PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS No. 5, Tuesday, 19 July 2016
2–3 p.m. Meeting of the Extended Bureau Aberdares Hall
Main Track
9.30– High-level event Tsavo 1 11.30 a.m. Transforming economies for sustainable and inclusive growth
Building productive capacity to transform economies
Moderator: Ms. Poppy Trowbridge, Sky News
Opening remarks: Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Panellists: H.E. Mr. Rob Davies, Minister for Trade and Industry, South Africa H.E. Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, Minister for Industry, Trade, and Investment, Nigeria Mr. James Donovan, Chief Executive Officer, ADEC Innovations Mr. Kurt Tong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, United States of America Discussants: Mr. Helmut Scholz, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament Mr. Gilbert Houngbo, Deputy Director General, International Labour Office Mr. Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Director General, Department of International Economic Affairs, Thailand Mr. Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, Executive Secretariat for the Enhanced Integrated Framework, World Trade Organization Mr. Sergio Alonso Fernández de Córdova, President and Co-founder, PVBLIC Foundation
2.30– High-level event Tsavo 1 4.30 p.m. Building economic resilience for the most vulnerable Tackling vulnerabilities, building resilience
Moderator: Mr. Laban-Cliff Onsario, Reporter, Nation Media Group, Kenya
Opening remarks: Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Panellists: H.E. Mr. Axel M. Addy, Minister for Commerce and Industry, Liberia H.E. Mr. Tofail Ahmed, Minister for Commerce, Bangladesh Mr. Cheick Diarra, former United Nations Special Adviser on Africa and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Mr. Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa Ms. Anne Mutahi, Executive Director, Biashara Factors Ltd., Kenya Ms. Diana Ofwano, Regional Director ad interim for East and Southern Africa Regional Office and West and Central Africa Regional Office, UN-Women Mr. Kako Nubukpo, Director, Digital and Economic Francophonie, International Organization of La Francophonie Mr. Kostas Stamoulis, Assistant Director General, Economic and Social Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Ali, President, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia Mr. Mehdi Abbas, Professor, University of Grenoble, France
3–6 p.m. Committee of the Whole (private) Aberdares Hall
9.10 a.m.– General debate Shimba Hall 12.10 p.m.
3–6 p.m. General debate Shimba Hall
Ministerial round tables
11.30 a.m.– Lowering hurdles for trade: Trade costs, regulatory convergence and Tsavo 2 1 p.m. regional integration Building productive capacity to transform economies
Moderator: Mr. Kevin McKinley, Acting Secretary-General, International Organization for Standardization, Canada
Opening remarks: Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Panellists: Ms. Rita Teaotia, Secretary of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India Ms. Tatyana Valovaya, Minister for Integration and Macroeconomic Policy, Eurasian Economic Commission, Russian Federation Mr. Kurt Tong, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State, United States Mr. Yonov Frederick Agah, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization Mr. Palu Dhanani, Managing Director, Universal Corporation Ltd, Kenya Mr. Edward Njoroge, Chair, Telkom, Kenya Mr. Roberto Acle, President, Uruguay Chamber of Commerce, Uruguay Mr. Yonov Frederick Agah, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization
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Closing remarks: Mr. Guillermo Valles, Director, Division of International Trade in Goods and Services and Commodities, UNCTAD
11.30 a.m.– A world without least developed countries (LDCs) : Towards a better Tsavo 3 1 p.m. framework to assist structural transformation for LDC graduation
Moderator: Mr. Cheick Diarra, former United Nations Special Adviser on Africa and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Opening remarks: Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Panellists: Hon. Vincent Seretse, Minister for Investment, Trade and Industry, Botswana Mr. David Jackson, Director, Local Development Finance, United Nations Capital Development Fund Mr. Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework Mr. Oumar Diallo, Special Assistant to the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Mr. Andrey Kuleshov, Senior Project Manager, Common Fund for Commodities Mr. Mehdi Abbas, Professor, University of Grenoble, France Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Dieye, Executive Director, Centre africain pour le commerce, l'intégration et le développement
