11.12 THURSDAY (GMT-3) TENTATIVE

Time Session Title Room
10:00 - 13:00
Meeting of the COP, November 12,1998, 6th Meeting
President of COP4
Executive Secretary
H. E. Mr. Panangian Siregar - Minister of State for Environmental Affairs, Indonesia - (Speaking on behalf of Group of 77 and China)
H. E. Mr. Martin Bartenstein - Federal Minister for the Environment, Youth and Family Affairs, Austria - (Speaking on behalf of the European Union and its member States)
H. E. Ms. Ritt Bjerregaard - Commissioner for Environment of the European Community
H. E. Mr Tuiloma Neroni Slade - Ambassador. Permanent Representative - Permanent Mission of the Independent State of Samoa to the United Nations, New York(Speaking on behalf of AOSIS)
H. E. Mr. Bikenibeu Paeniu - Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tuvalu - (Speaking on behalf of Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, and Tuvalu)
H. E. Mr. James Michel - Vice President and Minister of Environment and Transport, The Seychelles
H. E. Mr. Leo A. Falcam - Vice President of Micronesia (Federated States of)
H. E. Mr. Suwit Khunkitti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Thailand
H. E. Mr. John Prescott, MP - Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
H. E. Mr. Guido Di Tella - Foreign Minister, Argentina
S. E. Sr. John Biehl - Ministro Secretario General de la Presidencia, Chile
H. E. Mr. Alexander I. Bedritsky - Head of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring - The Russian Federation
H. E. Mr. Abdul Hamid El-Monajed - Minister of State for Environment, Syrian Arab Republic
H. E. Mr. J.E. Afful - Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Ghan
H. E. Mr. Svend Auken - Minister for Environment and Energy, Denmark
H. E. Mr. Stuart E. Eizenstat - Under-Secretary of State for Business, Commerce, Economic and Agricultural Affairs, The United States of America
H. E. Mr. Pavel Gantar - Minister of the Environment and Regional Planning, Slovenia
H.E. Ms. Nadia Riad Makram Ebeid - Minister of State for Environment - Ministry of Environment
S. E. Sr. Carlos Manuel Rodríguez-Echandi - Ministro a.i.de Ambiente y Energía, Costa Rica - (Speaking on behalf of the Central American States: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama)
H. E. Mr. José Israel Vargas - Minister for Science and Technology, Brazil
H. E. Mr. Simon Upton - Minister for the Environment and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand
S. E. Sra. Isabel Tocino Biscarolasaga - Ministra de Medio Ambiente, Spain
S. E. Mme. Dominique Voynet - Ministre de l'Amenagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement, France
Closing Statement by the President
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11:30- 12:00
UK Deputy Prime Minister Prescott
Introduction
Questions
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13:30- 14:30
Minister Tocino of Spain
H.E. Mr. Stuart Eizenstat - Ambassador, Undersecretary of State for Economic, Bussiness and Agricultural Affairs - Department of State
Floor is opened for questions
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15:00 - 25:00
Meeting of the COP, November 12,1998, 7th Meeting
Opening of the Meeting
H. E. Mr. Vincent Lasse, Minister of Planning and Development with responsibility for the Environment, Trinidad and Tobago
H. E. Mr. E. Lowassa, Minister of State in the Vice President's Office, The United Republic of Tanzania
H. E. Mr. Kenji Manabe, Minister of State, Director-General of the Environment Agency, Japan
H. E. Mr. Robert Hill, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Australia
H. E. Mr. Ali Al-Noammi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Saudi Arabia
H. E. Mr. Henry Muganwa Kajura, Minister for Water, Lands and Environment, Uganda
H. E. Ms. Christine Stewart, Minister of the Environment, Canada
H. E. Prof. Jan Szyszko, Minister of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry, Poland
H. E. Mr. Jae-Wook Choi, Minister of Environment, The Republic of Korea
H. E. Mr. Gudmundur Bjarnason, Minister for the Environment, Iceland
H. E. Mr. Liu Jiang, Minister and Vice-Chairman of the State Development and Planning Commission, China
H. E. Mr. Jürgen Trittin, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
H. E. Mr. Francis Nyenze, Minister for Environmental Conservation, Kenya
