerships
of UNDP |
| Raymond Jost,
Secretaire General, Le Secreteriat international de l'eau, Ger
Bergkamp, Coordinator, Water and Nature Initiative, IUCN, and Robert
Martin, Programme Director, Water and Sustainable Development,
WBCSD |
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Event: Water for Life: The European Union Water
Partnership--organized by the European Commission |
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Margot Wallstrom,
European Commissioner for the Environment For
more information, visit the EU Water Initiative Website: www.euwi.net;
or email: env-euwi@cec.eu.int |
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| Water,
Sanitation and the Implementation of the Millennium Development
Goals--Organized by UNDP and the Modern Media Initiatives for a
Sustainable Future, University of Miami |
| Carol Bellamy,
Executive Director, UNICEF, Roberto Lenton, UN Millennium Water
Task Force, Kerstin Leitner, Assistant Director General,
Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, WHO, Zephirin
Diabre, Associate Administrator, UNDP, and Edward Pfister,
Dean, School of Communications, University of Miami |
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 - 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
Coverage of CSD-11 |
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