Guidelines for Major Groups
on
CSD 9
April 2001
and
Preliminary information
on the Rio+10 process
This information note as well as
all other CSD related materials are available electronically at
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev.htm
The Web site contains information
on all previous CSD meetings since 1993 including official reports, background
papers, case study and success story collections, reports submitted by
Governments on their sustainable development activities, various other studies
and papers on Agenda 21 themes, as well as links to partner organizations. The
information on the site is updated frequently and we would urge all major
groups to visit the site regularly to stay current with the CSD process.
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Due to resource constraints,
this information note is available in English only. Parties interested in translating the text
into other languages are welcome to do so and need not formally obtain
permission of the CSD Secretariat.
However, we would appreciate
knowing about the translations and receiving a copy of the translated material
for our records.
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For further information, comments and inquiries
regarding Major Groups related issues, please contact:
Ms. Zehra Aydin-Sipos
Major Groups Programme
Division for Sustainable
Development
Department of Economic and
Social Affairs
Two United Nations Plaza, DC2-2262
New York, NY, 10017, USA
Telephone: 212-963-8811
Fax: 212-963-4260
E-mail: [email protected]
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
With this information note we
invite your organization to make a contribution to the ninth session of the Commission
on Sustainable Development (CSD) that will meet in April 2001. The note contains detailed information on the agenda of the
session, the milestone dates to keep in mind as you prepare your contributions
to the session’s work, the related inter-sessional meetings organized on the
agenda themes, and a list of useful contacts in the CSD Secretariat and in its
partner UN bodies.
The CSD is currently in its
second five-year program adopted by the Special Session of the General Assembly
to review implementation of Agenda 21 (also known as Earth Summit II) and only
one session away from the ten-year anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio
de Janeiro. The tenth session of the
CSD will act as the Preparatory Committee for Rio+10, the Summit meeting that will
take place in mid-2002. In this note,
you will find information on both the CSD9 and information that is so far
available on the Rio+10 process.
The CSD has been innovative in
generating broad-based participation in sustainable development. Its work to-date has been highly
participatory, relative to other similar bodies, and it continues to experiment
and adopt novel participatory mechanisms to increase the involvement of major
groups in sustainable development efforts at the UN and around the world.
Maintaining and enhancing the
established participatory tradition of Agenda 21 follow-up requires continued
commitment by all parties. Without your involvement the sustainable
development agenda will have limited success under the best of conditions. We hope that this information note will
provide your organization and its constituency with the starting points of how
to contribute and influence the CSD-9 and Rio+10 processes.
We look forward to working with
all of you and to facilitating your active involvement in the work ahead.
CSD Secretariat
Division for Sustainable
Development
Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (DESA)
2 United Nations Plaza, DC2-22nd
Floor
New York, NY, 10017, USA
Contents 3
Section on CSD-9
4
CSD-9 THEMES AND PROCESS MILESTONES 4
INFORMATION ON CSD-9 REPORTING PROCESS 5
List of Reports and Supplementary Materials
for CSD-9
REPORTING DEADLINES
Inputs from Major Groups
INTER-SESSIONAL MEETINGS ON THEMATIC ISSUES 7
Energy and Sustainable Development
Transportation
Information for Decision-Making and
Participation
OFFICIAL MEETINGS OF CSD-9 9
Ad Hoc Open Ended Inter-governmental
Group of Experts on Energy
Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Groups
of CSD-9
Ninth Session of the CSD
Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Energy
and Transport
MAJOR GROUP PARTICIPATION 13
Section on CSD-10 14
Local and National
Activities
Regional Activities
Global Review Process and
Activities
Annex 1: Work Programme of the CSD, 1998-2002 17
Annex 2: Member States of the CSD in 2001 18
Annex 3: List of Useful Contacts 20
Annex 4: Side Event Request Form and Side Event
Guidelines 28
In April 2001 the Commission on
Sustainable Development will hold its ninth session, a two-week meeting
tentatively scheduled from 16 to 27 April 2001. This note aims to provide you with a road map
of the process leading up to the session and information how to contribute and
prepare for the session.
The Commission was created to
monitor and review the implementation of Agenda 21 and the other agreements
reached by the Earth Summit (1992, Rio de Janeiro). A stock taking exercise for
the first five years of the CSD’s work was held in June 1997 by way of the 19th
Special Session of the General Assembly. The 1997 review adopted the second
five-year programme of work for the period 1998-2002, which now guides the CSD
process. A ten-year stock taking exercise, Rio+10, will take place in 2002.
The list of members of CSD9 is
available in Annex II. CSD9 Bureau is composed of:
Chairman Professor Bedrich Moldan Czech
Republic
Vice-Chairman Ms. Alison Drayton Guyana
Vice-Chairman Professor Matia Mulumba Semakula
Kiwanuka Uganda
Vice-Chairman Mr. David Stewart Australia
Vice-Chairman (to be determined)
CSD-9 THEMES AND PROCESS MILESTONES
|
Themes of CSD-9 |
Milestone Dates |
|
Energy & Transport (Themes of the Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Segment Themes) *** Atmosphere *** Information
for decision-making *** International cooperation for an |
Deadline to finalize reports: *** Second meeting of Ad Hoc Open-ended *** Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Groups of CSD-9 *** Ninth Session of the CSD |
|
Overarching issues for all CSD-sessions under the
current work programme are Poverty and Consumption Patterns. |
|
INFORMATION ON CSD-9 REPORTING PROCESS
The CSD’s deliberations are
based on reports and supplementary materials that identify the main trends and
emerging issues under the themes of a given year’s agenda. Each theme is
covered in a Secretary-General’s (SG) Report that may be supplemented by one or
more Addenda and at times by other materials such as background papers or case
studies.
The SG Reports are limited to 16
pages in length and are produced in the six official languages of the United
Nations. The Addenda to the SG reports are also of limited length and available
in languages. A number of background papers and case studies on the agenda
themes are also prepared to provide more detailed information but are available
in English only.
Preparation of the official
reports is made possible through a collaborative process that directly involves
the UN system bodies as thematic Task Managers, coordinated by the Inter-Agency
Committee on Sustainable Development (IACSD). This system of Task Managers
maximizes the use of available information and expertise of the entire United
Nations system. Annex
3
provides a detailed list of all Task managers and their CSD Secretariat Focal
Point counterparts as a way to invite you to establish direct contacts with the
Task Managers and Focal Points for exchanges of views and information and to
make inputs into the reporting process.
The preparation of the official
reports and the supplemental materials involves inputs from major group
organizations around the world to the extent that they wish to provide
information on their activities, experiences, views, and recommendations for
future action.
