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1 UNDESA/OESC 15 June 2010 Economic and Social Council New York, 28 June-2 July Tentative programme Monday, 28 June Morning Session 9:45-10:15am Opening Hamidon Ali, President of the Economic and Social Council Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations 10:15-11:30am 11:30am-12:00pm Keynote addresses Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom (tbc) Celso Amorim, Ministe r of External Relations, Brazil Moshira Khattab, Minister of State for Family and Population Affairs, Egypt Frances Stewart, Chair, Committee for Development Policy Policy messages from the Annual Ministerial Review preparatory meetings Africa Regional Meeting Women and Health, Dakar, Senegal, January 2010 Ndeye Khady Diop, Minister of Family, Food Security, Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Senegal Global Preparatory Meeting Who feeds the world in 2010 and beyond? Rural women as agents of change and champions of global food security, New York, 22 April 2010 Florence Chenoweth, Minister of Agriculture, Liberia

2 Special Event Engaging philanthropy to promote women empowerment and gender equality, New York, 22 February 2010 Geena Davis, Academy Award Winner 12:00-1:00pm Annual Ministerial Review: National Voluntary Presentation Moderator Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala Brazil Nilcéa Freire, Minister, Secretariat of Policies for Women 1:15-2:45pm Luncheon for Heads of delegation hosted by the President of ECOSOC 1 3:00-6:00pm Annual Ministerial Review: National Voluntary Presentations Moderator Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP Netherlands Yoka Brandt, Director-General for International Cooperation Guatemala Karin Slowing Umaña, Secretary of State for Planning and Programming France Nadine Morano, Secretary of State for Family and Solidarity Tuesday, 29 June Morning Session 8:15-9:45am Ministerial roundtable breakfasts 2 UNAIDS Women, girls, gender equality and HIV ILO, UNDP The Global Jobs Pact: Crisis recovery through women s economic empowerment UNFF Forests for People: The critical role of women in sustainable forest management 1 Upon invitation. 2 Upon invitation. Additional information to be provided separately.

3 10:00-10:20am Development Cooperation Forum Opening Hamidon Ali, President of the Economic and Social Council Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations 10:20-10:30am 10:30-11:00am Introduction of the Report of the Secretary-General Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA Keynote addresses Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development Deputy Minister of Commerce, China (tbc) Paavo Vayrynen, Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development 11:00am-1:00pm 1. Promoting greater coherence: how can all policies be geared towards development goals? Irene Ovonji Odida, Chair, International Board, Action Aid International (Moderator) Nguyen The Phuong, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam Kampeta Sayinzoga, Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda (tbc) Eckhard Deutscher, Chair, Development Assistance Committee, OECD Jose Antonio Ocampo, Professor, Columbia University 1:15-2:45pm High-level luncheon From Dialogue to Action the Empowerment of Rural Women in Agriculture organized by FAO, IFAD and WFP 3 Development Cooperation Forum 3:00-3:15pm Keynote address Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom (tbc) 3 Upon invitation.

4 3:15-5:15pm 2. Accountable and transparent development cooperation: how can we build more equal partnerships? Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union (Moderator) Mustafa Mkulo, Minister of Finance & Economic Affairs, Tanzania Lukita Dinarsyah Tuwo, Deputy Minister for Planning, Indonesia Irene Freudenschuss-Reichl, Director-General for Development Cooperation, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Austria Ingrid Srinath, Secretary-General, CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation 5:15-7:00pm 3. South-South, triangular and decentralized cooperation Hardeep Singh Puri, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (Moderator) Adriana Mejia, Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Colombia (tbc) Henrique de Campos Meirelles, Governor, Central Bank of Brazil (tbc) Elisabeth Gateau, Secretary-General, United Cities and Local Governments Christoph Beier, Managing Director, GTZ Wednesday, 30 June Morning Session 4 8:15-9:45am Ministerial roundtable breakfasts 5 UNESCO, UNICEF Women s and girl s education: A development imperative UNDP A catalyst for success: Addressing the gender dimensions of climate change 10:00am-1:00pm Annual Ministerial Review: National Voluntary Presentations Moderator Gert Rosenthal, Permanent Representative of Guatemala 4 Development Cooperation Forum: Parallel Informal Meetings (Upon invitation) 5 Upon invitation. Additional information to be provided separately.