3–4.30 p.m. Roadmap for recovery: Economic development prospects of the Tsavo 3 Occupied Palestinian Territory through addressing obstacles to trade and development Tackling vulnerabilities, building resilience
Opening remarks and Moderator: Mr. Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division on Globalization, and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
Panellists: Mr. Abeer Odeh, Minister for National Economy, State of Palestine Mr. Hani Kort, Chair, Palestinian Shippers Council, Occupied Palestinian Territory Mr. Raja Khalidi, Coordinator of Research, Palestinian Economic Policy Research Institute, Occupied Palestinian Territory Mr. Atif Kubursi, Professor Emeritus, McMaster University, Canada Mr. Jonas Borlin, Chief Executive Officer, International Council of Swedish Industry, Sweden Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Chair in International Studies, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia
4.30.00–6 Ministerial round table Tsavo 1 p.m. Women as agents for economic change: Smallholder farming, food security, agricultural upgrading and rural economic diversification in the least developed countries 3
Opening remarks: Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Moderator: Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Chair, Independent Partnership for the Monitoring of the Outcome of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC IV Monitor), and Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka.
Session I: Closing the gender gap in agriculture: Towards gender-sensitive rural transformation
Panellists: H.E. Ms. Zenebu Tadesse, Minister for Women and Children Affairs, Ethiopia Ms. Sekai Nzenza, Head of Public Affairs, Amatheon Agri, Zimbabwe Respondent: Mr. Kostas Stamoulis, Assistant Director General, Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Session II: Enhancing rural women’s economic empowerment through off-farm activities
Panellists: H.E. Mr. Willy Bett, Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Kenya H.E. Mr. Jayanta Chand, Minister for Commerce, Nepal Respondent: Ms. Arancha González, Executive Director, International Trade Centre
Session III Promoting coordination mechanisms at the national and local levels to advance gender-sensitive rural development
Panellists: H.E. Mr. Faizaz Siddiq Koya, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Fiji Ms. Pauline Ngare, Director, Hand in Hand Eastern Africa Respondent: Ms. Diana Ofwona, Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, UN-Women
Closing remarks: Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Chair, LDC IV Monitor, and Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue and UNCTAD secretariat
4.30–6 p.m. South–South mechanisms to tackle vulnerabilities and build resilience: Tsavo 3 regional and monetary integration and innovative finance
Moderator: Mr. Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Division of Globalization and Development Strategy 4
Opening remarks: Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Panellists: Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Chair in International Studies, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia Dr. Kako Nubukpo, Director, International Organization of la Francophonie Mr. Patrick Njoroge, Governor, Central Bank of Kenya, Kenya Dr. Pedro Paez, Superintendent for Market Power Control, Ecuador Mr. Fernando Pimentel, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission Brazil to the World Trade Organization, Switzerland Mr. Gabriel Negatu, Regional Director, African Development Bank
Side events
8–9 Post-accession Forum Tsavo 2 a.m. Maximizing the benefits of World Trade Organization membership: Best practices on post-accession -- Lessons learned from 36 completed accessions
Moderator: Mr. Guillermo Valles, Director, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, UNCTAD
Opening remarks: Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD Mr. Frederick Yonov Agah, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization
Post-accession implementation strategy: Maximizing the benefits of membership of the World Trade Organization Speakers: H.E. Mr. Humayoon Rasaw, Minister for Commerce of Industries, Afghanistan H.E. Mr. Axel Addy, Minister for Commerce and Industry, Liberia