Major Group organizations can
either send their written inputs to the Major Groups Focal Point in the CSD
Secretariat for distribution to the relevant Task Managers or send them
directly to the appropriate Task Managers who will use the inputs that are
received on time in preparing their analytic reports for CSD. Major group
organizations are also encouraged to submit case studies about their projects
in issues and subject areas related to the CSD agenda.
List of Reports and
Supplementary Materials for CSD-9
ISSUE: ENERGY
1.
Report of the Secretary General on Energy for Sustainable
Development: Strategies and Actions
Supplemented by: Report of the second session of the Ad Hoc
Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Energy (February
2001). Report of the first session of
the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-governmental Group of Experts on Energy (March
2000, Document number: E/CN.17/2000/12).
Reports submitted to the first session of the Group of Experts on Energy
including the Report of the
Secretary-General on National Submissions (E/CN.17/ESD/2000/2) and Report of the Secretary General
on Energy and Sustainable Development:
Key Issues (E/CN.17/ESD/
2000/3). Report on the
first session of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for Development,
5-16 April 1999 (E/C.14/1999/2). Report
of the second session of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for
Development, 14-25 August 2000. A
Background paper containing case
studies on energy and sustainable development.
The World Energy Assessment.
Papers for the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Segment on
Energy and Transport: A total of 5 ‘dialogue starters’ of 16 pages
each will be prepared for the Dialogue Segment by the key stakeholder groups
and released as Background Papers 1 through 5.
Please see section on Energy and Transport Segment for more detail.
ISSUE:
TRANSPORT
2. Report of the Secretary-General on Transport for
Sustainable Development
Task Manager:
DESA
Supplemented by: Background
paper by the Global Initiative for Transport Emissions (GITE); Background paper
by the International Civil Aviation Organization on Aviation and Sustainable
Development.
Papers for the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Segment on
Energy and Transport: A total of 5 ‘dialogue starters’ of 16 pages
each will be prepared for the Dialogue Segment by the key stakeholder groups
and released as Background Papers 1 through 5.
Please see section on Energy and Transport Segment for more detail.
ISSUE:
ATMOSPHERE
3. Report of the Secretary-General on Atmosphere
Lead organization: UNEP and WMO
Supplemented by: to be
determined.
ISSUE:
INFORMATION FOR DECISION-MAKING AND PARTICIPATION
4.
Report of the Secretary-General on Information for Decision-Making and
Participation
Task Manager: DESA and UNEP
5.
Report of the Secretary-General on Implementation of the CSD Work
Program on Indicators for Sustainable Development
Supplemented by: Addendum containing Proposals for Aggregation of CSD
Indicators and Next Steps; Background paper on Frameworks and Methodologies of
CSD Indicators.
ISSUE:
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
6.
Report of the Secretary-General on International Cooperation for an
Enabling Environment
Lead Organization:
DESA
Supplemented by: to be determined
Please check our WEB site
at www.un.org/esa/sustdev regularly for more information on the reporting process.
SG Reports
Must be finalized by 1 December 2000. Written inputs from Major Group organizations need
to be submitted by no later than 15
October 2000. Earlier
submissions are encouraged.
Background papers
Major Group organizations need to submit written
inputs by no later than 1 January
2001.
The CSD Secretariat encourages and
welcomes inputs from major group organizations on the topics listed above.
Major Groups that wish to make an input should send it in writing (email, fax,
or mail) to the Major Groups Programme Coordinator in the CSD Secretariat, or
directly to the Task Managers (coordinates in Annex 3). If your organization wishes
to make a contribution, please observe the deadlines provided above. Inputs
received after these deadlines will be difficult to integrate into the
analytical process. Your inputs should:
Your contributions to the
reporting process will strengthen the overall analysis on a given issue and
increase the validity of the recommendations made.
INTER-SESSIONAL MEETINGS ON THEMATIC ISSUES OF CSD9
To produce better information on
the agenda themes a number of expert group meetings, seminars, workshops and
other consultation opportunities are organized throughout the year in addition
to the Ad Hoc Inter-sessional Working Group meetings of the CSD that precede
the regular session of the Commission. These meetings may be sponsored and
hosted by Governments as well as by various UN agencies, and often include
representatives from major group organizations. The list below includes those
inter-sessional meetings and other preparatory events that were known at the
time of writing of this note. Updates on additional events that may be
organized will be available on the WEB site at
www.un.org/esa/sustdev or by contacting the CSD Secretariat.
Energy
and Sustainable Development
18-20 September 2000. Bangkok, Thailand. Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Strategic Planning Towards
a Sustainable Energy Future: Policy Options, Barriers and Action Plans. Contact: Mr.
K. N. Mak; tel: 212-963-8798, fax: 212-963-4340, email: [email protected]
October 2000. (Cotonou, Benin, or Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso). Seminar on Energy Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa and
Sustainable Development.
Contact: Mr. Daniel Brun at email: [email protected]
9-10 October 2000. Vienna, Austria. Regional Workshop on Challenges and Solutions for
Energy Efficient and Sustainable Transport in Europe and NIS: Legal and Fiscal
Framework, Technology and Funding[1]. Contact: Mr.
Stephan Fickl; tel: 431-586-1524, fax: 431-586-9488, email: [email protected]
October/November 2000. New York, USA. Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Development
in Production, Distribution, and Use of Energy. Contact: Mr. K.
N. Mak; tel: 212-963-8798, fax: 212-963-4340, email: [email protected]
29 October – 2 November 2000. (Marrakesh, Morocco, or Paris, France). International Workshop on Globalization, Energy and
Environment. Contact: Mr. Daniel Brun at email: [email protected]
1 November 2000. Geneva, Switzerland. High-Level Multi-stakeholder Forum on Sustainable
Energy in a Competitive Market: Forging Partnerships. Contact: Mr.
George Kowalski, UN Economic Commission for Europe; tel: 4122-917-2417, fax:
4122-917-0038
17-19 November 2000. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Seventh International Energy Forum. Contact: Mr.
