The United Nations System Delivering as one on Climate Change
16 December 2009 ,from 18:00 to 19:15 Hrs BELLA CENTER, ROOM: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, Copenhagen, Denmark
The United Nations Secretary‐General and the Executive Heads of several UN system organizations participated in an interactive discussion with the audience on the UN system’s efforts to address climate change.
MODERATOR Mr. Mohamed T. El‐Ashry, Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation
18:00 Welcoming statements Mr. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on ClimateChange Ms. Lykke Friis, Minister for Climate and Energy, Denmark
18:10 Opening remarks Mr. Ban Ki‐moon, Secretary‐General of the United Nations
18:15 –19:15 Interactive discussion in response to questions from the audience
UN system Chief Executives on stage:
Ms. Irina Bokova, Director‐General, (UNESCO) Mr. Raymond Benjamin, Secretary‐General, (ICAO) Mr. Edouard Dayan, Director‐General, (UPU) Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary‐General, (ITU) Mr. Michel Jarraud, Secretary‐General, (WMO) Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Secretary‐General, (IMO) Dr. Francis Gurry, Director‐General, (WIPO) Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director‐General, (UNIDO) Mr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary‐General, (UNWTO) Miss Helen Clark, Administrator, (UNDP) Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director, (UNEP) Mr. Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Ms. Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, (WFP) Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN‐Habitat Mr. Michel Sidibe, Executive Director, (UNAIDS) Ms. Katherine Sierra, Vice President for Sustainable Development, The World Bank Mr. Sha Zukang, United Nations Under‐Secretary‐General for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Mr. John Holmes, Under‐Secretary‐General (UN-OCHA) and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary, (UNECE), representing the UN Regional Commissions
Senior UN system participants in the audience: Ms. Monique Barbut, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the UN Secretary‐General (UNISDR) Ms. Kyung‐wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Mr. Jan Mattsson, Executive Director, UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Ms. Inés Alberdi, Executive Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Ms. Flavia Pansieri, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Ms. Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, (ILO) Dr. Maria Neira, Director, Public Health and Environment Department, (WHO) Mr. George Kell, Executive Director, Global Compact Office, United Nations Mr. Adnan Z. Amin, Director, CEB Secretariat
The United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) invitation to the debate on the role of the UN system in addressing climate change:COP15/CMP5
The United Nations System Delivering as one on Climate Change
16 December 2009 ,from 18:00 to 19:15 Hrs
BELLA CENTER, ROOM: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, Copenhagen, Denmark
The United Nations Secretary‐General and the Executive Heads of several UN system organizations participated in an interactive discussion with the audience on the UN system’s efforts to address climate change.
MODERATOR
Mr. Mohamed T. El‐Ashry, Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation
18:00 Welcoming statements
Mr. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on ClimateChange
Ms. Lykke Friis, Minister for Climate and Energy, Denmark
18:10 Opening remarks
Mr. Ban Ki‐moon, Secretary‐General of the United Nations
18:15 –19:15 Interactive discussion in response to questions from the audience
UN system Chief Executives on stage:
Ms. Irina Bokova, Director‐General, (UNESCO)
Mr. Raymond Benjamin, Secretary‐General, (ICAO)
Mr. Edouard Dayan, Director‐General, (UPU)
Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary‐General, (ITU)
Mr. Michel Jarraud, Secretary‐General, (WMO)
Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, Secretary‐General, (IMO)
Dr. Francis Gurry, Director‐General, (WIPO)
Mr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director‐General, (UNIDO)
Mr. Taleb Rifai, Secretary‐General, (UNWTO)
Miss Helen Clark, Administrator, (UNDP)
Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director, (UNEP)
Mr. Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Ms. Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, (WFP)
Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN‐Habitat
Mr. Michel Sidibe, Executive Director, (UNAIDS)
Ms. Katherine Sierra, Vice President for Sustainable Development, The World Bank
Mr. Sha Zukang, United Nations Under‐Secretary‐General for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Mr. John Holmes, Under‐Secretary‐General (UN-OCHA) and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Mr. Jan Kubis, Executive Secretary, (UNECE), representing the UN Regional Commissions
Senior UN system participants in the audience:
Ms. Monique Barbut, CEO and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the UN Secretary‐General (UNISDR)
Ms. Kyung‐wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Mr. Jan Mattsson, Executive Director, UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Ms. Inés Alberdi, Executive Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Ms. Flavia Pansieri, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Sachiko Yamamoto, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, (ILO)
Dr. Maria Neira, Director, Public Health and Environment Department, (WHO)
Mr. George Kell, Executive Director, Global Compact Office, United Nations
Mr. Adnan Z. Amin, Director, CEB Secretariat
CEB High-level side event: COP15 Programme
The United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) invitation to the debate on the role of the UN system in addressing climate change:COP15/CMP5
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