Global Knowledge 97
Interviews and Photos
Julie Wagemakers of IISD at the combined IISD/IDRC/North-South Institute Display
John Lawrence of UNDP discusses UNDP's role in GK97
The meeting board provided an opportunity for participants to schedule meetings with others
Breakfast on Tuesday morning
Rod Araneda of IISD broadcasts the Plenary sessions using Real Audio
Kathryn White, President, Canadian Committee for UNIFEM
Jacqueline
Pelletier, Master of Ceremonies, welcoming delegates back to the Monday morning
Plenary session.
"You
want what??!!" Carol Della Penta (CIDA) cheerfully responds to requests for
assistance.
Alain
Brousseau, Coordinator (CIDA), surveys the morning Plenary session from the back
of the hall.
Diane
Marleau, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La
Francophonie (Canada) opens the Monday morning Plenary session in the Grand
Ballroom.
James
D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank addresses the Plenary
Jos�
Maria Figueres, President of Costa Rica
John
Manley, Minister of Industry (Canada)
Maurice
Strong, Under-Secretary-General of the UN for Reform
Joy
Male, Administrator, Mengo Senior School (Uganda)
The
panel of speakers for Plenary speeches on Monday's session, "Investing in
Knowledge."
The "Sustainable
Developments" team (Kira Schmidt, Jonathan Krueger, Silke Speier and Greg
Terrill.)
Silke
Speier and Greg Terrill taking notes on Plenary speeches
Chris
Greenshields (Canadian Foreign Affairs and International Trade) and Soe Lin
(CIDA)
The
Global Knowledge '97 Conference opened with dancing provided by dancers from
Canada's First Nations.
The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, Rom�o LeBlanc
welcomes guests
John Middleton, Supervisor for GK 97 and Chief of New
Products with the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, discusses
his role in the planning of the meeting, the development of the conference
programme and he speaks to the "virtual" community participating
throughout the world.
Pierre Marc Johnson (Canada) attending the sessions
UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
enter the Plenary Hall on the opening night
Jacqueline
Pelletier, Master of Ceremonies visits before the start of the meeting
Tony Zeitoun of CIDA at the opening ceremony
Participants
await the beginning of the meeting
The welcoming ceremony, hosted by the Government of Canada, preceded opening
night's speeches
Alicia Barcena (UNEP)
Leslie Hazle, moderator of the GK97 list at the Education Development Center (EDC) booth
Arthur Hanson, President of IISD, visits with Tony Zeitoun of CIDA"
Students from Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories (Canada) (RealAudion interview to come soon)