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/

DRAFT Agenda (17 January 2002)

Symposium on Nutrition
in the Context of Crisis and Conflict

Hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Government of Germany, in collaboration with The German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) 

12-13 March 2002, Berlin, Germany

Tuesday
12 March

0850

Participants are seated

  0900-0915

0915-0945

 Official Opening of the Symposium - Namanga Ngongi, SCN Chairman and

Opening Address - Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
 

0945-1030

Keynote address - Austen Davis, Médecins Sans Frontières Holland
 
 

1030-1100

Coffee/Tea
 

1100-1145

 1100-1145 Achievements in Assessment, Interventions and Coordination—Frances Mason, ACF
Discussion
  1145-1230 Nutrition and Livelihoods in Situations of Crisis and Conflict: Reducing Vulnerability and Risk - Sue Lautze, Feinstein International Famine Centre
Discussion
 

1230-1330

Lunch
 

1330-1415

 The Right to Nutrition in Conflict Situations - Hamish Young/Iain Levin, ACC/SCN Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
Discussion
  1415-1500 Keynote address—Catherine Bertini, World Food Programme
  1500-1600 Doing the Right Thing: Addressing Humanitarian Dilemmas - MS Swaminathan, Moderator
  • Alain Mourey (ICRC)
  • Aid recipient country representative (TBA)
  • Manuel da Silva (WFP)
  • Lauren Landis (USAID)
  • Susanne Jaspars (Nutrition Works)
  • Wolfgang Heinrich (German NGO)

Discussion

 

1600-1630

Coffee/Tea
 

1630-1730

Dr Abraham Horwitz Memorial Lecture: Keeping Schools Open: School feeding in Crisis and Conflict - Soha Moussa, Tufts University
Discussion
 

1800-1930

Reception hosted by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Government of Germany, in collaboration with the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
  2000-2200  Poster session on examples of coordination amongst UN agencies, bilaterals and NGOs

Wednesday 13 March

0800-1000

Concluding Session: Synthesis of conclusions and next steps

  • Discussion
  • Symposium Chairman's Closing Remarks - Namanga Ngongi
 

1000-1030

Coffee/Tea