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10 May 2010

Opening & Plenary I: Round Table

Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD and H.E. Mr. Jean Feyder, President, UNCTAD Trade and Development Board, presiding over the symposium.

Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, delivering his opening remarks at the symposium.

Mr. Jonathan Lynn, World Trade Correspondent and Chief Correspondent, Reuters News, Geneva.

Mr. David Nabarro, Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition, United Nations High-level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis, during the opening round table.

Mr. Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, OHCHR, Geneva, introducing the discussion on the food prices crisis at the opening round table.

Ms. Makhotso Magdeline Sotyu, Chairperson, Parliament of South Africa, captured during the opening plenary.

Mr. Rehman Sobhan, Chair, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, at the opening plenary.

Ms. Anne Jellema, International Policy and Campaign Director, ActionAid International, South Africa, at the opening plenary.

Ms. Amel Haffouz, Chief of Civil Society and Outreach, UNCTAD.

Mr. Jonathan Lynn, World Trade Correspondent and Chief Correspondent, Reuters News, Geneva, moderating the opening plenary.

Mr. De Shutter addressing participants at the opening plenary.

Panelists of the opening round table and members of the UNCTAD Secretariat.

Participants at the opening plenary.

Participants follow the debate at the opening plenary.

Audience following the opening session.

All Participants

Ms. Renate Bloem of CIVICUS World Alliance of Citizen Participation, and Ms. Isolda Agazzai of Alliance Sud, at the opening plenary.

Ms. Isabel Mazzei, Senior Policy Officer at Oxfam International in Geneva and Mr. Richard King, Policy Researcher at Oxfam GB, at Plenary I of the Public Symposium.

Ms. Maria Nordwall Liungman, Senior Advisor of the National Board of Trade of Sweden, and Ms. Gabriele Koehler, private researcher, at the opening plenary session of UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Ms. Nuria Molina, Director of EURODAD, the European Network on Debt and Development in Brussels, and Ms. Isabel Ortiz, Assistant Director of Policy and Practice at UNICEF in New York.

Ms. Brigette Lüth, from the Permanent Mission of Austria in Geneva.

Representatives from the WTO at UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Delegates from Spain at the Public Symposium.

Ms. Souade Beguelin-Amdouni and Ms. Saida Wolf of the Tunisian Mother’s Association at the opening plenary.

Mr. André Baladi of International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) at the opening plenary.

Mr. Fadhl Al-Maghafi, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Yemen in Geneva.

Mr. Julien Rakotomalala, Attaché, Permanent Mission of Madagascar in Geneva.

Mr. Razaq Mashkoor, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Iraq in Geneva.

Mr. Cheikh Mouhamady Cissokho, President D'honneur of Réseau des Organisations paysannes et de Producteurs de L'Afrique de L'Ouest (ROPPA), and Mr. Ibrahima Coulibaly, President of Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Mali (CNOP) at the opening plenary of UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Delegates from France at the first plenary of the Public Symposium.

Delegates from the European Commission at the opening plenary.

Mr. Cheikh Mouhamady Cissokho, President D'honneur of Réseau des Organisations paysannes et de Producteurs de L'Afrique de L'Ouest (ROPPA), and Mr. Ibrahima Coulibaly, President of Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Mali (CNOP) at the opening plenary of UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Mr. Linu Matthew Philip, Executive Director and Fellow of the Consortium For Trade And Development (CENTAD) in New Delhi, India, and Mr. Savior Mwambwa, Executive Director of the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) in Lusaka, Zambia at the opening plenary.

Delegates from Spain and Mr. Daniel Schwenger from the Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany at the opening plenary.

Delegates from Nepal at the opening plenary of UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Ms. Xuan Zhang, Associate Research Officer at the South Centre in Geneva, at the opening plenary.

Delegates of the Czech Republic at the opening plenary of UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Mr. Nikolai Sonnenberg and Mr. Berron Gonzalo of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) at the opening plenary session of the Public Symposium.

Mr. Mboup Ndiaga, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission fo Senegal in Geneva.

Mr. Abdulmonem Burawi, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Libya in Geneva.

Mr. Alan Sillitoe of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) at the opening plenary session.

H.E. Sun Suon, Ambassador of thePermanent Mission of Cambodia in Geneva.

Ms. Gaelle Okio of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) at the opening plenary.

Ms. Samah Atout, Second Secretary at the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the UN in Geneva, at the opening plenary of UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Delegate of Morocco at the opening plenary of the Public Symposium.

Mr. Abdul Amier Hashom of the Al-Hakim Foundation at the opening plenary session.

Ms. Myrna Lachenal, representative of the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) in Geneva, at the opening plenary session of the Public Symposium.

