Regional Seminar on Governance and Administration of the Secretariat of the The Four Nations Initiative (4NI)

PROGRAM

Friday, May 11 th , 2007 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 180 Teatinos, 17 th Fl. Conference Center Cardenal Samoré

08:45 – 09:15 Registration of participants.

09:15 – 09:30 Opening and introduction by the Director-General of Foreign Policy, Ambassador Carlos Portales.

09:30 – 10:00 Address on the reform process of the United Nations by Ms. Alicia Bárcena, Under-Secretary- General for Management of the United Nations.

10:00 – 11:00 First module: The Four Nations Initiative and its contributions to the reform process of the United Nations.

Moderator : Director of Multilateral Policy, Ambassador Eduardo Gálvez

Panelists :

- Permanent Representative of to the United Nations, Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz - Ambassador of , Mr. Bengt Säve-Söderbergh - Representative of , Ms. Karen Lock - Representative of , Mr. Kosol Satithamajit

Comments and questions

11:00 – 13:00 Second module: Presentation of base documents

Moderator : Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations, Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz

Themes :

- “Governance, Accountability and Transparency in the United Nations”, presented by Mr. Peters Pedersen, Secretary General of the 4NI. - “Mandate and Roles of the UN”. - “Power, Purse and Numbers. A Diagnostic Study of the UN Budget and Finance Process and Structure”, presented by Professor Francisco Sagasti

Coffee break

...continuation of second module:

Comments by

- Professor Marcela Ríos, Researcher and Head of the Governance Programme, UNDP. - Professor Erich Spencer, Chair of Management and International Business, Universidad de Chile

Questions

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13:00 – 15:00 Lunch offered to participants by the Director of Multilateral Policy, Ambassador Eduardo Gálvez, Panoramic Hall, Floor 17 th .

15:00 – 15:30 Presentation of “Perspectives from the Field”, by Mr. Enrique Ganuza, Permanent Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Resident Coordinator of the in Chile.

Comments and questions

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30 Third module: Draft Report of the Four Nations Initiative

Mr. Anders Pedersen, Secretary General of the 4NI, presents the document “Towards a Compact” and moderates Round Table.

Round table

- Integrated by representatives from South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, and Chile, the Under- Secretary-General for Management of the United Nations, and the Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System of the United Nations in Chile.

Comments and questions

17:30 – 17:45 Closing of the Seminar by the Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations, Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz.

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