SD: Interlinkages Conference 14-16 July 1999, Tokyo

"Interlinkages- International Conference on Synergies and Coordination between Multilateral Environmental Agreements"
14-16 July 1999, Tokyo, Japan

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Briefing, Photos and RealAudio 14 July

On the opening day of the International Conference on Synergies and Coordination between Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), participants met in Plenary sessions to hear opening remarks and keynote addresses, introductions to the conference working group themes, and a panel discussion among heads of MEA secretariats and other high-level officials.
*Opening Remarks and Keynote Addresses . . . . .*
	Motoyuki Suzuki, Vice Rector, UNU, and Moderator, also delivered a message from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (right) Kiyotaka Akasaka, Deputy Director-General, MOFA, Japan, delivered a message on behalf of Keizo Obuchi, Prime Minister of Japan
	J. A. Van Ginkel, Rector, UNU, delivered the opening keynote address Speaking on behalf of Dr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, UNEP, Jorge E. Illueca, Assistant Executive Director, Division of Environmental Conventions, UNEP delivered a keynote address

Introduction and Presentation of Working Group Themes

	From left (clockwise): Brett Orlando, IUCN (Issue Management), Remy Paris, OECD (Finance), Robert Watson, IPCC (Scientific Mechanisms), Mark Collins, World Conservation Monitoring Centre (Harmonization of Information Exchanges) and Salvano Briceno, Former Deputy, UNCCD, and Principal Officer, UNFCCC (Synergies for Sustainable Development)

*Panel Discussion moderated by JA van Ginkel, Rector, UNU . . .*

Panelists, left to right: Wakako Hironaka, Member, House of Councilors, Japan, Delmar Blasco, Executive Secretary, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Kiyotaka Akasasa, MOFA, Japan, Willem Wijnstekers, Executive Secretary, CITES		Panelists, left to right: Lars Nordberg, Executive Secretary, LRTAP, Michael Graberm Deputy Executive Secretary, Montreal Protocol, Klaus T�pfer, Executive Director, UNEP, and Moderator J.A. van Ginkel, Rector, UNU


KlausT�pfer	Delmar Blasco	Wakako Hironaka	Willem Wijnstekers

*Participants attended a reception in the evening . . . .*

Links to related sites

Global Environment Information Centre	Schedule of Events
Background Information for Interlinkages Meeting	Documents for the Interlinkages Meeting
Participating Organizations	Multilateral Environmental Agreements

United Nations University

Live Conference Internet Broadcast

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