United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Draft Agenda (as of 3 March 2006)
 

Thirty Third Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda

 

Geneva International Conference Centre, Geneva, Switzerland
Monday 13 March - Friday 17 March 2006
Chaired by Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair


 

Sunday
12 March		  

Pre-session meetings
to be held at Ecumenical Centre/World Council of Churches
  1000-1200 Joint Meeting:
Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies
Chair: Fathia Abdallah (UNHCR), Co-Chairs: Caroline Abla (OFDA/USAID), Caroline Wilkinson (ACF France)
Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding
Chair: David Clark (UNICEF), Co-Chairs: Isatou Jallow (The Gambia), Kay Dewey (UC Davis)

Working Group on School-Age Children
Chair: Francisco Espejo (WFP), Co-Chairs: Karin Lapping (Save the Children US), Lesley Drake (Partnership for Child Development)

Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
Co-Chairs: Wenche Barth Eide (IPRFD) and Uwe Kracht (WANAHR)
  1200-1300 Lunch
  1300-1600 Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies (continued)

Working Group on School-Age Children (continued)

Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding (continued)

Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights (continued)
  1600-1730 Closed meeting: Working Group Chairs/Co-Chairs
  1900-2100 Closed meeting: Steering Committee
Monday
13 March		   Symposium:
Tackling the Double Burden of Malnutrition: A Global Agenda
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
0900-1100 Opening and Welcome:
Ms Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair and Dr Jong-Wook Lee, Director-General, World Health Organization
    Nutrition―an input and foundation for health
Catherine Le Gales-Camus, Assistant Director-General, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization
Nutrition―a new opportunity in development Jean-Louis Sarbib, Senior Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank
Implementing the life cycle approach to nutrition to support the Millennium Development Goals Kul Gautam, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
1100-1130 Break
1130-1300 What actions are needed at the individual and family level?
Kay Dewey, UC Davis and Co-Chair SCN Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding (20 minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes)
What actions are needed at the local community level?
Isatou Jallow, Executive Director, National Nutrition Agency, The Gambia and Co-Chair SCN Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding  (20 minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes)
  1300-1400 Lunch Break
  1400-1530 What actions are needed at the national level?
[Professor Yu Xiaodong, PNDC/NDRC, Beijing, China--to be confirmed] (20 minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes)
What actions are needed at the international level?
Ricardo Uauy, President IUNS, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/INTA University of Chile and Co-Chair SCN Working Group on Nutrition Throughout the Life Course (20 minutes)
Discussion (20 minutes)
  1530-1600 Break
  1600-1700 Dr Abraham Horwitz Memorial Lecture 'Avoiding the nutrition transition trap in Latin America'
Camila Corvalán, University of Chile/Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
  1700-1730
  • Summary, conclusions and closure of Symposium
  1830-1930 Reception―hosted by World Health Organization
Tuesday
14 March		   Plenary
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
0900-0945
  • Opening of working sessions
    Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair
  • Explanation of meeting objectives, agenda and announcements
  • Proposal for Participants' Statement: Addressing Malnutrition: Double burden―one agenda
  • Steering Committee/Task Force recommendations on SCN interaction with the private sector
  • SCN Annual Report, Strategic Framework and Action Plan
0945-1000 Break
  1000-1300 Separate, parallel working sessions
  • UN Agencies
    Chaired by Catherine Bertini, SCN Chair
    Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
  • Bilateral Partners
    Chaired by Arne Oshaug, Norway
    Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3
  • NGOs/Civil Society
    Chaired by Flavio Valente, National Rapporteur on the Human Right to Food, Brazilian Forum on Food and Nutritional Security
    Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
  1300-1400 World Bank Information Session: Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development
  1300-1400 Lunch Break
  1400-1600 Working Group on Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding
Chair: David Clark (UNICEF), Co-Chairs: Isatou Jallow (The Gambia), Kay Dewey (UC Davis)
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3

Working Group on Nutrition in Emergencies
Chair: Fathia Abdallah (UNHCR), Co-Chairs: Caroline Abla (OFDA/USAID), Caroline Wilkinson (ACF France)
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
  1600-1630 Break
  1630-1830 Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
Chair: Andrew Tomkins (ICH), Co-Chairs: Randa Saadeh (WHO), Stuart Gillespie (IFPRI), Bruce Cogill (FANTA/USAID)
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
Wed
15 March		   Working Sessions
  0900-1200 Joint Meeting:
Working Group on Nutrition Throughout the Life Cycle
Chair: Ricardo Uauy (UNU), Co-Chair: Ted Greiner (PATH)
Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
Co-Chairs: Wenche Barth Eide (IPRFD) and Uwe Kracht (WANAHR)
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3
  1200-1300 Lunch Break
  1300-1600 Joint Meeting:
Working Group on Capacity Development in Food and Nutrition
Chair: Cutberto Garza (UNU), Co-Chair: David Sanders U of the Western Cape, South Africa)
Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights
Co-Chairs: Wenche Barth Eide (IPRFD) and Uwe Kracht (WANAHR)
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
1600-1630 Break
  1630-1830 Working Group on Micronutrients
Chair: Martin Bloem (WFP), Co-Chairs: Jacques Berger (France), Gary Gleason (INF)
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3
  1930 SCN Annual Dinner: Edelweiss Restaurant (no host event)
Thursday
16 March		   Working Sessions
  0830-1030 Working Group on School-Age Children
Chair: Francisco Espejo (WFP), Co-Chairs: Karin Lapping (Save the Children US), Lesley Drake (Partnership for Child Development)
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3
  1030-1100 Break
  1100-1300 Working Group on Household Food Security
Chair: Florence Egal (FAO), Co-Chair: Shakuntala Thilsted (DANIDA)
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
  1300-1400 Lunch break
  1400-1530 Separate, parallel working sessions (as on Tuesday)
  • UN Agencies
    Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
  • Bilateral Partners
    Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 3
  • NGOs/Civil Society
    Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 4
  1530-1600 Break
  1600-1700 Side meeting: Round table discussion of agency nutrition strategies
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
1600-1730 Closed meeting: Working Group Chairs/Co-Chairs
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 13
  1800-1900 Closed meeting: Steering Committee
Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 13
Friday
17 March		   Plenary
 Geneva International Conference Centre, Room 2
0830-0930
  • Announcement of SCN 34th Session date and venue
  • Key recommendations for action arising from the Working Groups and Draft Secretariat Annual Work Plan/Key recommendations for SCN Secretariat
    SCN Chair and SCN Secretary
  0930-1030
  • Reports from Chairs of Bilateral Partners, NGOs/Civil Society and UN Agencies (10 minutes each)
  • Discussion (30 minutes)
  1030-1100 Break
  1100-1200
  1200-1300
  • Any other business
  1300
  • Close of 33rd Session