Mohammed A. Al-Fehaid; tel: 966-3874-6082, fax: 966-3873-1209, email: [email protected]
21-24 November 2000. Bali, Indonesia. Asia-Pacific: Regional
High-Level Meeting on Energy and Sustainable Development. Contact: Mr. J. Gururaja; tel: 212-963-8785, fax: 212-963-4340,
email: [email protected]
4-6 December 2000. Nairobi, Kenya. Africa: High-Level Regional
Meeting on Energy and Sustainable Development. Contact: Mr. Walter Shearer, tel: 212-963-8444, fax:
212-4340, email: [email protected]
11-13 December 2000. Laxenberg, Austria. Rural Energy: Priorities for
Action, First meeting of the Global Forum on Sustainable Energy. Contact: Ms. Jasmin Qureshi at email: [email protected]
16-17 October 2000. New York, USA. Expert Group meeting on Transport and Sustainable
Development. Contact: Ms. Kathleen Abdalla; tel: 212-963-8416,
fax: 212-963-4340, email: [email protected]
25-28 September 2000. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Road
Transportation. Contact: The Brazilian Committee of the
World Energy Council, tel: 5521-527-8593, fax: 55-21-538-0508, email: [email protected]
Information for Decision Making and Participation
25-28 September 2000. Ottawa, Canada. Workshop on Information for Decision Making. Contact: Mr. Lowell
Flanders; tel: 212-963-8792, fax: 212-963-1267, email: [email protected]
Ad Hoc Open-Ended Intergovernmental Group of Experts
on Energy
The second session of this expert group is scheduled
from 28 February to 3 March 2001. The meeting will focus on energy and energy related
aspects of transport. The outcome of the discussions will be submitted to CSD9
in April. The first session of the Expert Group took place in March 2000.
Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Groups of CSD-9
The Ad Hoc Inter-sessional Working Groups (ISWG) of
the ninth CSD is tentatively scheduled from 5 to 16 March 2001 in New York. One working group will focus on the
sectoral cluster (transport and atmosphere) and the other on the cross-sectoral
cluster including information for decision-making and participation, and
international cooperation for an enabling environment. The discussions of the
ISWGs will be based on the SG reports on these topics. A more detailed program
of the ISWGs, including the list of side events and special events that may be
organized during the Working Groups, will be announced on our Web site as soon
as it is available.
The next CSD meeting is tentatively scheduled from 16 to 27 April 2001. A tentative scenario for CSD-9 is as follows:
|
Date |
Morning
Session |
Afternoon
Session |
|
16 April |
Opening of CSD-9 |
Multi-stakeholder
Dialogue (on Energy and Transport) |
|
17 April |
Multi-stakeholder
Dialogue |
Multi-stakeholder
Dialogue |
|
18 April |
Multi-stakeholder
Dialogue |
Special
panel on financing energy and transportation |
|
19 April |
High Level Segment |
High Level Segment |
|
20 April |
High Level Segment |
High Level Segment |
|
23 April |
Drafting Groups |
Drafting Groups |
|
24 April |
Drafting Groups |
Drafting Groups |
|
25 April |
Drafting Groups |
Drafting Groups |
|
26 April |
Drafting Groups |
Drafting Groups |
|
27 April |
Drafting Groups |
Adoption of the
report. Closing of the meeting |
A more detailed program, including the various side
events, special events and other activities organized around CSD-9 will be
available on our Web site during the last week of March 2001.
Those interested in organizing a side event during
CSD9 are kindly requested to read the Side Event Guidelines and use the
enclosed Side Events Request Form in Annex 4.
Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Energy and Transport
The multi-stakeholder dialogues will continue at CSD-9
with a focus on Energy and Transport for Sustainable Development. The purpose
of the multi-stakeholder segment is to generate action-oriented dialogue
between governments and major groups on a specific economic sector, and to
identify future policies and actions that increase the positive impact of this
economic sector on sustainable development objectives.
Structure of the Dialogue Segment
As was the case in previous dialogue segments, the
Energy and Transport Segment will have four sessions scheduled in the early
part of the two-week CSD session. The segment is tentatively scheduled from the
afternoon of 16 April through the morning of 18 April 2001. Each session of the
Segment will start with a seven-minute presentation each from the NGO, trade
union, local authority, business and scientist delegations, followed by two
ten-minute reactions from the governments (one southern and one northern).
Participants will engage in a dialogue in the remaining two hours of the
session. The Chairman of the CSD will moderate the Segment and may request
specific inputs from others present, such as representatives of UN
organizations.
Organizing Partners
The preparation of the multi-stakeholder dialogue segments
is itself a multi-stakeholder process. For each dialogue segment key major
group networks are invited to form a steering group, which coordinates the
preparations and facilitates the engagement of the stakeholders. The Division
for Sustainable Development chairs the steering group and facilitates its work
in the preparatory period. The organizing partners for the Energy and Transport
segment include:
|
For NGOs |
NGO Caucus on Climate Change and Energy, and
the |
|
For Workers and |
International Confederation of Free Trade
Unions (ICFTU) through the |
|
For Business and Industry |
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), |
|
For Local Authorities |
International Council for Local Environmental
Initiatives (ICLEI) |
|
For Scientific Communities |
International Council of Scientific Unions
ICSU), and the |
The organizing partners carry out the following main
tasks:
The dialogue starters are short papers (no longer than
16 pages) that present the views of a particular major group on the discussion
topic including recommendations for future work in that area. The papers cover
all four topics of the dialogue segment. They intend to start the discussion
and are not seen as ‘position’ papers. Drafts of the dialogue starters will be
available on the CSD Secretariat’s DSD Web site in early January 2001.
Each major group will participate with a delegation of
16-20 representatives from their network. Seating will be arranged to
accommodate both the delegations of the five major groups and the government representatives.
A draft list of major group participants will be available by 23 March 2001.
Topics of the Dialogue Segment
This session is expected to focus on whether and how
access to clean energy can be increased in an equitable fashion. The focus is
primarily on various economic measures and other mechanisms that can help
increase such access. Participants are expected to present and compare their
experiences with existing economic incentives, regulatory mechanisms and voluntary
initiatives in this area and make proposals on how to further those mechanisms
that have made a positive contribution and new mechanisms that should be
considered.
In this session stakeholders are expected to share
their experiences with existing approaches used to produce and distribute
energy in order to identify the merits and disadvantages each approach presents
in the context of sustainable development. The discussion is expected to
generate a better understanding of how eco-efficiency or eco-effectiveness
impact the overall sustainability goals in businesses, workplaces, or
communities; and help identify what production and distribution choices might
be favorable to promoting energy for sustainable development.
This session is expected to focus on the use of
carbon-based fuels in transport, and on whether and how various collaborative
partnerships can or have reduced dependence on such fuels in the transport
system. Stakeholders are expected to share their experiences on partnerships
they have created to generate alternatives mixes of transport systems. The
discussion is expected to generate proposals for future partnerships based on
those that are currently producing favorable results.
In this session, the stakeholders are expected to discuss
how transport systems impact and shape urban or rural settlements. Participants
are expected to present innovative examples of designing healthier
neighborhoods, towns and cities by changing the transport system, or promoting
vehicle and transport alternatives that would help human settlements evolve in
a more sustainable way.
Further information on the Energy and Transport
Segment can be obtained from contacts listed in Annex 3.
MAJOR GROUP PARTICIPATION IN CSD MEETINGS
The CSD has been a lively forum of non-governmental
participation by organizations representing all major groups. Their
participation infuses new ideas, challenges and information and thus enriches
the inter-governmental debate. Major Group participants in the CSD have
organized coordinated statements by thematic NGO caucus groups and dozens of
side events to share experiences, and successfully lobbied for particular
initiatives that they felt the CSD should undertake or support. The
participatory traditions of the CSD and the need for it to continue have been
widely acknowledged and are fully supported by the CSD Secretariat.
Non-governmental participation in the CSD or in its
inter-sessional working groups is subject to the rules of participation of the UN
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). These rules require that the
non-governmental participants represent an NGO in consultative status with
ECOSOC. Major Group organizations that are in consultative status with the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), including those in
the “CSD-List”, can send representatives to CSD-9 and its ISWG meetings.
Accredited organizations planning to send representatives should write, at
least 2 weeks in advance of a meeting, to the NGO Section (see below), Division
for ECOSOC Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
NGO Section Division for ECOSOC Support
and Coordination 1 United Nations Plaza,
DC1-10th Floor, New York, NY, 10017, USA Fax: 212-963-9248 ● Tel: 212-963-8652 ● Email: [email protected]
ECOSOC rules do not permit participation of
representatives from organizations that are not in consultative status. If you are
unsure of your organization’s accreditation status, you can check with the
following sources:
Please
make sure that your organization has the necessary consultative status BEFORE
sending representatives to New York or making travel arrangements for them.
Rio+10
related information: Accredited NGOs can register for both CSD9 and
the first session of CSD10 that will follow immediately after (first
preparatory committee meeting for Rio+10. See section below on Rio+10). The CSD
Secretariat will provide further detail on major group participation and
registration matters regarding the Rio+10 process as such information becomes
available in the coming months.
In 2002, the tenth anniversary of the United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development that took place in Rio de Janeiro, a
Summit of world leaders will assess progress achieved since 1992 and give
guidance for the next phase of activities to achieve sustainable development.
This Summit meeting will be preceded by a series of national, regional and
international gatherings and consultations to identify the successes and
failures of the last ten years, as well as build consensus on future priorities
and commitments by governments and stakeholders.
The 2002 progress review exercise, known as Rio+10,
will be participatory and inclusive, building on the CSD tradition of openness,
transparency and multi-stakeholder participation. Making this a truly useful
and productive exercise will require full engagement of all major groups. This
section of the guidelines provides your organization with a road map as far as
it is known at present.
The success of an honest and useful progress review
will greatly depend on local and national reviews of progress so that the final
review outcome can firmly stand on local and national realities, achievements,
recognition of obstacles and aspirations of what needs to be done in the next
phase. A lively national engagement among all governmental and non-governmental
institutions and actors will not only make the review exercise meaningful but
also mobilize individuals and institutions behind the global goal of
sustainability.
The CSD Secretariat has called upon the Governments to
launch a number of activities, through their national preparatory committees or
other similar coordination mechanisms, to help mobilize and engage the public
in the national Rio+10 preparations. These activities include:
101 Ways to Sustainable Development: a national search for and selection of the best
sustainable development success story to be submitted to the CSD Secretariat to
publish as a collection showcasing the 101 ways to achieve sustainability. The
cases would be uploaded on the Rio+10 web site as they are submitted with links
to the originator and the submitting country.
Sustainable Development Visions: a national call for submission of visions of a
sustainable world by all ages. One vision is to be selected by the national
committee (or equivalent) to be submitted for the collection of visions to be
published. The Visions would be made available to the world leaders at the
Summit Meeting and widely disseminated throughout the Rio+10 process.
Children’s Agenda 21 Posters: a national poster competition to engage and inspire
the imaginations of children aged 6-12. Each national committee is to select
one poster to submit to the CSD Secretariat. An exhibition at the Summit
meeting would showcase the world leaders and other summit participants the
aspirations, hopes and expectations of the younger generation.
National Progressions: a national process to identify 3-5 achievable
progress targets that the country can commit to achieving in the next 5-10
years. The aim is to generate independent or joint actions that will further
the slow but sure transition towards a sustainable global society. The National
Progressions of a country are its own targets based on its own priorities and
capabilities rather than those that may be agreed globally through
inter-governmental negotiations. A high level multi-stakeholder dialogue segment
at the Summit could be the forum at which countries share their progression
targets with the commitments from major group representatives.
The UN’s Regional Economic Commissions, the regional offices
of UN Environment Programme, the UN Development Programme Regional Bureaux and
the CSD Secretariat are collaborating to organize regional preparatory committee meetings (PrepComm) in all regions of the world. The Regional
PrepComms are expected to take place in the summer and fall of 2001 to generate
useful inputs for the global review exercise to start in January 2002. National
assessments are expected to be the basis of the discussions. The schedule of
the Regional PrepComms as well as focal points you can contact will be made
public on our Web site as soon as this information is finalized.
A regional
roundtable will precede
each Regional PrepComm. The regional roundtables will bring together regional
experts from a diversity of backgrounds to conduct a non-political and
unfettered discussion of regional progress and future directions. Reports from
the regional roundtables will be available to the Regional PrepComms.
Global review
process and activities
CSD10 will act as the Rio+10
PrepComm. A series of CSD10-PrepComm meetings are planned, pending the final decision of
the 55th UN General Assembly on the exact timing and location of the
Rio+10 Summit.
CSD10-PrepComm I is tentatively scheduled immediately after the
conclusion of CSD9 (most likely from 30 April to 4 May 2001). This meeting is
expected to primarily focus on organizational matters related to the global
Rio+10 process. A multi-stakeholder panel will be organized at the beginning of
this meeting to allow major group representatives to bring to the
organizational discussion the views of their constituencies.
CSD10-PrepComm II is tentatively scheduled in January 2002. This
meeting will start the substantive review of progress at the global level. The
discussions will be based on the Secretary-General’s report on overall review
of progress, as well as from the outputs of the Regional PrepComms. Early in
the course of PrepComm II, a two-day multi-stakeholder dialogue with all nine
major group sectors is planned. The topics of the stakeholder dialogue will be
based on the outline of the Secretary-general’s overall review report.
CSD10-PrepComm III, possibly
in March 2002, may continue and finalize the overall inter-governmental review
exercise unless the review is finalized at the January meeting.
CSD10-PrepComm IV is tentatively planned for May 2002. The focus at
this stage is expected to be on identifying and building consensus on future
priorities and strategies for the next 5 to 10 years. A one or half-day
multi-stakeholder dialogue (depending on the length of this session) is planned
to give opportunities to major group representatives to share their proposals
and ideas regarding what needs to be done in the next phase of sustainable
development work.
