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PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS
Tuesday, 15 June 2004
On Conference Site
Interactive Thematic Sessions
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Building Productive Capacity - The Key to
Benefiting from Globalization
Session I: Leveraging Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) for Export Competitiveness
Plenary Hall
The session will also feature a special intervention by
H.E. Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
Moderator: Ms. Hilary BOWKER, Bowker
Media+Communications, former CNN Anchor
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Followed by:
Session II: Building Competitive Export
Capacity of Developing Country Firms
(TD/399)
Moderator: Ms. Lala de Heinzelin, Enthusiasmo
Cultural, Brazil
Plenary Hall
Followed by:
Award Event by World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs
TD(XI)/OD/5
SAO.04 - 017
Committee of the Whole
9.30 a.m. -
Drafting Group 1 (Chapeau & para. 99)
1.30 p.m. -
Drafting Group 1 (Chapeau & para. 99)
(continues)
9.30 a.m. -
Drafting Group 2 (subthemes 1 to 4)
6.30 p.m. -
Drafting Group 2 (subthemes 1 to 4)
(continues)
Room I
Room AJUBA
at the Holiday Inn
Room AJUBA
at the Holiday Inn
Room G
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5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Meeting of the Committee of the Whole
(TD/L.368 and Add.1)
Room I
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General Debate
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Statements by:
Room B
Norway, Botswana, Finland, Germany, Czech
Republic, Mauritania, Bangladesh, China, Egypt,
Iraq, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bhutan, Venezuela, Romania,
Philippines, Russian Federation, Qatar
3 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Statements by:
Room B
Japan, United States of America, Mozambique, United
Republic of Tanzania, Republic of Korea, Sweden,
Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Burkina Faso, South
Africa, Iceland, Côte d'Ivoire, Kazakhstan, India, Singapore,
Sri Lanka, Austria, UNDP,
Portugal, UNIDO, Senegal, Costa Rica, Switzerland,
FAO, Nepal, World Tourism Organization, Bulgaria,
Australia, Canada, Yemen
Other meetings on Conference Site
11.45 a.m. 1.45 p.m.
African Group Meeting at expert level
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Office 08
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Launching of the Publication "Trade and Gender:
Room II
Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries"
Followed by
Round Table on Trade and Gender
Opening remarks by
Ms. M. Suplicy, Mayor of São Paulo
Mr. Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Ms. E. Herfkens, UN Secretary-General's Executive
Coordinator for the Millennium Campaign
(TD/392)
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
High-level Panel on Innovative Approaches
to Financing for Development (UNDESA)
Auditorium
Regina
Opening remarks by
H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Keynote address by
H.E. Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
Remarks by
Mr. Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
The Panel will be chaired by
Mr. José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General,
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
With the following panellists
H.E. Mr. Celso Amorim, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
H.E. Mr. Mike O´Brien, MP, Minister of State for Trade
and Investment, United Kingdom
H.E. Mr. Renaud Muselier, Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, France
Mr. Jean-Pierre Landau, Chairman, Working Group established
by President Chirac of France
Mr. Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General of OECD
and discussants
The Hon. Mr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Minister for Investment
and Privatization, Pakistan
Mr. Poul Nielsen, Member of the European Commission
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1 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. UNCTAD/UNDP Global Programme:
Room II
Using Competitiveness and Social Efficiency
for a Sustainable Human Development.
Experiences in Bolivia, Morocco, Senegal and Viet Nam
Light lunch will be provided.
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Forum on International Trade and Tourism
Room Ipiranga
(TD(XI)/PC/6 and Add.1)
(Near Exhibition Pavilion)
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
World Association of Investment Promotion
Agencies (WAIPA): Annual Conference
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Interactive Panel Discussion: Commodities,
Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development
(Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)/UNCTAD)
Auditorium
Regina
Room A
A cocktail reception will be hosted by the Managing
Director of the CFC for all participants.
