Regional Seminar on Governance and Administration of the Secretariat of the United Nations 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 Chile to the United Nations, Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz - Ambassador of Sweden, Mr. Bengt Säve-Söderbergh - Representative of Thailand, Ms. Karen Lock - Representative of South Africa, 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 1/2 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 United Nations System 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. ____________________________ 2/2 .