Asia-Pacific Regional Session
at the 5th World Water Forum
Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting
for Water Security
on March 20, 2009
Sadabad Hall, Regions Bloc
Agenda
Asia-Pacific Regional Session at the 5th World Water Forum
Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting for Water Security
Co-chairs:
Mr. Yoshiro Mori, President of APWF
Ms. Erna Witoelar, Vice Chair of APWF Governing Council
Part 1: Asia-Pacific Ministerial Panel on Water Security
9:00-9:10
Opening by Mr. Yoshiro Mori, President of APWF
9:10-9:20
Remarks by Mr. Siva Thampi, Director of Environment and Development Division, Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
9:20-9:30
Remarks by Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, Lead Water Resources Specialist, Asian Development
Bank
9:30-10:30
Asia-Pacific Ministerial Panel on Water Security
a. Representative of each sub-region
b. Host of leadership meeting in the region
10:30-11:00
Break
Part 2: Asia-Pacific Challenges to Achieve Water Security
11:00-11:10
Launching and presentation of the Asia-Pacific Regional Document by Ravi Narayanan, CBE, ViceChair of APWF Governing Council
11:10-11:45
Statement on national water security issues by ministers for water
11:45-11:55
Statement by the representative of the G8 Experts Group on Water and
Sanitation
11:55-12:40
Panel Discussion by APWF partners and leaders
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Agenda
Part 1: Asia-Pacific Ministerial Panel on Water Security
9:00-9:10
Opening by Mr. Yoshiro Mori, President of APWF
9:10-9:20
Remarks by Mr. Siva Thampi, Director of Environment and Development Division, Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
9:20-9:30
Remarks by Mr. Wouter Lincklaen Arriens, Lead Water Resources Specialist, Asian
Development Bank
9:30-10:30
Asia-Pacific Ministerial Panel on Water Security
a. Representative of each sub-region
 Northeast Asia: Mr. Chen Lei, Minister for Water Resources, People’s Republic of China
 Central Asia: Mr. Saidi Yokubzod, Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Resources,
Tajikistan
 Caucasus: Mr. Giorgi Khachidze, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources
Protection, Georgia
 South Asia: Mr. Ramesh Sen, Minister for Water Resources, Bangladesh
 Southeast Asia: Mr. Djoko Kirmanto, Minister of Public Works, Indonesia
 Pacific: Mr. Faumuina Liuga, Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa
b. Host of leadership meeting in the region
 Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore
 Mr. Yasushi Kaneko, Senior Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism,
Japan
10:30-11:00
Break
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Agenda
Part 2: Asia-Pacific Challenges to Achieve Water Security
11:00-11:10
Launching and presentation of the Asia-Pacific Regional Document by Ravi Narayanan, CBE, Vice-Chair of
APWF Governing Council
Statement on national water security issues by ministers for water
11:10-11:45
11:45-11:55
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Dr. James Horne, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts, Australia
Mr. Pehin Dato Abdullah Bakar, Minister of Development, Brunei Darussalam
Mr. Veng Sakhon, Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, Kingdom of Cambodia
Mr. Ben Eliezer Binyamin, Minister of Water and Energy, Israel
Mr. Do-Youp Kwon, Vice Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, Republic of Korea
Mrs. Khempheng Pholsena, Minister to the Prime Minister's Office and Head of the Water Resources and
Environment Administration, Lao People's Democratic Republic
 Mr. Luimediin Gansukh, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia
 Mr. Athaullah Ahamed Lebbe Marikkar, Minister of Water Supply and Drainage, Sri Lanka
 Mr. Shavkat Khamraev, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Republic of Uzbekistan
Statement by the representative of the G8 Experts Group on Water and Sanitation by Mr. Akihiko Furuya,
Ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Panel Discussion by APWF partners and leaders
11:55-12:40
 Facilitator: Ms. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Water
Security, Member of UNSGAB
 Mr. Djoko Kirmanto, Minister of Public Works, Indonesia
 Prof. Saifuddin Soz, Minister of Water Resources, India
 Dr. Alexander Muller, Assistant Director General of the Natural Resources and Environment Department, FAO
 Dr. Andreas Schild, Director General, ICIMOD
 Dr. Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, Director, ICHARM
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