Post-accession support and partnership Speakers: Ms. Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, International Trade Centre Mr. Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, Executive Secretariat, Enhanced Integrated Framework Interventions by other multilateral institutions and bilateral partners
Conclusions and the way forward Speaker: Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary-General and former Chair of the Working Party on the Accession of Liberia
Reception for participants (Sponsored by the Secretariat of the Enhanced Integrated Framework)
10 a.m.-- Measuring and reporting South–South cooperation: How to grasp the Hilton Hotel, 12p.m. contribution of South–South cooperation to achieving the Sustainable Nairobi Development Goals 5
(Network of Southern Think Tanks in collaboration with the German Development Institute Managing Global Governance programme)
1–2 p.m. Delivering as one: Information session on a multi-donor trust fund for the Tsavo 2 United Nations Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity
Moderator: Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Opening remarks by: Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Assisted by: Ms. Arancha Gonzalez, Executive Director, International Trade Centre Mr. Yonov Frederick Agah, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization
Principal presenters: Mr. Kostas Stamoulis, Assistant DirectorGeneral, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Mr. Gilberto Houngbo, Deputy Director General for Field Operations and Partnerships, International Labour Office Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla, Director, Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation, United Nations Industrial Development Organization Mr. Jan Hoffmann, Chief, Trade Facilitation Section, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD Mr. Massimiliano La Marca, Senior Economist, Multilateral Cooperation Department, International Labour Office
Views of beneficiaries:
Moderators: H.E. Mr. Charles Mwijage, Ambassador, Ministry for Industry, Trade and Investment, United Republic of Tanzania Mr. Adolf Mkenda, Professor and Permanent Secretary for Trade and Investment, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, United Republic of Tanzania
Beneficiaries: View of beneficiary (example of the United Republic of Tanzania by H.E. Ambassador Charles Mwijage) View of United Nations Resident Coordinator (Mr. Lamin M. Manneh of Rwanda) Views of donors (H.E. Mr. Raymund Furrer, Ambassador in charge of the Division of Economic Cooperation and Development, and Delegate of the Swiss Government for Trade Agreements, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland
2--4 p.m. Latest developments in regional integration efforts of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and implications for foreign direct investment (Organized with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation)
Panellists: Mr. Mokhtar Warida, Assistant Director General, Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade Mr. Mohammed Bukhari, Investment Promotion Specialist, Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit Mr. Cem Tintin, Researcher, Statistical, Economic and Social 6
Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries
6–7 p.m. From trade to sustainable and creative livelihoods: Biodiversity and Amphitheatre design
Speakers: Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD Terrace H.E. Mr. Raymund Furrer, State Secretary, Switzerland outside Mr. Cyril Lombard, Chief Executive Officer, PhytoTrade Africa Amphitheatre Ms. Martha Kangandjo, Manager, Eudafano Women’s Cooperative, Namibia Mr. Steve MacFeely, Head, Development Statistics and Information Branch, UNCTAD
7--9 p.m. Cocktail and fashion show: Ethically, ecologically and sustainability chic!
Welcome remarks: 7.15--7.30 Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD p.m. Mr. NajibBalala, Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, Kenya Ms. Ann McCreath, Managing Director, KikoRomeo
Designers collection: 7.30--8 p.m. Waithira Kibuchi for VIVO, jewellry by Embody Accessories Lornah Sports by Lorna Kiplagat, Women’s Sportswear
Arnold Muriithi, with bags by Suave
Akinyi Odongo, with bags by Honey from the Moon
Musical intermission: Ms. Suzanna Owiyo 8--8.30 p.m.
Designers collection: 8.30--9 p.m.
John Kaveke, with bags by Sandstorm
Jamil Walji, Global award-winning premium Kenyan brand
Ann and Iona McCreath, KikoRomeo, with jewellry by Le Collane Di Beta
Closing 9 p.m.
