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	Twelfth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-12) United Nations Headquarters, New York \| 19-30 April 2004


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Highlights from Tuesday, 27 April

In the morning, delegates discussed the relationship among water, sanitation and human settlements, focusing on poverty eradication and other cross-cutting issues. In the afternoon, CSD-12 Chair Brende presented the Chair’s Summary Part I, following which delegates made brief comments on the paper. The Partnership Fair and the Learning Center held events throughout the day. Photo: A special event at the German House to launch the call for submissions of the Seed Awards

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Discussions on the relationship among the three themes: Water, Sanitation and Human Settlements

--Poverty Eradication

--Other Cross-Cutting Issues

Margaret Catley-Carlson, Chair, Global Water Partnership, Canada

Sir Richard Jolly, Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK

Pietro Garau, Professor, Co-Chair, MDG Task Force on Slum Dwellers

More questions directed to and comments from: Margaret Catley-Carlson Sir Richard Jolly Pietro Garau

Listen to interventions from:

Uganda

Canada

South Africa

Indigenous Peoples

Business and Industry

Science and Technology

Trade Unions

Chair introduces his Summary: Part 1

Chair Børge Brende introduces the Chair's text

Below: Delegates consult before the afternoon session

Partnerships Fair: Population, Environment and Sustainable Development: ICPD at 10

The Population and Sustainability Network Partnership was launched at CSD-12, with the aim of elaborating the economic, social and environmental effects of population growth and unsustainable consumption. For more information, contact the Network Co-ordinator, Catherine Budgett-Meakin: cbm@populationandsustainability.org; http://www.populationandsustainability.org

Side Event: Sustainable Water and Energy Technology for Change in Developing Countries: The Potential of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)--organized by the Government of Mauritius for the Alliance of Small Island States

Moderator Al Binger, Director of the University of the West Indies Center for Environment and Development, Kingston Jamaica, and Panelists (in no particular order): Robert Nicholson, Sea Solar Power, Maryland, US, Harno Uehara, Saga University, Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga, Japan, Joseph Haung, US Department of Energy, Washington DC, and George Lockwood, Solar Ocean Energy, California, US

Special Event: Experiences with an Ecosystem Based Approach in Integrated Water Resources Management--organized by the Government of Japan, Ramsar and the Government of Switzerland

Tomohiro Shishime, Director of the Ground Water Office, Ministry of Environment, Japan, discusses case studies on sound water management in upstream forest, river basin wetland (left), Beat Nobs, Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape discusses the value of forests and other ecosystems in water management, Achim Steiner, Director General of IUCN moderates the event, and Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General, Ramsar Convention, discusses the importance and values of wetlands: the future of the Ramsar Convention as a major water convention

Special Event: SEED initiative: Supporting entrepreneurs for environment and development

Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, UNEP, Lord Holme, Chair, Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Development Partnerships, Felix Dodds, Executive Director, Stakeholder Forum for Our Common Future, Jürgen Trittin, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany

Special Event: Lessons Learned from Local Leaders: Implementation of Long-Term Initiatives in a Short Term Job--organized by the World Bank

CSD Chair and Norwegian Environment Minister Børge Brende gives an introductory statement during the side event

Ian Johnson, Vice President, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, World Bank, and
Shoji Nishimoto, Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP