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THURSDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2006

Morning Panel Session:
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Conference Room 4

Achieving Financial and Ecological Sustainability

Environmental sustainability includes integrating the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes, reversing the loss of environmental resources, and reducing by half the number of people without access to safe drinking water. Cross-sector partnerships and appropriate investment strategies are paramount in these efforts.

Speakers in this panel will discuss effective partnerships to provide adequate resources for environmental projects as well as to help settle cross-boundary disputes. They will look at disaster management, water quality monitoring to improve health and control disease, and educational outreach to rural areas. Examples of projects that have been completed utilizing these developments through the availability of micro-credit, the aid of other new banking policies, or the collaborative efforts of governments, NGOs, the private sector and individual initiatives will be depicted.

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Roundtables:

Conference participants can attend two of the following six multi-stakeholder roundtables, featuring representatives of the United Nations, governments, civil society and the private sector. The roundtables will address the following themes: science and technology for education; emerging approaches to healthcare, including gender-based HIV and AIDS; human security: responsibility to protect and the peacebuilding commission; civil society and global partnerships for development; commitment to reducing extreme poverty and hunger; and promoting respect for cultural diversity in conflict resolution. Each roundtable will have a proactive moderator and four to six speakers, who will engage in a dialogue with each other and with the audience.

Afternoon Roundtable Session:
3 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Roundtable # 1 - Science and Technology for Education

Conference Room 4

Knowledge and training in science and technology are crucial for being able to compete in the global world of today. At the same time, technological advances make education much more readily available to more people around the world. This roundtable will offer participants and panelists an opportunity to dialogue about these advances and to provide examples of delivering quality education to remote areas. They will look at the skills and knowledge required that may be helpful to young people entering the work force. The panel will also focus on such areas as gender equality and human rights, and emphasize the role of partnerships among government, civil society and other actors.

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Roundtable # 2 - Emerging Approaches to Healthcare, including Gender-based HIV and AIDS

Dag Hamarskjöld Library Auditorium

In recent years, violence against women has been identified as a primary health risk to women and girls. Furthermore, gender-based violence keeps women and girls from fully and equally participating in development. Similarly, HIV and AIDS have had a devastating and often invisible impact on women and girls, which is furthermore exacerbated by discrimination, poverty and gender-based violence. This roundtable will provide examples of gender-based approaches to MDGs related to reducing HIV and AIDS among women and girls, achieving universal maternal health and eliminating gender-based violence.

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Roundtable # 3 - Human Security: Responsibility to Protect and Peacebuilding Commission

Conference Room 8

One of the most significant achievements for human security in the 2005 World Summit was the affirmation of an international responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. By committing themselves to the responsibility to protect, governments accept that they must act earlier and more effectively in response to outbreaks of crises in their own countries or wherever they occur. The responsibility to protect is understood as a responsibility to prevent and rebuild, as well as to react. This roundtable will provide examples of how these goals can be achieved and what role civil society organizations play in ensuring that governments and civil society understand and implement this responsibility. The recently established Peacebuilding Commission will also be discussed.

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