The Rio+10
summit meeting
will then be the
culmination of the process. The exact location and dates of the Summit meeting
will be decided by the 55th General Assembly, when it meets later
this fall. At the summit meeting, a half-day multi-stakeholder high-level
dialogue segment is planned. This dialogue segment is planned as an opportunity
for major groups and governments to share their specific sustainable
development commitments for the next phase. The national commitments are
expected to emerge from the National Progression Targets process described
above.
A number of Global Roundtables are also planned. Their composition and purpose will
be similar to the regional roundtables described above. The recommendations
from the global roundtables will be available to the CSD10-PrepComm meetings.
The CSD Secretariat is also launching a number of
global studies related to major groups. One such study is the Second International Survey of Local Agenda 21
Initiatives, and will be
conducted a jointly by the International Council for Local Environmental
Initiatives (ICLEI) and the CSD Secretariat. A second study that is being
considered is a systematic analysis of the Multi-stakeholder dialogue format
that the CSD pioneered since 1998. A
third study will aim to generate an independent review of major group
participation in sustainable development decision-making process.
The CSD Secretariat will disseminate further detail on
the Rio+10 preparations by way of a dedicated web site (www.un.org/rio+10), the CSD Update, a special list-server for
electronic dissemination, and other available means. Information in print will
be made available to ensure that major groups with limited access to the
Internet are well informed in a timely fashion.
The CSD Secretariat encourages all major group
organizations to support and take an active part in this milestone event with
which the global community is to renew its commitment to making a sustainable
world in which life in all its diversity is respected, enhanced and dignified.
An update on matters related to NGO and major group
participation in and contributions to Rio+10 process will be released in early
2001 and further updates will be released as details become available. The CSD
Secretariat will arrange for electronic NGO/major group registration for
Rio+10. Please check our web site regularly or contact the Major Groups
Programme Coordinator.
Annex 1: Work Programme of the CSD, 1998-2002
Throughout the five-year programme over-riding issues are
POVERTY and CHANGING CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS
|
Year |
Themes |
|
1998 |
FRESHWATER
MANAGEMENT TRANSFER OF
TECHNOLOGY/ CAPACITY-BUILDING/ EDUCATION/SCIENCE INDUSTRY SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT OF SIDS |
|
1999 |
OCEANS AND SEAS CONSUMPTION AND
PRODUCTION PATTERNS TOURISM |
|
Comprehensive review of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS
(September 1999) |
|
|
2000 |
LAND RESOURCES FINANCIAL RESOURCES/
TRADE AND INVESTMENT/ ECONOMIC GROWTH SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE Day of Indigenous
People |
|
2001 |
ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY INFORMATION FOR
DECISION-MAKING AND PARTICIPATION INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION FOR AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENERGY; TRANSPORT |
|
2002 |
Comprehensive review
of Agenda 21 implementation (Rio+10) |
Annex 2: Member States of the CSD in 2001
|
CSD Member |
Term expires |
Role in CSD-9 |
|
Algeria
|
2001 |
|
|
Angola |
2002 |
|
|
Australia |
2003 |
Vice-Chair |
|
Belarus |
2003 |
|
|
Belgium |
2002 |
|
|
Bolivia |
2003 |
|
|
Brazil
|
2001 |
|
|
Cameroon |
2002 |
|
|
China |
2002 |
|
|
Colombia |
2002 |
|
|
Côte
d'Ivoire |
2001 |
|
|
Cuba |
2002 |
|
|
Czech
Republic |
2001 |
Chair |
|
Democratic
People's Republic of Korea |
2001 |
|
|
Democratic
Republic of the Congo |
2002 |
|
|
Denmark |
2002 |
|
|
France
|
2001 |
|
|
Germany |
2002 |
|
|
Greece |
2003 |
|
|
Guatemala |
2003 |
|
|
Guyana |
2002 |
Vice-Chair |
|
Hungary
|
2001 |
|
|
Iran
(Islamic Republic of) |
2001 |
|
|
Italy |
2002 |
|
|
Japan
|
2001 |
|
|
Kazakhstan |
2002 |
|
|
Lebanon |
2002 |
|
|
Madagascar |
2003 |
|
|
Mali |
2003 |
|
|
Mauritania
|
2001 |
|
Annex 2: Member States of the CSD in 2001 (cont’d.)
|
CSD Member |
Term expires |
Role in CSD-9 |
|
Mauritius
|
2001 |
|
|
Mexico
|
2001 |
|
|
Mozambique |
2002 |
|
|
Netherlands |
2002 |
|
|
New
Zealand |
2001 |
|
|
Nicaragua
|
2001 |
|
|
Pakistan |
2003 |
|
|
Paraguay |
2002 |
|
|
Peru
|
2001 |
|
|
Philippines
|
2001 |
|
|
Poland |
2003 |
|
|
Portugal
|
2001 |
|
|
Republic
of Korea |
2002 |
|
|
Russian
Federation |
2002 |
|
|
Spain
|
2001 |
|
|
Sri
Lanka |
2001 |
|
|
Sudan
|
2001 |
|
|
Thailand |
2003 |
|
|
The
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
2002 |
|
|
Tunisia |
2002 |
|
|
Uganda |
2003 |
Vice-Chair |
|
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland |
2001 |
|
|
United
States of America |
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
Annex 3: List of Useful
Contacts
CSD SECRETARIAT
General inquiries:
Division
for Sustainable Development, UNDESA
2
United Nations Plaza, DC2-22nd Floor, New York, NY, 10017, USA
Fax
numbers: 212-963-1267, -4260, -1795; General email: [email protected]
Inquires related to Major Groups:
Ms.
Zehra Aydin-Sipos, Major Groups Programme Coordinator
Tel: 212-963-8811 Fax: 212-963-4260 Email:
[email protected]
Other inquires related to CSD-9:
Mr.
Andrey Vasilyev, Special Assistant to the Director
Tel: 212-963-4959 Fax: 212-963-4260 Email: [email protected]
Inquiries related to Side Events:
Ms.
