Thirty-First Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Nutrition and the Millennium Development Goals

Agenda

UN, New York, Monday 22 March—Friday 26 March 2004
Hosted by SCN Chair, Catherine Bertini, United Nations Under Secretary General for Management at the United Nations and UNICEF, New York

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

Draft Agenda - 26 Feb 2004

Monday 22 March		UN - Room 4
Monday 22 March	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

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Thirty-First Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

Nutrition and the Millennium Development Goals

Agenda

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