Ms. Edith Ballantyne and Ms. Jeanne Vickers of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) at the opening plenary of the Public Symposium.

Mr. Emmanuel Nduwayezu of Coordination Des Ong Africaines Des Droites De L'Homme (CONGAF) at the opening plenary.

Mr. Adalbert Nouga and Ms. Amanah Ahmed of Village Suisse ONG at the opening plenary.

Ms. Mary Odongo and Ms. Miriam Walo Oiro Omolo of the Institute of Economic Affairs in Kenya at the opening plenary.

Ms. Shereen Banu Dawood, Content Adviser for the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa and Mr. Johan Van Wyk, Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of South Africa in Geneva.

Mr. Hamish Jenkins of the United Nations Non-governmental Liaison Service at the opening plenary.

Mr. Carlos Santos, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Equador in Geneva, and Mr. Pedro Paez, President of the Ecuadorian Technical Commission for a New Regional Financial Architecture and Former Minister of Economic Coordination of Ecuador.

Delegates of China.

Mr. Efim Stroev, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Russia in Geneva.

Mr. Yao Kouman Adingra from the delegation of Cote d’Ivoire at the opening plenary session.

Ms. Elena Iannaccone of the Geneva Social Observatory at the opening plenary.

Representatives from the International Trade Center (ITC) at the Public Symposium opening plenary.

UNCTAD secretariat.

Members of the UNCTAD secretariat.

Mr. Jean Tardieu of the Permanent Mission of the Holy See in Geneva.

Ms. Olivera Jocic, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Serbia in Geneva.

UNCTAD staff at the opening plenary session.

Mr. Basant Raj Bhandari of the Global Traders Conference in Geneva.

Ms. Zharkin Kakimzhanova, Head of the WTO Unit at the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstanin Geneva.

Delegate of Bangladesh.

Ms. Ghadeer Hmeidi Moh’d Elfayez, Attache of the Jordanian Mission in Geneva.

Ms. Thararut Hanlumyuang, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of Thailand in Geneva.

Mr. Umberto Mazzei, Director of IREI, at the opening plenary of the Public Symposium.

Mr. Soren Ambrose, Development Finance Coordinator of ActionAid International, at the opening plenary.

Mr. Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary-General of CUTS International in Jaipur India, at the opening plenary session.

Mr. Heiner Flassbeck, Director of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies at UNCTAD, at the opening plenary.

Mr. Jose Fernando Ruiz, Permanent Representative of the World Association of Former United Nations Internes and Fellows (WAFUNIF) and Mr. Vicente Paolo Yu, Programme Coordinator of the Global Governance for Development Programme of the South Centre.

Ms. Garance Upham of Safe Observer International at the opening plenary of UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Delegate of Serbia and Albania.

Breakout Sessions

Ms. Bhumika Muchhala of the Third World Network (TWN) in Geneva at the Public Symposium breakout session on Innovative Financing Mechanisms.

Mr. Soren Ambrose, Development Finance Coordinator of ActionAid International, Geneva at the Public Symposium breakout session on Innovative Financing Mechanisms.

H.E. Mr. Matern Y. C. Lumbanga, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations in Geneva, and Mr. Offah Obale, Programme Officer at the South Centre, at the breakout session on Is There Development in Trade Agreements? A Look at the Doha Development Agenda and Free Trade Agreements.

Ms. Sanya Reid Smith of the Third World Network (TWN) in Geneva, at the breakout session on Is There Development in Trade Agreements? A Look at the Doha Development Agenda and Free Trade Agreements.

Mr. Hervé Cronel, Conseiller spécial chargé de l'economie et du développement durable, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), at the breakout session on Is There a Role for the LDCs in Reshaping Global Economic Governance?

Ms. Garance Upham of Safe Observer International at the breakout session on Is There a Role for the LDCs in Reshaping Global Economic Governance?

Plenary II

Mr. Jomo KS, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), and Ms. Amel Haffouz, Chief of Civil Society and Outreach, UNCTAD, at the second plenary session of the Public Symposium.

Mr. Jomo KS, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), and Ms. Gabriele Koehler, former UNCTAD staff member, at the second plenary session of the Public Symposium.

Ms. Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics and Chairperson, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, India, and Mr. Heiner Flassbeck, Director of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies at UNCTAD, at the second plenary session, Rethinking Global Economic Governance: Towards Trade and Financial Reforms to Support Development.

Mr. Ram Etwareea, Journalist for Le Temps in Geneva, moderating the second plenary of the Public Symposium, on the topic of Rethinking Global Economic Governance: Towards Trade and Financial Reforms to Support Development.

