IISD RS @ Fifth Session of the Preparatory Commission for IRENA and First Session of the Assembly of IRENA, 3 April 2011 and 4-5 April 2011, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Curtain Raiser

3 April 2011

4 April 2011

5 April 2011 & Summary

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8 April 2011


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8 April 2011

Highlights for Tuesday, 5 April 2011

On Tuesday morning, 5 April, delegates resumed and concluded the High Level Segment. All speakers expressed their condolences to Japan for the recent natural and nuclear disaster. Many thanked the UAE for its hospitality and congratulated Adnan Amin (Kenya) on his election as IRENA’s first Director-General. Also in the morning, the Assembly adopted by consensus decisions on: the transfer of assets and liabilities from the Preparatory Commission to IRENA and recommendations on transitional arrangements; the Host Country Agreements; the staff regulations; the establishment of a Staff Provident Fund of the IRENA; the secondment of personnel to the IRENA; the interim financial regulations for the IRENA; the agreement on privileges and immunities for the IRENA; multiligualism; and the programme of work and budget for 2011.

The Assembly further took note of the report on the activities of the Preparatory Commission and the report of the credentials committee. In the afternoon, the Assembly elected the Council, and concluded its work at 5:21pm.

Daily web coverage

3 April - 4 April - 5 April

Closing Ceremony

Sultan Al Jaber, President of the Assembly gaveled the meeting at 5.21pm

Karsten Sach, Germany, was presented with an IRENA Preparatory Commission banner signed by many delegates and secretariat members

The IRENA Secretariat group photo

Delegates depositing nominations for committees

Degelates before the closing of the meeting

New logo for IRENA

Ministerial Roundtable

A Ministerial Roundtable on the strategic needs for a clean energy future met to discuss developing and developed country views on the role of IRENA, how IRENA should position itself vis à vis other institutions, and the creation of markets and policies to facilitate renewable energy uptake.

Ministers during the roundtable

Adnan Amin (Kenya) Director-General of IRENA, and Sultan Al Jaber, President of the Assembly

Maud Olofsson, Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Sweden, and Jose Rene Almendras, Secretary of Energy, the Philippines, facilitated the round table discussions.

Charalampos Pippos, Greece

Sirray Timbo, Sierra Leone

Juergen Becker, State Secretary, Germany

George Pullicino, Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs, Malta

Morning Plenary

The dais during the morning session

Participants listening to Angola's speech

Umaru B. Wurie, Sierra Leone, and Karsten Sach, Germany

Wilson Sierra, Uruguay

Iya Tidjani, Cameroon

Diego Noguera and Heidi Liliana Botero Hernández, Colombia

Jean-Paul Tarud, Chile

Around the Conference

Registration desk

Miquel Muñoz, IISDRS

A participant reading the ENB

View of solar panels from the terrace of the venue.

ADNEC Conference Center

Diego Noguera, Colombia, Angeles Estrada, Argentina, Aaron Leopold, United States, Sultan Al Jaber, President of the Assembly, Miquel Muñoz, Spain, Suzi Malen, South Africa, Nancy Williams, United States, and Alice Bisiaux, France

Daily web coverage

3 April - 4 April - 5 April