Press conferences
1–2 p.m. Daily press briefing Shimba Hall
2.15–2.45 Civil Society press conference Shimba Hall p.m
World Investment Forum
1–3 p.m. Leaders luncheon - Twelfth Meeting of the Investment Advisory Council Green Room (by invitation)
3–6 p.m. High-level Tripartite Conference on Investment Promotion in the Tsavo 2 in the Sustainable Development Goals More effective States and more efficient markets
Opening remarks: Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD 7
Moderators: Ms. Courtney Fingar, Editor-in-Chief, fDi Magazine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Mr. Wallace Kantai, Business Editor, Nation Media Group, Kenya Ms. Adrienne Klasa, Editor, This is Africa Online, Financial Times, United Kingdom
Speakers: Mr. McHale Andrew, President, Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies, Saint Lucia Mr. Mohammed Bukhari, Head, Investment Promotion Technical Assistance Programme, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia Mr. Miguel Jorge Reis Antunes Frasquilho, President, AICEP Portugal Global Trade and Investment Agency, Portugal Mr. Zhang Huarong, Vice Chair, China–Africa Business Council and Chair of Huajian Group, China Mr. Moses Ikiara, Managing Director, Kenya Investment Authority, Kenya Mr. Robert Collymore, Chief Executive Officer, Safaricom, Kenya Mr. Dushyant Thakos, Vice-President, Invest India, India Mr. Alexander Meyer, Vice-President, Global Business Development, SAP, United States Mr. Gilles Betis, Chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Smart Cities Initiative, France Mr. Francisco N. González Díaz, Director General, ProMexico, Mexico Mr. Erik Bromander, State Secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure, Sweden Mr. Khaalis Rolle, Minister of State for Investments, Bahamas Mr. Bostjan Skalar, Executive Director, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies, Turkey Mr. Jianxin Chi, Chair, China-African Development Fund, China Mr. Anthony Omerikwa, Chief Executive Officer, National Social Security Fund, Kenya Mr. Sean Doherty, Head of International Trade and Investment, World Economic Forum, Switzerland Mr. Arvind Mayaram, Chair, CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition, India Mr. Tomas Hult, International Business Centre, Michigan State University, United States Mr. Hajo Provo Kluit, Policy Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
3–6 p.m. High-level International Investment Agreements Conference Amphitheatre
Carrying reform to the next level
Opening remarks: Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Moderator: Mr. James Zhan, Director, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD
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Speakers: Ms. Patricia Holmes, Assistant Secretary, Trade and Investment Law Branch, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Australia, intervention delivered by Mr. Simon Farbenbloom, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation to the World Trade Organization, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Australia H.E. Mr. Daniel Godinho, Secretary of Trade, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil Mr. David Usher, Director General, Trade Policy Negotiations, Permanent Mission of Canada in Geneva, Global Affairs Canada, Canada Mr. Wenliang Yao, Deputy Director General, Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China Mr. Mahdi Darar Obsieh, Director General, National Investment Promotion Agency, Djibouti Ms. Katrina Naut, Director of Foreign trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dominican Republic Ms. Thoraya El Sayeh, Undersecretary of State, Head of International Cooperation Department, Executive Director’s Office, General Authority for Investment and Free Zones, Egypt Mr. Rupert Schlegelmilch, Directorm Investment and Services, European Commission Mr. Jens Benninghofen, Adviser, Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology, Germany H.E. Mr. Henry Rotich, Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury, Kenya H.E. Mr. Saurabh Garg, Joint Secretary (Currency and Investment), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, India H.E. Mr. Toshiro Suzuki, Ambassador, International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan H.E. Mr. Hye-min Lee, Ambassador, International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea Mr. Moctar Kane, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Economic Development, Mauritania Mr. Godinho