H. E. Mr. Algis Caplikas, Minister of the Environment, Lithuania
H. E. Mr. Milo µ Kuzvart, Minister of the Environment, The Czech Republic
H. E. Mr. Pál Pepó, Minister for Environment, Hungary
H. E. Mr. Kjell Larsson, Minister of the Environment, Sweden
S. E. Sr. Edwin José Arrieta, Ministro de Energia y Minas, Venezuela
H. E. Ms. Guro Fjellanger, Minister of the Environment, Norway
H. E. Captain Edward Singhatey, Secretary of State for Presidential Affairs, Fisheries and Natural Resources, The Gambia
H. E. Mr. Indulis Emsis, State Minister for Environment, Latvia
H. E. Mr. Noel Dempsey, Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Ireland
H. E. Mr. Simon Khaya Moyo, Minister of Mines, Environment and Tourism, Zimbabwe
H. E. Mr. Jan Pronk, Minister for Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, The Netherlands
H. E. Ms. Yolanda Kakabadse, Minister of the Environment, Ecuador
H. E. Mr. Pekka Haavisto, Minister of the Environment, Finland
H. E. Mr. Ambika Sanba, Minister for Population and Environment, Nepal
H. E. Mr. Edo Ronchi, Minister of Environment, Italy
S. E. M. Adékpédjou S. Akindes, Ministre de l'Environnement, de l'Habitat et de l'Urbanisme, Benin
S. E. Sra. Julia Carabias Lillo, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca, Mexico
H. E. Mr. Serikbek Daukeev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, Kazakhstan
H. E. Mr. Souty Toure, Minister of the Environment and of the Protection of Nature, Senegal
H. E. Mr. Costas Themistocleous, Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Cyprus
S. E. Sra. Josefina Takahashi Sato, Jefa, Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales, Peru
H. E. Mr. Erick Reyes Villa Bacigalupi, Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning, Bolivia
S. E. M. Ahmed El Yazghi, Ministre de l'Ammengement du Territoire, de l'Urbanisme et de l'Habitat, Morocco
H. E. Mr. Suresh P. Prabhu, Minister of Environment and Forests, India
H. E. Mr. Alfeyo Hambayi, MP, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Zambia
H. E. Mr. Juan Mayr, Minister of the Environment, Colombia
H. E. Mr. Ali Bin Saeed Al-Khayreen, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture / Chairman of Environmental Affairs Committee, Qatar
H. E. Mr. Shiferaw Jarso, Minister of Water Resources, Ethiopia
S. E. M. Jean Pacifique Nsengiyumva, Ministre de l'Amenagement du Territoire et de l'Environnement, Burundi
S. E. M. Osman Robleh Daach, Ministre de l'Environnement, du Tourisme et de l'Artisanat, Djibouti
H. E. Mr. Sayed Mohamed Tahir Aila, Minister of Environment and Tourism, The Sudan
H. E. Mr. Patterson Oti, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Relations, Solomon Islands
H. E. Ms. Ljerka Mintas Hodak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Croatia
H. E. Mr. Tewareka Borau, Minister of Environment and Social Development, Kiribati
H. E. Mr. John Comati, Minister of Environment and Forest Cote d'Ivoire
Mr. Philippe Roch, Director, State Secretary, Federal Department of Transport, Communication and Energy, Switzerland
M. Sid Ali Ramdane, Directeur, Ministère de l’Interieur, des Collectivités Locales et de l’Environnement, Algeria
Mr. Nado Rinchen, Deputy Minister for Environment, Bhutan
Mr. Ricardo Sanchez, Vice Minister of Science, Cuba
r. Boometswe Mokgothu, Assistant Minister of Local Government, Lands and Housing, Botswana
Mr. Theodoros Koliopanos, Deputy Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, Greece
Mr. Peter Mokaba, Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa
Professor José Guerreiro da Silva, Secretary of State for Environment, Portugal
Mr. Abbas Naqi, Assistant Undersecretary, Ministry of Oil, Kuwait
Mr. Volodymyr Bratishko, First Deputy Minister in the Ministry for Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety, Ukraine
Mr. Valentin Bobeica, Vice Minister, Ministry of Environment, The Republic of Moldova
Sr. Menandro Grisetti, Viceministro de Recursos Naturales y Medio Ambiente, Paraguay
Mr. Noulinh Sinbandhit, Vice Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Mr. Frédéric Platini, Administrator of Environment Service, Monaco
Mr. Dennis Ignatius, Ambassador of Malaysia to Argentina
Mr. Kimba Hassane, Conseiller au Secrétariat Exécutif du Conseil National de l'Environnement pour un Développement Durable, The Niger
