CSD :: CSD-16 - High-level Segment

3rd Implementation Cycle - Review Session
5-16 May 2008
New York

The High-level Segment (14-16 May 2008) will feature the following:

Ministerial statements/interactive discussions entitled "The Way Forward" to address barriers and constraints and to provide guidance on areas to be focused on during the policy year;
two Ministerial roundtables entitled "Investing in Africa to Achieve MDGs and Sustainable Development" and "Inter-linkages among the thematic issues, including adaptations to climate change in the context of sustainable development";
- Background Note on the Ministerial Roundtable on Investing in Africa to Achieve Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development
  (14 May 2008, Conference Room 4)
- Background Note on the Ministerial Roundtable on Inter-linkages among the Thematic Issues, including Adaptation to Climate Change
  (14 May 2008, Conference Room 2)
Ministerial interactive discussions, including one dialogue sessions with Heads of UN agencies, funds and programmes, relevant international and regional organizations; and one dialogue session with representatives of Major Groups.
- Background note on the ministerial dialogue with organisations of the United Nations system and other relevant international organizations
  (15 May 2008, 10:00 am - 12:00pm)
- Background Note on the Ministerial Dialogue with Representatives of the Major Groups
  (11:30 am – 1::00 pm, 15 May 2008, Conference Room 4)