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Thursday, 15 May, 2008
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Dialogue with International Organizations
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The dialogue with UN organizations was chaired by CSD-16 Chair Francis Nhema (Zimbabwe).
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Achim Steiner (UNEP Executive Director).
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Axumite Gebre-Egziabher (Director, UN-HABITAT New York Office).
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Luc Gnacadja (UNCCD Executive Secretary).
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Philip Dobie (Director, UNDP).
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Julia Marton-Lefevre (IUCN Director-General).
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Josue Dione (Director, Economic Commission for Africa, for the ECOSOC Regional Commissions).
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Deborah Saidy (World Food Programme).
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Dialogue with Major Groups
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The dialogue with major groups was chaired by CSD-16 Vice-Chair Sasa Ojdanic (Serbia).
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Thomas Stelzer (Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs).
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Elenita Daño (Third World Network, for NGOs).
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David Gikaria (Mayor of Nakuru, Kenya, for Local Authorities).
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Jeffrey Luhanga (Malawi).
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Hiram Larew (United States).
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Karin Debroey (Christian Trade Union of Belgium, for Workers and Trade Unions).
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The Way Forward
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Adou Mohamed Ali (Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Djibouti).
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Josep Puxeu (Secretary of State of Water and Rural Affairs, Spain).
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Nasser Pagandaman (Secretary of Agrarian Reform, Philippines).
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Alcinda Abreu (Minister for Coordination of Environmental Affairs, Mozambique).
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Bradford Machila (Minister of Lands, Zambia).
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Illalkamar Ag Oumar (Chef de Cabinet, Ministry of Environment and Sanitation, Mali).
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Meena Gupta (Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, India).
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Amb. Piragibe dos Santos Tarragô (Brazil).
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Janchivlamdan Choikhand (Director, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Nature and Environment, Mongolia)
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Side Events
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UNEP held a side event at lunchtime: "Life" in the Balance - Food security and environment in a changing landscape.
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The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNDP co-organized a lunchtime side event, "Changing the Way We Develop: Dealing with Disasters and Climate Change."
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Around CSD-16
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Many of the day's statements were webcast.
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Youth delegates tried their lobbying skills on Hiram Larew (US).
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A participant read Wednesday's web page.
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Gerda Verburg (the Netherlands) greeted another participant as Hans Hoogeveen (the Netherlands) looked on.
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Delegates insisted that they had not deliberately coordinated to wear red.
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Delois Blakely, New Future Foundation, urged support for fair trade agricultural products like coffee.
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Vice-Chairs Tri Tharyat (Indonesia) and Melanie Suntizo-Sandoval (Guatemala) huddled with delegates in the afternoon.
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