United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

UNITED NATIONS Administrative Committee on Coordination
SUB-COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION
THE UN SYSTEM'S FORUM FOR NUTRITION
http://acc.unsystem.org/scn/

 

Twenty-Eighth Session of the ACC Sub-Committee on Nutrition

Agenda – as of 14 March 2001

Hosted by The World Food Programme at the Stanley Hotel, Nairobi, 2-6 April 2001

 

Monday 2 April

0900-0915

Welcome and opening of working sessions – Namanga Ngongi, SCN Chair

  • Explanation of meeting objectives and agenda; and announcements
 

0915-1030

Joint working session of UN Agencies, Bilaterals and NGOs

  • Budget 2002/2003
  • Fifth Report on the World Nutrition Situation
1030-1100 Kenya Coalition for Action in Nutrition (KCAN) - Ruth Oniang'o/Theresa Muthui
 

1100-1130

Coffee
 

1130-1200

Separate, parallel working sessions:

  • UN Agencies (Chaired by Namanga Ngongi, SCN Chair)
  • Bilaterals (Chaired by Arne Oshaug, Norway)
  • NGOs (Chaired by Ian Darnton-Hill, HKI)
 

1200-1300

Lunch
 

1300-1500

Separate, parallel working sessions (continued)
 

1500-1530

Coffee
 

1530-1700

Separate, parallel working sessions (continued)
 

1730-1930

Working Group on Nutrition of School-Age Children (Chaired by Don Bundy, World Bank)

Tuesday 3 April

0830

Official Opening of Plenary Session – Dr Namanga Ngongi, SCN Chairman and Dr Sam Ongeri, Minister of Public Health, Kenya
 

0915-1000

Symposium on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
 

1000-1030

Coffee
 

1030-1300

Symposium on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS (continued)
 

1300-1400

Lunch
 

1400-1530

Symposium on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS (continued)
 

1530-1600

Coffee
 

1600-1730

Symposium on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS (continued)
 

1730-1830

Dr Abraham Horwitz Memorial Lecture
 

1830-1930

Cocktail reception for all participants hosted by WFP
  2000-2200  Informal meeting to share nutrition and HIV/AIDS materials

Wednesday 4 April

0800-1000

Symposium on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS (continued)

  • Synthesis and next steps
 

1000-1030

Coffee
*Note: WORKING GROUPS BEING HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY
 

1030-1330

*Working Group on Capacity Strengthening for Food and Nutrition (Chaired by Cutberto Garza, UNU/Barbara Underwood, IUNS)
1030-1730 *Special meeting of the Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies on the Assessment of Adult Malnutrition in Emergencies
 

1330-1400

Lunch
 

1400-1700

*Working Group on Micronutrients (Chaired by Ian Darnton-Hill, HKI)
 

1700-1730

Coffee
 

1730-1930

Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights (Chaired by Urban Jonsson) (continued on Thursday morning)
 

2000-

SCN Annual Dinner
     

Thursday 5 April

0800-0900

Continued from Wednesday: Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights (Chaired by Urban Jonsson)
 

0900-1030

Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding (Chaired by Miriam Labbok, USAID/Randa Saadeh, WHO)
 

1030-1100

Coffee
 

1100-1230

Continued: Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding (Chaired by Miriam Labbok, USAID/Randa Saadeh, WHO)
 

1230-1300

Lunch
 

1300-1600

Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies (Chaired by Anna Taylor, SCF UKK/Sultana Khanum, WHO (SEARO))
 

1600-1630

Coffee
   

*Note: WORKING GROUPS BEING HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY
 

*1630-1930

*Working Group on the Prevention of Foetal and Infant Malnutrition (Chaired by Jelka Zupan, WHO/Werner Schultink, UNICEF)
 

*1630-1930

*Working Group on Household Food Security (Chaired by Kraisid Tontisirin, FAO)
     

Friday 6 April

0800-1030

Plenary:

  • Fifth Report on the World Nutrition Situation
  • Recommendations for action arising from the working groups
 

1030-1100

Coffee
 

1100-1300

Plenary:
 

1300-1400

Lunch
 

1400-1500

Plenary:

  • SCN 29th Session date and venue
  • any other business
 

1500

Close of Session

Useful Emails:

SCN Chair: Namanga Ngongi, WFP – namanga.ngongi@wfp.org

SCN Technical Secretary: Sonya Rabeneck – accscn@who.int

Bilateral Chair: Arne Oshaug, Norway – Arne.Oshaug@hiak.no

NGO Chair: Ian Darnton-Hill, HKI -- idarnton-hill@hki.org

Working Group Chairs:

Don Bundy, World Bank -- dbundy@worldbank.org

Ian Darnton-Hill, HKI -- IDarnton-Hill@hki.org

Miriam Labbok, USAID -- MLabbok@usaid.gov / Randa Saadeh, WHO -- Saadehr@who.int

Cutberto Garza, UNU -- cg30@cornell.edu / Barbara Underwood, IUNS – bunderwo@nas.edu

Urban Jonsson, UNICEF ESARO -- Ujonsson@unicef.org

Badara Samb, UNAIDS -- Sambb@unaids.org

Anna Taylor, SCF UK -- A.Taylor@scfuk.org.uk / Sultanta Khanum, WHO SEARO – khanums@whosea.org

Kraisid Tontisirin, FAO -- kraisid.tontisirin@fao.org

Jelka Zupan, WHO -- Zupanj@who.int / Werner Schultink, UNICEF – Wschultink@unicef.org

Associated meetings:

Saturday 31 March and Sunday 1 April – Pre-Session IFPRI/ICRW/CIP Workshop for African agriculture and nutrition stakeholders (Contact: Charlotte Welch EMail: charlotte@icrw.org)

Sunday 1 April – Pre-Session Meeting on ANDI and Global FIVIMS (Contact: David Wilcock EMail: david.wilcock@fao.org)