Mr. Hamish Jenkins of the United Nations Non-governmental Liaison Service at the second plenary.

Mr. Pedro Paez, President of the Ecuadorian Technical Commission for a New Regional Financial Architecture and Former Minister of Economic Coordination of Ecuador, at the second plenary session.

Ms. Nuria Molina, Director of the European Network on Debt and Development (EURODAD) in Belgium, at the second plenary session.

Mr. Jomo KS, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), at the second plenary session.

Mr. Ram Etwareea, Journalist for Le Temps in Geneva, moderating the second plenary session, next to Ms. Amel Haffouz Chief of Civil Society and Outreach at UNCTAD and Mr. Hamish Jenkins of the United Nations Non-governmental Liaison Service.

Mr. Jomo KS, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), speaking at the second plenary session.

UNCTAD secretariat.

Ms. Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics and Chairperson, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, India.

Ms. Amel Haffouz, Chief of Civil Society and Outreach at UNCTAD.

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Plenary III

Ms. Anne Jellema, International Policy and Campaign Director of ActionAid International in South Africa, moderating the third plenary session on Alternative Development Strategies: Towards More Inclusive and Sustainable Development Paths.

Ms. Amel Haffouz, Chief of Civil Society and Outreach at UNCTAD.

Participants from Centre D'Études Et De Recherches Sur Le Développement International (CERDI) Programme de Formation en Gestion de la Politque Economique (GPE).

Mr. Mouhamady Cissokho, President of Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA) in Senegal, speaking at the third plenary of the Public Symposium.

Mr. Mouhamady Cissokho, President of Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA) in Senegal, speaking at the third plenary of the Public Symposium.

Mr. Mouhamady Cissokho, President of Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA) in Senegal and Mr. Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary-General of CUTS International in Jaipur India at the third plenary session.

Mr. Ulrich Hoffman, Chief of Trade and Sustainable Development Section, Division of International Trade and Commodities at UNCTAD.

Mr. Richard Kozul-Wright, Officer-in-charge, Economic Cooperation and Integration Among Developing Countries Unit, UNCTAD, speaking at the third plenary.

Ms. Amel Haffouz Chief of Civil Society and Outreach at UNCTAD, and Ms. Muriel Scibilia, Chief of the Communications, Information and Outreach Unit at UNCTAD.

Ms. Muriel Scibilia, Chief of the Communications, Information and Outreach Unit at UNCTAD.

Ms. Isabel Ortiz, Assistant Director of Policy and Practice at UNICEF in New York, at the third plenary session.

Mr. Jonathan Peccia, Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the United States of America in Geneva.

Mr. Jacques Rivkine of Rivkine Projects Engineering at the third plenary session of the Public Symposium.

Delegate of Finland at the third plenary.

Ms. Yejin Kim of the Conference Of NGOs In Consultative Relationship With The United Nations (CONGO).

Delegate from the WTO at the third plenary of UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Ms. Anne Jellema, International Policy and Campaign Director of ActionAid International in South Africa, Ms. Amel Haffouz Chief of Civil Society and Outreach at UNCTAD, and Ms. Muriel Scibilia, Chief of the Communications, Information and Outreach Unit at UNCTAD, during the third plenary of the symposium.

Mr. Biraj Patnaik, Principle Adviser at the Office of the Commissioners to the Supreme Court of India in the Right to Food Cases, speaking during the third plenary of UNCTAD’s Public Symposium.

Mr. Richard Kozul-Wright, Officer-in-charge, Economic Cooperation and Integration Among Developing Countries Unit, UNCTAD, listens to the response of Mr. Biraj Patnaik, Principle Adviser at the Office of the Commissioners to the Supreme Court of India.

Breakout Sessions

Ms. Isabel Morales-Mazzei, Senior Policy Advisor at Oxfam International in Geneva, at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Mr. Samuel Gayi, Senior Economic Affairs Officer from the Special Unit on Commodities at UNCTAD, speaking at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Mr. Massimiliano Riva, Trade and Capacity Development Specialist at
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Geneva, at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Mr. Jonathan Hepburn, Agriculture Programme Officer at the International Centre on Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Ms. Isabel Morales-Mazzei, Senior Policy Advisor at Oxfam International in Geneva, and Mr. Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary-General of CUTS International in Jaipur India, listen to comments from Mr. Samuel Gayi, Senior Economic Affairs Officer from the Special Unit on Commodities at UNCTAD, at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Mr. Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary-General of CUTS International in Jaipur India, moderating at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Mr. Ulrich Hoffman, Chief of Trade and Sustainable Development Section, Division of International Trade and Commodities at UNCTAD, comments at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Ms. Sanya Reid Smith of the Third World Network (TWN) in Geneva intervenes at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Ms. Sophia Twarog, Economic Affairs Officer in the Trade and Sustainable Development Section of the Division of International Trade and Commodities at UNCTAD, comments during the the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Mr. Atul Kaushik, Director of the CUTS Geneva Resource Centre in Geneva, intervenes at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Mr. Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary-General of CUTS International in Jaipur India, moderating at the breakout session on Improving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change.

