United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Thirty First Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Nutrition and the Millennium Development Goals
UN, New York
Monday 22 March—Friday 26 March 2004

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

Draft Agenda - 26 Feb 2004

Monday
22 March		  

UN - Room 4
1000-1300 Symposium on Nutrition and the MDGs (see separate agenda)
1300-1430 Lunch
1430- 1600 Symposium (continued)
1600-1630 Break
1630-1730 Dr Abraham Horwitz Memorial Lecture
  1830- 2000 Reception
Tuesday
23 March		  

UN - Room 4
1000-1015 Plenary:
  • Opening of working sessions—Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair
  • Explanation of meeting objectives, agenda and announcements
1015-1115
  • MDG Hunger Task Force—Pedro Sanchez, Coordinator, Task Force on Hunger, Millennium Project
  1115-1300
  • Joint working session of UN Agencies, Bilateral Partners and NGOs
1300-1400 Lunch break

UN: ROOMS 4, 6 and D
1400-1800 Separate, parallel working sessions:
  • UN Agencies (Chaired by Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair) — Room 4
  • Bilateral Partners (Chaired by Arne Oshaug, Norway) — ROOM D
  • NGOs/Civil Society (Chaired by Flavio Valente, National Rapporteur on the Human Right to Food, Brazilian Forum on Food and Nutritional Security) — ROOM 6
Please note that all Wednesday and Thursday Working Group meetings will be held at UNICEF, not at the UN, however the separate meetings of the UN, Bilaterals and NGO/CSOs after the break on Thursday afternoon, beginning at 1630 will be held at the UN, in the same rooms these separate meetings were held on the Tuesday.
 
Wednesday
24 March		  

UNICEF: LaBouisse Hall
0800-1730 Working Group Meetings — (at UNICEF)
  0800-0930 Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding
0930-0945 Break
  0945-1115 Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition
  1115-1130 Break
  1130-1300 Household Food Security
  1300-1400 Lunch Break
  1400-1530 Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
  1530-1545 Break
  1545-1730 Nutrition in Emergencies
  1930 SCN Annual Dinner
Thursday
25 March		  

UNICEF: LaBouisse Hall
    Working Group meetings — continued  (at UNICEF)
  0800-0930 Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
  0930-0945 Break
  0945-1130 Micronutrients
  1130-1145 Break
  1145-1300 Nutrition of School-Age Children
1300-1400 Lunch
  1400-1530 Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle
1530-1630 Break
Please note that meetings will resume at 1630 at the UN, not at UNICEF
   

UN: ROOMS 4, 6 AND D
  1630-1830 Separate, parallel working sessions (as on Tuesday):
  • UN Agencies — Room 4
  • Bilaterals — ROOM D
  • NGOs/Civil Society — ROOM 6
Friday
26 March		  

UN: Room 4
  1000-1030 Plenary:
  • Key recommendations for action arising from the Working Groups — Spokesperson to provide 3 key recommendations from each Group
  1030-1115
  • Reports from Chairs of Bilateral Partners, NGOs/Civil Society and UN Agencies — Presentation 15 minutes each 
  1115-1200
  • Synthesis/Recap/Recommendations for SCN action arising from the Symposium/31st Session overall
  1200-1215
  • Announcement of SCN 32nd Session date and venue
  1215-1245
  • Presentation of draft Annual Work Plan
1245-1345 Lunch break
  1345-1500
  • Discussion of draft Annual Work Plan
  • Adoption of the Annual Work Plan
  1500-1530
  • Any other business
1530 Close of Session