Alves, Deputy Director General, Investment Promotion Centre (CPI), Mozambique Ms. Elsbeth Akkerman, Deputy Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands Ms. Ladi Katagum, Acting Executive Secretary, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Nigeria Mr. Denis Ulin, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Economic Development, Russian Federation Mr. Raymond Gbekie, Chief Executive Officer, Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency, Sierra Leone Ms. Miriama Kiselyova, Senior State Counsellor, International Legal Affairs Unit, Ministry of Finance, Slovak Republic Ms. Tilanie Silva, Assistant Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka Ms. Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter, Deputy Director General, International Trade and Economic Development Division, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa Mr. Javier Peña, Deputy Head of Unit, Trade in Services and Investment, Department of Trade, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain Mr. Edouard Jay, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, Switzerland 9
Mr. Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Director, International Economic Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand Mr. Modou Lamin Sowe, Director of Investment Promotion and Facilitation, The Gambia Investment and Export Promotion Agency, the Gambia Mr. Daoud Saidali Toihir, General Manager, National Investment Promotion Agency, Comoros H.E. Mr. Mark Matthews, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Institutions in Geneva, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom H.E. Ms. Lisa Kubiske, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, United States Department of State, United States Mr. Bernd Lange, Chair, International Trade Committee, European Parliament Mr. Mohamed Abdel Raouf, Director, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration Mr. Roberto Echandi, Global Lead, Investment Policy and Promotion, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, World Bank Group Mr. Matteo Barra, Investment Expert, Energy Charter Secretariat Ms. Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Mr. Mokhtar Warida, Assistant Director General, Islamic Centre for Development of Trade Mr. Mario Pezzini, Director, OECD Development Centre and Acting Director, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (OECD) Mr. Edwini Kessie, Chief Trade Adviser, Office of the Chief Trade Adviser, Pacific Island Countries Mr. Cem Tintin, Researcher, Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries Mr. Manuel Montes, Senior Adviser on Finance and Development, South Centre Mr. Renaud Sorieul, Director, International Trade Law Division, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Mr. Stephen Karingi, Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division, Economic Commission for Africa Mr. Burghard Ilge, Policy Officer, Both Ends Mr. Pradeep Mehta, Secretary-General, CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition Ms. Nathalie Bernasconi, Group Director, Economic Law and Policy, International Institute for Sustainable Development Mr. Wellington Chibebe, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation Ms. Sukma Dwi Andrina, Legal Counsel, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Ms. Jane Kelsey, Consultant, Third World Network
World Investment Forum side events
11.30--1 A multilateral investment court to solve investment disputes? Amphitheatre p.m. Exchange of ideas hosted by the European Union and Canada (by invitation)
Speakers: 10
Mr. Rupert Schlegelmilch, Director Investment and Services, European Commission Mr. David Usher, Director General, Trade Negotiations, Global Affairs, Canada
Civil Society Forum
10– Civil Society Forum Plenary (fifth session) Civil Society 11.30 a.m. Plenary Tent
2–3 p.m. Information exchange Civil Society Forum Tent 1
Civil Society Organization side events
11.30 a.m.-- Can people-first public–private partnerships become the instrument of Civil Society 1 p.m. partnership to implement the Sustainable Development Goals? Forum Tent 1 (Cuts International)
11.30 a.m.-- “Breaking bad”: Are African countries giving away too many tax Civil Society 1 p.m. breaks? Forum Tent 2 (Action Aid International)
11.30 a.m.-- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: A good or bad start? Civil Society 1 p.m. (Mr. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) Forum Tent 3