Zehra Aydin-Sipos, Mr. Andrey Vasilyev (see above)
NGO Accreditation Related
Inquiries:
Ms. Hanifa Mezoui, Chief
NGO Section, Division for ECOSOC Support and
Coordination
1 United Nations Plaza, DC1-10th
Floor, New York, NY, 10017, USA
Tel: 212-963-8652 Fax: 212-963-9248 Email: [email protected]
OTHER INFORMATION SOURCES FOR MAJOR GROUPS
UN Non-Governmental Liaison
Services -- New York Office
866 UN Plaza, Room 6010A, New
York, NY, 10017, USA
Tel: 212-963-3125 Fax: 212-963-8712 Email: [email protected]
CSD NGO Steering Committee:
Ms. Esmeralda Brown, Southern
Co-Chair
777 United Nations Plaza, 11th
Floor, New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-682-3633, Fax:
212-682-5354, Email: Ebrown@gbgmmail.gbgm-umc.org
Mr. Felix Dodds, Northern
Co-Chair
3 Whitehall Court, London, SW1A
2EL, U.K.
Tel: 44-171-930-2931, Fax:
44-171-930-5893, Email: [email protected]
list of task managers and csd secretariat focal points[3]
Chapter 2: Trade and
Environment
|
TM: UNCTAD |
FP in UNCTAD:
Mr. Rene Vossenaar, tel:
4122-917-5679, fax:
4122-917-0044, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Mr.
Eric Olson tel.: 212-963-0013,
fax: 212-963-4260, email: [email protected] |
Chapter 3: Combating
Poverty
|
TM: DESA |
FP in DSD: Mr.
Ralph Chipman tel.:
212-963-5504, fax:
212-963-4260, email: [email protected] |
Chapter 4: Changing
Consumption Patterns
|
TM: DESA |
FP in DSD: Ms. Chikako Takase tel.:
212-963-8774, fax:
212-963-4260, email: [email protected] |
Chapter 5: Demographic Dynamics
|
TM: UNFPA |
FP in UNFPA:
Ms. Vivien Ponniah Tel:
212-297-5286/5253, fax:
212-297-4914, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Mr. Ralph Chipman (see above) |
Chapter 6: Health
|
TM: WHO |
FP
in WHO: Ms. Eva Wallstam tel: 41-22-791-2903, fax: 41-22-791-4153, email: [email protected] FP in DSD: Mr.
Ralph Chipman (see above) |
Chapter 7: Human
Settlements
|
TM: UNCHS |
FP in Habitat:
Mr. Jochen Eigen Tel:
254-2-623-226, fax:
254-2-624-265, email: [email protected] FP in DSD: Ms.
Zehra Aydin-Sipos Tel:
212-963-8811, fax:
212-963-1267, email: [email protected]
|
LIST OF
TASK MANAGERS and CSD SECRETARIAT FOCAL POINTS
(cont’d)
Chapter 8: Integrating
Environment and Development in Decision Making
|
TM: DESA |
FP in DSD: Ms.
Kirsten Rohrman Tel.: 212-963-2137,
fax: 212-963-1267, email: [email protected] |
Chapter 9: Atmosphere
|
TM: UNEP and |
FP
in UNEP: Mr. Alex Alusa, Tel: 254-2-623-458, fax: 254-2-623-410, email: [email protected] FPs
in WMO: Mr.
Michael Coughlan Tel: 4122-730-8269, fax: 4122-734-2326, email: [email protected]
or
Mr. Robert Landis Tel: 4122-730-8221, fax: 4122-734-2326, email: [email protected] FP in DSD: Mr. Kyaw Kyaw Shane Tel: 212-963-3264, fax: 212-963-1795, email: [email protected] |
Chapter 10: Integrated
Land Management
|
TM: FAO |
FP in FAO: Mr.
Parviz Koohafkan Tel:
39-6-5705-3043, fax:
39-6-5705-6275, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Ms.
Anne Rogers Tel:
212-963-2476, fax: 212-963-1795,
email: [email protected]
|
Chapter 11: Combating
Deforestation
|
TM: FAO |
FP in FAO: Mr.
James B.Ball Tel:
39-6-5705-4047, fax:
39-6-5705-2151, email: [email protected] FP in DSD: Mr.
Jagmohan Maini Tel:
212-973-3160, fax:
212-963-3463, email: [email protected] |
Chapter 12: Combating
Desertification
|
TM: UNEP |
FP in UNEP: Mr.
Timo Maukonen Tel: 254-2-623-297,
fax: 254-2-623-284, email: [email protected] FP in DSD: Ms
Anne Rogers (see above) |
LIST OF
TASK MANAGERS and CSD SECRETARIAT FOCAL POINTS
(cont’d)
Chapter 13: Sustainable Mountain
Development
|
TM: FAO |
FP in FAO: Mr.
El-Hadji Sene Tel:
39-6-5705-5978, fax:
39-6-5705-5137, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Ms.
Anne Rogers Tel:
212-963-2476, fax: 212-963-1795,
email: [email protected] |
Chapter 14: Sustainable
Agriculture
|
TM: FAO |
FP in FAO: Mr. Eric Kueneman Tel:
39-6-5705-4930, fax:
39-6-5705-5609, email: eric.kuene[email protected] FP in DSD: Ms
Anne Rogers (see above) |
Chapter 15: Conservation
of Biodiversity
|
TM: UNEP |
FP in UNEP: Mr.
Jorge E. Illueca Tel: 254-2-62
3494, fax: 254-2-62 4300, email: [email protected] FP in DSD:
Hĺkan Tropp Tel:
212-963-5243, fax:
212-963-1267, email: [email protected]
|
Chapter 16: Sustainable
Management of Biotechnology
|
TM: UNIDO |
FP in UNIDO:
Mr. George T. Tzotzos, Tel: 431-26026,
x-4336/3718, fax: 431-26026-6810,
email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Mr.
Tarcisio Alvarez-Rivero Tel.
212-963-5708, fax:
212-963-4260, email: [email protected]
|
Chapter 17: Protection
of Oceans
|
TM: ACC Sub-Committee on Oceans and Coastal
Areas |
Mr. Patricio Bernal, Chairman Tel:
33-1-4568-3983, fax:
33-1-4568-5810/12, email: [email protected] Mr. Umit Unluata Tel:
33-1-4568-4008, fax:
33-1-4568-5810/5812, email: [email protected] FP in DSD: Ms.
Anne Rogers (see above) |
LIST OF
TASK MANAGERS and CSD SECRETARIAT FOCAL POINTS
(cont’d)
Chapter 18: Protection
of Freshwater
|
TM: ACC Sub-Committee on Water |
Mr. Gourisankar Gosh, Chairman Tel:
212-824-6664, fax:
212-824-6480, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Mr.
Manuel Dengo Tel:
212-963-4208, fax:
212-963-4260, email: [email protected]
|
Chapter 19: Management
of Toxic Chemicals
|
TM: UNEP / |
FP in UNEP/IRPTC:
Mr. Jim Willis Tel:
41-22-917-8183, fax:
41-22-797-3460, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Mr.
