United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Thirtieth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Hosted by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), at the IC&SR Complex, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, India
Monday 3 March—Friday 7 March 2003

Chaired by Catherine Bertini, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management
 

Agenda

Monday
3 March

 

 		 0830-1000 Registration — Welcome Desk, IIT
1000-1100 Consultation on Malnutrition-Free Tamil Nadu
Welcome:
    Professor M S Ananth, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
    Professor M S Swaminathan, Chairman, MSSRF
Special Remarks: Ms. Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair
Inaugural Address: Mr. P.S. Ramamohan Rao, Governor of Tamil Nadu
Vote of Thanks: Ms. CK Ghariyali, Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu
National Anthem
1100-1130 Coffee/Tea
1130-1230 Discussion of the Malnutrition-Free Tamil Nadu strategy
1230-1400 Lunch
1400- 1500 Millennium Development Project/Goals: Professor M S Swaminathan
  1500-1600 Separate, parallel working sessions:
  • UN Agencies (Chaired by Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair) — HALL 2
  • Bilateral Partners (Chaired by Arne Oshaug, Norway) — HALL 1
  • NGOs/Civil Society (Chaired by Flavio Valente, National Rapporteur on the Human Right to Food, Brazilian Forum on Food and Nutritional Security) — HALL 3
1600-1630 Coffee/tea break
1630-1800 Separate, parallel working sessions (continued)
  1805- 2000 Informal meeting of Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding — MAIN AUDITORIUM
Tuesday
4 March		 0900 Symposium on Mainstreaming Nutrition to Improve Development Outcomes — MAIN AUDITORIUM
the detailed Symposium Agenda can be found here
1030-1100 Coffee
1100-1230 Symposium on Mainstreaming Nutrition (continued)
1230-1400 Lunch
1400-1600 Symposium on Mainstreaming Nutrition (continued)
1600-1630 Coffee
1630-1730 7th Annual Dr Abraham Horwitz Lecture: "Bringing nutrition into the political and technical mainstream: the role of effective communication.” Purnima Menon, Cornell University
  1800-2000 Public Forum — "Towards Freedom from Hunger and Malnutrition" hosted by the Hindu Media Resource Centre of MSSRF at the Central Lecture Theatre, ITT
Wednesday
5 March		 0900-1200 Working Groups 1 and 2 — MAIN AUDITORIUM and HALL 3
1200-1300 Lunch
  1300-1600 Working Group 3 — MAIN AUDITORIUM
1600-1630 Coffee
  1630-1830 Working Group 4 — MAIN AUDITORIUM
1900 Film on MSSRF and SCN Annual Dinner at the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
Thursday
6 March		 0900-1200 Working Group 5 — MAIN AUDITORIUM
1200-1300 Lunch
  1300-1600 Working Groups 6 and 7 — MAIN AUDITORIUM and HALL 3
1600-1630 Coffee/Tea
  1630-1830 Separate, parallel working sessions:
  • UN Agencies — HALL 2
  • Bilaterals — HALL 3
  • NGOs/Civil Society — MAIN AUDITORIUM
Friday
7 March		 0900-1100 Plenary — MAIN AUDITORIUM
  • Recommendations for action arising from the Working Groups
1100-1130 Coffee
  1130-1245 Plenary
  • Reports from Chairs of Bilateral Partners, NGOs/Civil Society and UN Agencies (presentation 20 minutes each 1100 to 1215— followed by discussion)
1245-1345 Lunch
  1345-1530 Plenary
  • Special Report and Discussion: Strategies to Address the Global Problem of Iron Deficiency in Children under 2 years of age—Nevin Scrimshaw (1345-1430)
  • Recommendations for SCN action arising from the Symposium
  • SCN 31st Session date and venue
  • Any other business
1530 Close of Session