Mr. David Kucera, Senior Research Economist in the Integration/Policy Coherence Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO), speaks at the breakout session titled To Green or Not to Green: Challenges and Opportunities for Development and Decent Work. Sitting next to him is Ms. Sally Jeanrenaud, Green Economy Coalition Programme Director at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

Mr. David Kucera, Senior Research Economist in the Integration/Policy Coherence Group at the International Labour Organization (ILO), speaks at the breakout session titled To Green or Not to Green: Challenges and Opportunities for Development and Decent Work.

Mr. Georgios Altintzis, Trade and Globalization Assistant at the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in Brussels, Belgium, at the breakout session titled To Green or Not to Green: Challenges and Opportunities for Development and Decent Work.

From left: Mr. Hafiz Mirza, Economic Affairs Officer from the Investment Issues Section of the Division on Investment and Enterprise at UNCTAD, Ms. Violette Ruppanner, Director of 3D in Geneva, Mr. Cheikh Mouhamady Cissokho, President D'honneur of Réseau des Organisations paysannes et de Producteurs de L'Afrique de L'Ouest (ROPPA) in Mali, and Ms. Carin Smaller, Adviser at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Geneva, at the breakout session Investing in Farmland: Sustainable and People-centered Approaches.

Ms. Carin Smaller, Adviser at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Geneva, speaking at the breakout session Investing in Farmland: Sustainable and People-centered Approaches.

Mr. Luc Guillory from Partage International, intervenes at the breakout session titled Investing in Farmland: Sustainable and People-centered Approaches.

Participants at the breakout session Investing in Farmland: Sustainable and People-centered Approaches.

Ms. Violette Ruppanner, Director of 3D-> Trade – Human Rights – Equitable Economy, Geneva, moderates the breakout session Investing in Farmland: Sustainable and People-centered Approaches.

Mr. Cheikh Mouhamady Cissokho, President D'honneur of Réseau des Organisations paysannes et de Producteurs de L'Afrique de L'Ouest (ROPPA) in Mali, speaks at the breakout session Investing in Farmland: Sustainable and People-centered Approaches.

Ms. Violette Ruppanner, Director of 3D in Geneva, Mr. Cheikh Mouhamady Cissokho, President D'honneur of Réseau des Organisations paysannes et de Producteurs de L'Afrique de L'Ouest (ROPPA) in Mali, and Ms. Carin Smaller, Adviser at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Geneva, at the breakout session Investing in Farmland: Sustainable and People-centered Approaches.

Closing

UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Petko Draganov at closing plenary of the Public Symposium.

Mr. Christopher MacFarquhar, Chief of Service for Intergovernment Support Service at UNCTAD.

Ms. Mary Robinson, President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland, delivers the keynote address at the closing session of the UNCTAD Public Symposium.

H.E. Mr. Jean Feyder, President, UNCTAD Trade and Development Board and Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg in Geneva.

Ms. Mary Robinson, President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland, and UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Petko Draganov, at the closing plenary of the Public Symposium.

From left: Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Special Advisor on LDCs, UNCTAD; Ms. Mary Robinson, President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland; UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Petko Draganov; H.E. Mr. Jean Feyder, President, UNCTAD Trade and Development Board and Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg in Geneva; Mr. Christopher MacFarquhar, Chief of Service for Intergovernment Support Service at UNCTAD; Ms. Amel Haffouz, Chief of Civil Society and Outreach, UNCTAD; and Ms. Muriel Scibilia, Chief of the Communications, Information and Outreach Unit at UNCTAD, at the closing plenary of the Public Symposium.

From left: Mr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Special Advisor on LDCs, UNCTAD; Ms. Mary Robinson, President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland; UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Mr. Petko Draganov; H.E. Mr. Jean Feyder, President, UNCTAD Trade and Development Board and Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg in Geneva; Mr. Christopher MacFarquhar, Chief of Service for Intergovernment Support Service at UNCTAD; Ms. Amel Haffouz, Chief of Civil Society and Outreach, UNCTAD; and Ms. Muriel Scibilia, Chief of the Communications, Information and Outreach Unit at UNCTAD, at the closing plenary of the Public Symposium.

Ms. Mary Robinson, President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of Ireland, at the closing session of the UNCTAD Public Symposium.