Anatoli Belov Tel:
212-963-8786, fax:
212-963-4340, email: [email protected] |
Chapter 20: Management
of Hazardous Wastes
|
TM: UNEP/TIE |
FP in UNEP/TIE:
Ms. Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel Tel:
331-4437-1441, fax:
331-4437-1474, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Mr.
Anatoli Belov (see above) |
Chapter 21: Management
of Solid Wastes
|
TM: UNCHS |
FP in Habitat:
Mr. Graham Alabaster Tel:
254-2-623-054, fax:
254-2-624-588, email: [email protected] FP in DSD:
Hĺkan Tropp Tel:
212-963-5243, fax:
212-963-1267, email: [email protected]
|
Chapter 22: Management
of Radioactive Wastes
|
TM: IAEA |
FP in IAEA: Ms.
Merle Opelz Tel: 41-22-917-2971/3620, fax: 41-22-917-0066, email: [email protected] FP in DSD: Mr.
Walter Shearer Tel:
212-963-8444, fax:
212-963-4340, email: [email protected]
|
Chapters 23-32: Role of
Major Groups
|
TM: DESA |
FP in DSD: Ms.
Zehra Aydin-Sipos Tel:
212-963-8811, fax:
212-963-4260, email: [email protected]
|
LIST OF
TASK MANAGERS and CSD SECRETARIAT FOCAL POINTS
(cont’d)
Chapter 33: Finance
|
TM: DESA |
FP in DSD: Mr.
Eric Olson tel:
212-963-0013, fax:
212-963-4260, email: [email protected] |
Chapter 34: Transfer of
Environmentally Sound Technologies
|
TM: DESA |
FP in DSD: Mr.
Tarcisio Alvarez-Rivero tel:
212-963-5708, fax:
212-963-1267, email: [email protected]
|
Chapter 35: Science for
Sustainable Development
|
TM: UNESCO |
FP in UNESCO:
Mr. Gisbert Glaser Tel:
33-1-4568-4053, fax:
33-1-4568-5830, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Ms.
Hiroko Morita-Lou Tel:
212-963-8813, fax:
212-963-1267, email: [email protected]
|
Chapter 36: Education
|
TM: UNESCO |
FP in UNESCO:
Mr. Gisbert Glaser (see above) or Mr.
Gustavo Lopez Ospina Tel: 33-1-45 68 08 68, fax: 33-1-45 68 56 35, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Ms.
Hiroko Morita-Lou (see above) |
Chapter 37: Capacity
Building
|
TM: UNDP |
FP in UNDP: Mr.
Philip Reynolds Tel:
212-906-5866, fax:
212-906-6973, email: [email protected]
FP in DSD: Ms.
Kirsten Rohrman Tel:
212-963-2137, fax:
212-963-1267, email: [email protected] |
Chapter 38:
International Institutional Arrangements
|
TM: DESA |
FP in DSD: Ms.
Hiroko Morita-Lou (see above) |
Chapter 39:
International Legal Instruments
|
TM: DESA |
FP in DSD: Mr.
Lowell Flanders Tel:
212-963-8792, fax:
212-963-1267, email: [email protected]
|
LIST OF
TASK MANAGERS and CSD SECRETARIAT FOCAL POINTS
(cont’d)
Chapter 40: Information
for decision-making
|
TM: DESA and |
FP in DSD: Mr.
Lowell Flanders Tel:
212-963-8792, fax:
212-963-1267, email: [email protected] FP in UNEP: Mr.
Arthur Dahl Tel:
41-22-917-8207, fax:
41-22-797-3471, email: [email protected] |
Transport (CSD9 issue)
|
FP in DSD: Ms.
Kathleen Abdalla, tel:
212-963-8416, fax:
212-963-4340, email: [email protected] |
International Cooperation for Enabling Environment (CSD9 issue)
|
FP in DSD: Mr.
Lowell Flanders, tel: 212-963-8792,
fax: 212-963-1267, email: [email protected] |
National Information
|
Ms. Hiroko Morita-Lou, tel: 212-963-8813, fax:
212-963-1267, email: [email protected] |
List of Coordinating Partners for the Energy and
Transport Segment
International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
Ms.
Nancy Skinner, tel: 510-540-8843;
fax: 510-540-4787; email: [email protected]
Ms.
Tanya Imola, tel: 416-392-1467,
fax: 416-392-1478, email: [email protected]
International
Council of Scientific Unions
Mr.
Larry Kohler, tel: 33 1 45 25 03 29,
fax: 33 1 42 88 94 31, email: [email protected]
World
Conservation Union (IUCN)
Mr.
Brett Orlando, tel.: 202-387-4826,
fax: 202-387-4823; email: [email protected]
CSD
NGO Caucus for Climate Change and Energy
Ms.
Deling Wang, tel: 212-330-9015, fax: 212-645-2214, email: [email protected]
Mr.
Rajat Chaudhuri, tel: 91-33-229-7391,
fax: 91-33-249-6231, email: [email protected]
List of Coordinating Partners
for the Energy and Transport Segment
(cont’d)
CSD
NGO Caucus for Sustainable Transportation
Ms.
Deike Peters, tel: 212-629-8001,
fax: 212-629-8033,email: [email protected]
International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) through the
Trade Union Advisory Council of OECD
Mr.
Lucien Royer, tel: 331-4763-4263,
fax: 331-4754-9828, email: [email protected]
Business
and Industry
International
Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Mr.
Paul Clements-Hunt, tel: 331-4953-2808,
fax: 331-4953-2859, email: [email protected]
World Business
Council for Sustainable Development
Mr. Claude
Fussler, tel: 4122-839-3100, fax: 4122-839-3131, email: [email protected]
World Energy
Council (WEC)
Mr. Gerald
Doucet, tel: 44-207-734-5996, fax: ,
email: [email protected]
Contact
in CSD Secretariat:
Ms.
Zehra Aydin-Sipos, tel: 212-963-8811,
fax: 212-963-4260, email: [email protected]
Annex 4: Side Event GUIDELINES
(Side event request form is available at the end of
these guidelines)
The CSD sessions include dozens of side events
scheduled in UN meeting rooms outside the regular meeting times (that is
between 1:15-2:45 pm and 6:15-8 pm), organized by major groups, governments or
UN Agencies. They are a valuable part of the CSD session as a way to generate
informal opportunities for exchange of information, experiences and views. The
following guidelines are applicable to all side event organizers. Organizations
wishing to organize side events during the CSD or during its Ad Hoc
Inter-sessional Working Group meetings are urged to read and follow these
guidelines closely.
1.
Side events must
be on topics directly related to the themes of the CSD agenda in a given year.
The CSD Secretariat will not authorize events that are not directly related to
the agenda issues.
