MEMO/11/610
Brussels, 19 September 2011
Schedule of European Commissioner Andris Piebalgs at the UN General Assembly
Monday - 19 September
Time | Venue | Event |
09:00 | Sentry Centers, 730 Third Avenue,17th floor Soho Room | Roundtable Dialogue on "Tomorrow's Markets: Public-private Platforms for Inclusive and Green Growth", organised by UNDP Commissioner Piebalgs will give opening remarks. |
10:15 | InterContinental Hotel Barclay, 111 East 48th Street | Haiti Partners Ministerial Meeting Followed by signing of Country Strategy Paper for €100 million of new EU funding to Haiti (tbc) |
14:30 | Conf Room 5, UN headquarters, North Lawn Building – 2nd Floor) | First meeting of the High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All |
Tuesday - 20 September
Time | Venue | Event |
09:00 | Conf Room 5, UN headquarters, North Lawn Building – 2nd Floor) | Continuation of the High-Level Group on Sustainable Energy for All |
09:30 (tbc) | General Assembly Hall | Opening of the High-level Meeting on "Addressing desertification, land degradation and drought in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication" |
11:00 | Conference Room 2 NLB | High-Level Meeting on Nutrition marking the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement |
13:15 | Riverview Room, Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, One United Nations Plaza 44th St | High-Level reception to launch of the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Commissioner Piebalgs will deliver a statement on behalf of the Commission |
Wednesday - 21 September
Time | Venue | Event |
13:15 (tbc) | UN, North Lawn Building, Conference Room 2 | Side Event: "Commitment to Accelerate Progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (tbc) |
Thursday - 22 September
Time | Venue | Event |
12:30 | Sentry Centers, 730 3rd Ave (Teachers Bldg) | Side event: "Empowering Rural Women for Food and Nutrition Security." Organised by the Dutch Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation, the World Food Programme and UN Women |