3-4.30 p.m. Economic partnership agreement: Development challenges and workers’ Civil Society concerns Plenary Tent (International Trade Union Confederation)
3-4.30 p.m. Illegitimate debt and responsible finance Civil Society (European Network on Debt and Development) Forum Tent 1
3-4.30 p.m. Powering through the crisis: How a focus on women will bring economic Civil Society development Forum Tent 2 (Bretton Woods Project and ActionAid)
3-4.30 p.m. Inclusive agricultural development: The role of UNCTAD in reducing Civil Society hunger and achieving the right to food in Africa, Asia and the Middle Forum Tent 3 East (Our World is Not For Sale)
3-4.30 p.m. Mission Impossible: Development without public services Civil Society (Public Services International) Forum Tent 4
4.30-6 p.m. Measuring and quantifying the impact of the removal of non-tariff Civil Society barriers in the East African Community Forum Tent 1 (Cuts International)
4.30-6 p.m. Opportunities and challenges of African women enterprises to achieve Civil Society the Sustainable Development Goals: The case of the Democratic Forum Tent 2 Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Kenya (Compagnon d’Action pour le Développement Familial)
4.30-6 p.m. Inclusive trade for development: How can UNCTAD help to achieve the Civil Society Sustainable Development Goals? Forum Tent 3 (Our World is Not For Sale)
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Youth Forum
9 a.m.– Opening (public session) followed by private session Youth Forum 1 p.m. Shaping the world we want Tent
Moderator: Ms. Ory Okolloh, Director of Investment, Governance and Citizen Engagement Initiative in Africa, Omidyar Network, Kenya
Opening remarks: Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Speakers: Ms. Jane Mwangi, Director, KCB Foundation, Kenya Mr. Aashish Khullar, Board Member and Organizing Partner, Children and Youth International, United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth, United States
Bureau
President: H.E. Ms. Amina Mohamed (Kenya)
Chair of the Committee of the Whole: H.E. Mr. Alfredo Suescum (Panama)
Rapporteur Mr. David Usher (Canada)
Vice-Presidents African Group H.E. Mr. Delphin O. Koudande (Benin) H.E. Mr. Euloge Landry Kolelas (Congo) H.E. Mr. Amr Ramadan (Egypt) H.E. Mr. Yaekob Yalla (Ethiopia) Ms. Maureen Hinda (Namibia) H.E. Mr. Aminu Aliyu Bisalla (Nigeria)
Asia–Pacific Group H.E. Mr. Tofail Ahmed, Member of Parliament (Bangladesh) H.E. Mr. Faiyaz Siddiq Koya (Fiji) H.E. Ms. Rita Teaotia (India) H.E. Mr.Sochardjono Sastromihardjo (Indonesia H.E. Mr. Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh (Islamic Republic of Iran) H.E. Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan (Pakistan) H.E. Ms. Cecilia Rebong (Philippines) H.E. Mr. Shouwen Wang (China)
Latin American and Caribbean Group H.E. Héctor M. Cima (Argentina) H.E. Héctor Casanueva (Chile) Ms. Carmen Elena Castillo (El Salvador) H.E. Mr. Eduardo Sperisen-Yurt (Guatemala) 12
Mr . Geral Pajuelo Ponce (Peru) Ms. Victoria Francolino (Uruguay)
Group B Ms. Dorothea Schutz (Germany) H.E. Mr. Mark Matthews (United Kingdom) Mr. Kurt Tong (United States) Mr. Alberto Sanz (Spain) Ms. Cecilia Ekholm (Sweden) Ms. Paivi Kairamo (Finland)
Group D H.E. Mr. Yuri Seilenthal (Estonia) Ms. Tamara Kharushun (Belarus) Mr. Raimundas Karoblis (Lithuania) Mr. Dmitry Ivanenkov (Russian Federation)
Announcements Meetings on 19 July The Group of 77 and China will have a group meeting from 8.30–10 a.m. at Aberdares Hall.
Bilateral meetings For bilateral meetings, please register at [email protected]. Mr. Pavel Skomorokhin or Ms. Solange Behoteguy, fourth floor, KICC.
Daily Journal The Journal of the Conference, issued daily, will be available on the Conference website at http://unctad14.org under “Documentsˮ. Participants are invited to consult the Journal for last-minute changes to the programme of events. To make official announcements related to the Conference in the Journal, please contact Mr. Manuel Goyena at the Conference Servicing Office on the 14th floor before 5 p.m.
Statements Statements will be broadcast on the Internet in accordance with the order in which delegations have been included on the list of speakers. The texts of statements that are provided electronically to the secretariat ([email protected]) will be uploaded on the Conference website in the language version(s) in which they are received by the secretariat. The list of speakers will be published in the Daily Journal.
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