2.
Side events must
be open to all participants of the CSD session. Events that aim for an
exclusive audience are not permitted and organizers of such closed special
events are advised to seek alternative locations outside the main UN building.
3.
Side event
organizers that are non-governmental or inter-governmental organizations must
be accredited with the UN. An exception is made for NGO caucuses, which are not
accredited on their own but involve multiple NGOs that are in consultative
status. When a caucus group is the side event organizer, one of its member
organizations must take the responsibility for the costs related to the event.
4.
Side event slot
requests must be made using the Side
Events Request Form
(see Annex 4). This form allows the requestors to indicate the
title/description of their event, the preferred dates and times, and the size
of room and equipment they would need for the event. The CSD Secretariat will
make an effort to place each event in the most preferred date and time although
given the number of events this is not always possible. In the event that the
preferred date/time is not possible, the CSD Secretariat will consult with the
organizer to identify a suitable slot.
5.
The side event
requests must be submitted by no
later than three weeks before
the start of the session. Requests received after this deadline will not be
considered. (Deadline for side event requests at CSD-9 is 26 March 2001.)
6.
The CSD
Secretariat enters side event requests into a “tentative list” which is opened
in September of each year. Given the constantly changing nature of this list,
it is not made public until after the deadline to request side events has
passed, the events are confirmed and the events list is final.
7.
No more than
three simultaneous side events will be confirmed during a given lunch time or
evening slot. In the event of more requests than the total number of available
slots, the CSD Secretariat selects events on the basis of their potential
contribution to the overall CSD session, geographical balance, and balance in
coverage of the agenda issues. To the extent possible the CSD Secretariat
consults with the side event organizers to combine events that are on similar
topics.
8.
Each side event
that is authorized to enter into the CSD program is confirmed in writing after
the deadline to make requests has passed but no later than two weeks before the
start of the CSD session. Organizers are strongly discouraged from insisting on
obtaining confirmations before the deadline.
9.
Due to space and
time limits, no more than two side events
by the same organization or entity are permitted. This rule allows a greater diversity of
major groups and other actors to obtain time and space to share their knowledge
and views with other participants.
Annex 4: Side Event GUIDELINES (cont’d)
10. The side event organizers must make grounds pass
arrangements for the individuals they invite as lecturers, presenters, or
speakers of the event. Last minute requests to the CSD Secretariat for guest or
visitor passes for invited speakers of a side event are strongly discouraged.
11. Exact room allocations for side events are made when
events are confirmed in writing. All side events take place in UN meeting rooms
located in the First Basement of the main UN Headquarters building. The CSD
Secretariat reserves the right to change the room allocation for an event even
after confirmations are sent. This change is sometimes necessary due to other
meetings that have priority over side events.
12. Inter-governmental meetings always have first priority
over side events and room needs of the Security Council have priority over all
other meetings. Side events may be cancelled at the last minute if an
inter-governmental meeting needs to use the room where the side event was
scheduled. In these cases, the CSD Secretariat makes an attempt to reschedule
the cancelled event in another room or on another date so far as possible.
13. Side event organizers can request the following
equipment and services for their event: projectors (slide, video, overhead or
laptop-to-screen), microphones (standing mikes or use of the sound system in
the meeting rooms), projection screens, and sound recording of the event (based
on availability of a recording station in the room). As most of these services
and equipment need to be set up or run by an engineer, their use implies costs
that the organizers must be prepared to cover. Equipment requests can be made
using the Side Events Request Form (see Annex 4).
14. Organizers who wish to bring their own equipment (such
as laptops or laptop-to-screen projectors) need to notify the CSD Secretariat
at least one week before the start of the CSD session so that the necessary
arrangements can be made with UN Security. Last minute requests for this type
of arrangement are highly discouraged.
15. Interpretation services are not available for side
events. Organizers should plan to hold their event in English.
16. Organizers that wish to demonstrate Web sites using
Internet connections during their side event should notify the CSD Secretariat
at least one week prior to the start of the CSD session so that the necessary
connection can be arranged. This may also involve costs that need to be covered
by the side event organizer.
17. Printed materials can be distributed during the side
event and during the CSD meetings by using the tables placed in the back of and
just outside the meeting rooms. Since the meeting rooms where side events take
place are also where the official CSD meetings are conducted, organizers are
requested to be responsible about material distribution and ensure that the
rooms are left free of clutter after their side event.
18. Distribution of printed materials that are not
directly related to the CSD agenda issues is not permitted during a side event
or at any other time at the CSD meeting. The CSD Secretariat will authorize
removal of materials judged to be inappropriate. Sale of printed materials or
any other goods on UN grounds during the side events or at any other time is
strictly prohibited.
19. Displays and exhibitions, unless organized through the
proper channels through the CSD Secretariat, are not allowed. Side event
organizers are advised not to set up displays or put up posters on meeting room
walls during a side event or at any other time during the CSD to avoid removal
and loss of their materials.
20. Food and drinks are strictly prohibited in the meeting
rooms of the UN. Activities that involve food or drinks, such as receptions,
are allowed only in the areas designated for this purpose and must be arranged
by contacting the UN Catering Services (212-963-7098). The CSD Secretariat will
not facilitate these arrangements.
21. Publicizing a side event is the responsibility of its
organizers. The CSD Secretariat will not produce fliers, distribute notices, or
run other publicity efforts for individual side events. To inform participants
about the CSD session and its events, the secretariat distributes copies of the
full program on the first day of the meeting. The CSD Secretariat also provides
a daily leaflet (titled CSD Today
--or ISWG Today for the inter-sessional working group meetings prior
to the CSD) every morning
for the most up-to-date list of events and meetings of that day.
Side Event Request Form
Name
of requesting Organization:
Contact Person:
Address:
Telephone: Fax:
Email:
Title of the Event (Please attach a
description.):
Preferred dates and times (Please indicate more than one option to help with the
scheduling process.):
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Time Slot 1:15-2:45 pm 6:15-8 pm |
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Second |
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Third |
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Need a room that can accommodate
a total of (please chose one):
Equipment and services
requested:
Other (please explain):
The costs related to the use of the above equipment and services
will be covered by:
(Name of the Organization)
Signed by
Please print full name and title below signature line.
Fax this form to 212-963-4260.
[1] Jointly sponsored by the
Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology; Austrian
Federal Ministry of Environment; Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN in
Vienna; UNIDO; and, UNDESA.
[2] These acronyms stand for International Federation of Chemical, Energy,
Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM); International Metal Workers Federation
(IMF); Public Services International (PSI); and International Transport
Federation (ITF).
[3] Abbreviations: TM for
Task Manager, and FP for Focal Point.