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Biotrade Initiative: Trade and Biodiversity
Partnerships
Room II
Welcome and opening statements by:
Mr. Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
H.E. Mrs. Marina Silva, Minister of Environment, Brazil
Keynote Speakers:
H.E. Mr Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda
H.E. Mrs. Agnes van Ardenne, Minister of Development
Cooperation, Netherlands
3 p.m. 4.30 p.m.
Presentation of the new UNCTAD publication
"Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures"
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Room C
Off Conference Site
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
1.15 p.m. 3 p.m.
Cities: Engines of Economic Development
(URBIS/HABITAT)
(continues)
Building for Partnerships: The Helsinki Process
on Globalization and Democracy
(Finland/Brazil/United Republic of Tanzania)
Novotel
Centre Norte
A shuttle service to the Hotel Novotel with departures
from Gate 39 of the Anhembi Convention Center
at 12.30 p.m. and 12.45 p.m. has been organized.
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Exhibitions and Fairs
All day
Competitiveness Tools Fair (International
Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO)
(continues through 18 June)
Exhibition Pavilion
Space Brazil - Opportunities for Investment and Business
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Technology Fair of the Future (UNIDO/UNCTAD)
Discussion Panel : Global Value Chains and
Networks: Opportunities or Challenges ?
Technical Group UN/Brazil/Chile/France
Room Tiete
Please note the following changes
1. The Round Table of Executive Secretaries of UN Regional Commissions will
take place on 16 June from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Room II.
2. The meeting on Intellectual Property Rights and Challenges for Development,
jointly organized by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development (ICTSD) and UNAIDS, will take place on 17 June from 1 p.m. to
6 p.m. in Room G.
The Civil Society Forum continues at the Anhembi Conference Center
(Exhibition Pavilion)
A daily detailed programme of the Forum is available at the Conference
Center, as well as on the web.
Delegates are welcome to attend Forum sessions.
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Kindly read the Journal daily for the most recent
room and time changes.
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS
Wednesday, 16 June 2004
On Conference Site
Interactive Thematic Sessions
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Assuring Development Gains (Trade)
Session I: Assuring Development Gains
from the International Trading System and
Trade Negotiations
Plenary Hall
Followed by:
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Session II: Policy Options and Strategies to
Plenary Hall
Support Developing Countries' Competitiveness
in the Most Dynamic Sectors of International Trade
Committee of the Whole
9.30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Drafting Group 1 (Chapeau & para. 99)
Room A
6 p.m. 11 p.m.
Room I
Drafting Group 1 (Chapeau & para. 99)
(continues)
9.30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Drafting Group 2 (subthemes 1 to 4)
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Room AJUBA
at the Holiday Inn
6.30 p.m. 11 p.m.
Drafting Group 2 (subthemes 1 to 4)
(continues)
Room G
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5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Meeting of the Committee of the Whole
Room I
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General Debate
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Broadcast live on the web (continues)
Room B
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
(continues)
Room B
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Other meetings on Conference Site
8.45 a.m. 9.30 a.m.
Bureau of the Preparatory Committee of
the Group of 77 and China
Room G
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Implementing the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) Plan of Action:
Issues for Trade and Development.
Co-organized by the UNICT Task Force and
UNCTAD to identify concrete steps that could
be taken until the next phase of the Summit in
Tunis in November 2005.
Room C
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Round Table of Executive Secretaries of the
UN Regional Commissions: Bilateralism and
Regionalism in the Aftermath of Cancún:
Re-establishing the Primacy of Multilateralism
Room II
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
World Association of Investment Promotion
Agencies (WAIPA): Annual Conference
10 a.m. 11.30 a.m.
WAIPA/EMPRETEC Joint Workshop
Room D
12 p.m. 1.30 p.m.
EMPRETEC Chronicle and New Initiatives
Room G
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Auditorium
Regina
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Meeting of Trade Points of the Americas
Room C
2.30 p.m. 5.30. p.m.