5 Namibia Doreen Sioka, Minister for Gender Equality and Child Welfare Moldova Victor Bodiu, Minister of State United States of America Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women s Affairs Alonzo Fulgham, Chief Operating Officer, USAID Introduction of the Reports of the Secretary-General (AMR and the thematic discussion) (parallel with the National Voluntary Presentations) Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA Special policy dialogue The role of women in countries in special situations Carla Koppell, Director of Initiative for Inclusive Security (Moderator) Leymah Gbowee, Executive Director, Women in Peace and security Network Africa Frances Stewart, Director of Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, Department for International Development, University of Oxford Jan Egeland, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Graciana del Castillo, Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University Development Cooperation Forum 3:00-3:15pm 3:15-5:15pm Keynote address Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank (tbc) 4. Impact of multiple crises: allocating resources among competing needs Nitin Desai, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for the World Summit on the Information Society (Moderator) Marie-Josee Jacobs, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Luxembourg Lazare E. Menye, Minister of Finance, Cameroon (tbc) Masihur Rahman, Economic Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister, Bangladesh

6 Carlos A. Primo Braga, Acting Vice President and Corporate Secretary, The World Bank Group 5:15-6:45pm 5. Achieving the MDGs by 2015: an agenda for more and improved development cooperation Helen Clark, Chair, United Nations Development Group (Moderator) Samura Kamara, Minister of Finance and Development, Sierra Leone Hina Rabbani Khar, Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Pakistan Carsten Staur, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations Bob McMullan, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development, Australia 6:45-7:00pm Closing Summary Statement by Ambassador Ali, President of ECOSOC Thursday, 1 July Morning Session 8:15-9:45am Ministerial roundtable breakfasts 6 UNIFEM Women at the frontline of service delivery: Accelerating achievement of the MDGs WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA Improving women s health: Addressing the challenges GAID, G3ICT The role of ICTs in empowering women with disabilities 10:00am-1:00pm Annual Ministerial Review: National Voluntary Presentations Moderator: Frances Stewart, Chair, Committee for Development Policy Portugal João Gomes Cravinho, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Elza Pais, Secretary of State for Equality Republic of Korea Paik Hee Young, Minister for Gender Equality and Family 6 Upon invitation. Additional information to be provided separately.

7 Norway Ingrid Fiskaa, State Secretary of International Development General Debate (parallel with the National Voluntary Presentations) 3:00-6:00pm Annual Ministerial Review: National Voluntary Presentations Moderator Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD (tbc) Australia Bob McMullan, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Moderator Léo Mérorès, Permanent Representative of Haiti Congo Jeanne Francoise Leckomba Loumeto, Minister for the Promotion and Integration of Women Moderator Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD (tbc) Mongolia Tugsjargal Gandi, Minister for Social Welfare and Labour General Debate (parallel with the National Voluntary Presentations) Friday, 2 July 8:15-9:45am Morning Session Ministerial Roundtable Breakfasts 7 ITC/OSAGI Empowering women, powering trade: Integrating women into global value chains OHRLLS/OSAA/UNIFEM Economic opportunities for the empowerment of women in Africa and LDCs: Access to credit, land and markets UN-HABITAT Gender equality and sustainable urbanization 10:00am-12:30pm High-Level Policy Dialogue with the international financial and trade institutions on current developments in the world economy Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD 7 Upon invitation. Additional information to be provided separately.

8 Reza Moghadam, Director of the IMF s Strategy, Policy and Review Department International Monetary Fund Otaviano Canuto, Vice President, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, World Bank Clemens Boonekamp, Director, World Trade Organization General Debate (parallel with the High-level Policy Dialogue) 12:30-1:00pm Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration Closing of the High-level Segment 3:00-6:00pm Regional Commissions Dialogue

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