Mr. Tan Teng Huat, Director, Environmental Management and Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Singapore
Mr. Taghi Ebtekar, Adviser to President on Technological Affairs, The Islamic Republic of Iran
Mr. U Kyaw Tint Swe, Secretary, National Commission for Environmental Affairs, Myanmar
Mr. Max Rai, Director-General, Multilateral Division, Department of Foreign Affairs, Papua New Guinea
Mr. Teodoro B. Pison, Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, The Philippines
Sheikh Ahmed Mubarak Mustahail Shamas, Undersecretary of Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Environment, Oman
Mr. Luis Santos, Director Nacional de Medio Ambiente, Ministro de Vivienda, Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente, Uruguay
Professor Dapo Afolabi, Director, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement, Federal Environmental Protection Agency, Nigeria
Mr. Riad Kantar, Ambassador of Lebanon to Argentina
Mr. Nguyen Cong Thanh, Acting Director General of the Hydrometeorological Service, Viet Nam
Mr. Syed Murghub Murshed, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Bangladesh
Ms. Rupa Wickramarante, National Coordinator of Climate Change, Sri Lanka
Mr. Noureddine Ben Aissa, Director of Industrial Environment, Ministry of Environment and Land Use Planning, Tunisia
Mr. Mohammad Zubair Kidwai, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development, Pakistan
H. E. Ambassador Mark Hamley, Climate Technology Initiative
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16:30- 17:00
Minister Stewart of Canada
Introduction
H.E. Ms. Christine STEWART - Minister of the Environment - Canada
Questions
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18:30- 19:00
EU Commissioner & Council President
Introduction
H.E. Ms. Ritt BJERREGAARD - Commissioner for Environment - European Community
H.E. Mr. Martin BARTENSTEIN -Federal Minister for the Environment - Austria
Questions
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19:00- 19:30
US delegation
H.E. Mr. Stuart Eizenstat - Ambassador, Undersecretary of State for Economic, Bussiness and Agricultural Affairs - Department of State
Floor is opened for questions
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Special Events

Time Session Title Organizer Room
12:00 -14:00
Global climate change:Latin America's private sector challenge
Chairman Silvia Pinnal
Eugenio Clariond
Oscar Vicente
Stephan Schmidheiny
Q&A
BCSD-LA Alamo
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16:00-18:00
Launching of inter-linkages assessment report-linking environmental issues with human needs:opportunities for stragetic interventions
Klaus Topfer (Executive Director of the UNDP)
Robert Watson (Director of Environmental Department of the World Bank)
Klaus Topfer
Michael Graber
Mukul Sanwal
Q&A
UNDP Alamo
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16:00 -18:00
Business leadership tackling the challenge of climate change
Eileen Claussen (PEW)
Dale Heydlauf (American Electric Power)
Leslie Carothers (United Tech.)
Dr Charlotte Grezo (BP)
Tom Jacob (Du Pont)
Erin shaffer (Inernational Paper)
John Palmisano (Enron Corp.)
Q&A
PCGCC Jacaranda
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18:00 -20:00
Climate change and its impacts, hosted by Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr John Prescott
H.E. Mr. John PRESCOTT - Deputy Prime Minister - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mr. Geoff Jenkins - Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
Ms. Penny BRAMWELL - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mr. Geoff Jenkins
Questions and Answers
Mr. David WARRILOW - Head of Science Unit - Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
HC Alamo
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14:15-15:00
Vulnerabilidad de los paises de America Latina y el Caribe ante el cambio climatico
Sistemas de monitoreo en America Latina
La vulnerabilidad al cambio climatico en America Latina
La articulacion de la actividad cientifica y las instituciones politicas
Dr. Mario Nunez (Arg.)
Dr. Rodrigo Chaparro (Colombia)
Dr. Luis Paz (Cuba)
Dr. Mirna Marin (Honduras)
Chairman Osvaldo F. Canziani
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