Workshop on Accountancy and Economic
Development
Room II
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Meeting of Trade Points of the Americas
(continues)
Room C
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
World Association of Investment Promotion
Agencies (WAIPA): Annual Conference
(Launch of UNCTAD/ITC Joint Website for
Trade and Investment Analysis Map)
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
EMPRETEC/SEBRAE Round Table
Room G
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Trade-Related E-Finance for Small and MediumSized Enterprises (SMEs)
Room E
6.30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Special Session at Ministerial Level, Global
System of Trade Preferences (GSTP),
Committee of Participants
Auditorium
Regina
Room A
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Off Conference Site
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Cities: Engines of Economic Development
(URBIS/HABITAT)
(continues)
Side Event organized by International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Tropical Timber Trade & Development Dialogue.
Is the tropical timber trade contributing to
sustainable development ?
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Room II
Exhibitions and Fairs
All day
Exhibition Pavilion
Competitiveness Tools Fair (International
Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO)
(continues through 18 June)
Technology Fair of the Future
(UNIDO/UNCTAD)
Space Brazil - Opportunities for Investment
and Business
FISPAL
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Technical Group UN/Brazil/Chile/France
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Room Tiete
BUREAU OF THE ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT: H.E. Mr. Celso AMORIM, Minister of External Relations of Brazil
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE:
H.E. Mr. Zukang SHA (China)
VICE-PRESIDENTS:
1.
The Honourable Mr. Kerrie SYMMONDS
(Barbados)
2.
H.E. Mr. Sergei ALEINIK
(Belarus)
3.
H.E. Mr. Petko DRAGANOV
(Bulgaria)
4.
H.E. Mr. Raúl de la NUEZ RAMIREZ
(Cuba)
5.
H.E. Mr. Miroslav SOMOL
(Czech Republic)
6.
H.E. Mr. Paul BIYOGHE MBA
(Gabon)
7.
H.E. Mr. Tassos Anastassios KRIEKOUKIS
(Greece)
8.
H.E. Mr. Kamal NATH
(India)
9.
The Honourable Mr. Tom KITT
(Ireland)
10. The Hon. Mr. Keith D. KNIGHT
(Jamaica)
11. H.E. Mr. Ryuichiro YAMAZAKI
(Japan)
12. The Honourable Mr. Mukhisa KITUYI
(Kenya)
13. H.E. Mr. Choguel Kohalla MAIGA
(Mali)
14. H.E. Mr. Mustapha MECHAHOURI
(Morocco)
15. H.E.Mr. Gyan Chandra ACHARYA
(Nepal)
16. H. E. Mr. Jan de JONG
(Netherlands)
17. The Honourable Mr. Adamu Danjuma Idris WAZIRI
(Nigeria)
18. H.E. Mr. Bjørn SKOGMO
(Norway)
19. H.E. Mr. Ali AL-SUNAIDY
(Oman)
20. The Honourable Mr. Abdul Hafeez SHAIKH
(Pakistan)
21. H.E. Mrs. Leila RACHID DE COWLES
(Paraguay)
22. H.E. Mr. David WAISMAN
(Peru)
23. H.E. Mr. Enrique A. MANALO
(Philippines)
24. H.E. Mr. Vladimir I. TKACHENKO
(Russian Federation)
25. H.E. Mrs. Awa Gueye KEBE
(Senegal
26. The Honourable Mr. Jeyarai FERNANDOPULLE
(Sri Lanka)
27. H.E. Mr. Pierre-Louis GIRARD
(Switzerland)
28. H.E. Mr. Surakiart SATHIRATHAI
(Thailand)
29. H.E. Ms. Elaine DRAGE
(United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland)
30. The Honourable Mr. Richard T. MILLER (United States of America)
31. H.E. Mr. Jesús ARNALDO PÉREZ
(Venezuela)
32. H.E. Mr. K.V. MANYONDA
(Zimbabwe)
RAPPORTEUR:
Mr. François LEGER (France)
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