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3. Major Groups' Participation in Intersessional Meetings

In addition to the five regional implementation meetings (RIMs), a number of expert group meetings, seminars, workshops and other consultation opportunities on the five thematic areas will be organized throughout the review year in preparation for CSD-18. These meetings may be sponsored and hosted by Governments, as well as by various UN agencies, and often include representatives from major groups’ organizations. In addition, major groups are encouraged to organize activities relevant to the current CSD implementation cycle.

3.1. Calendar of Intersessional Meetings

Click here for the Calendar of Intersessional Meetings.

3.2. Major Groups Participation at the Regional Level

Endorsing the future organization of work of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) adopted at CSD-11, ECOSOC decided “to invite the regional commissions, in collaboration with the secretariat of the Commission on Sustainable Development, to consider organizing regional implementation meetings in order to contribute to the work of the Commission, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation” (E/CN.17/2003/6, #3(a)).

The regional implementation meetings should “provide for contributions from major groups, taking into account paragraphs 139(g) and 149(c) and (d) of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation” (E/CN.17/2003/6, #3(a)(iv)).

The RIMs are being organized by the UN Regional Commissions, in collaboration with the CSD Secretariat and other regional UN entities, and will feed into the work of CSD-18 through:

  • Focusing on a regional perspective in reviewing progress of implementation in the five thematic areas, and identifying constraints and challenges to expediting implementation;
  • Providing regional inputs to the Secretary-General’s state of implementation reports and the interactive discussions during official sessions;
  • Providing opportunities for contributions from, and participation of, major groups active at the regional and sub-regional levels.

Relevant major groups organizations interested in participating in the RIMs are encouraged to coordinate their activities in collaboration with the CSD Secretariat and the CSD-18 Major Groups’ Organizing Partners.

3.3 Dates, Venues and Major Groups Focal Points for Regional Implementation Meetings (RIMs)

  • West Asia Regional Implementation Meeting
    4-6 October 2009 Cairo, Egypt
    Ms. Anhar Hegazi, Director
    Sustainable Development and Productivity Division, UN-ESCWA
    P. O. Box 11-8575, Riad El-Solh Square, Beirut, Lebanon
    Tel.: (961-1) 978-502 - Fax no.: (961-1) 981-510
    E-mail: hegazi(at)un.org
  • Africa Regional Implementation Meeting
    26-30 October 2009 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Mr. Charles Akol, Environmental Affairs Officer
    Food Security and Sustainable Development Division (FSSD), UN-ECA
    P.O. Box 3005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Tel.: +251-11-5443349 - Fax: +251-11-5514416
    E-mail: cakol(at)uneca.org
  • Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Implementation Meeting
    26-27 November 2009 La Antigua, Guatemala
    Ms. Marianne Schaper, Senior Sustainable Development Officer
    Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, UN ECLAC
    P.O. Box 179 - D, Santiago, Chile
    Tel.:(56 2) 210 2488 - Fax: (56 2) 208 0484
    E-mail: Marianne.schaper(at)cepal.org
  • Asia and the Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting
    30-1 November 2009 Bangkok, Thailand
    Mr. Simon Hoiberg Olsen, Associate Environmental Officer
    Environment and Development Division, UN-ESCAP
    United Nations Building, Rajdamnern Avenue, Bangkok, Thailand
    Tel.: +66 2 288 1454 - Fax: +66 2 288 1025
    E-mail: olsens(at)un.org

    Ms. Taeko Takahashi, Associate Environmental Officer
    Environment and Development Division, UN-ESCAP
    United Nations Building, Rajdamnern Avenue, Bangkok, Thailand
    Tel.: +66 2 288 1751 - Fax: +66 2 288 1025
    E-mail: takahashi1(at)un.org

  • Europe Regional Implementation Meeting
    1-2 December 2009 Geneva, Switzerland
    Ms. Monika Linn, Team Leader Environment for Europe and Sustainable Development
    Environment , Housing and Land Management Division, UN ECE
    Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
    Tel.: (41-22) 917-1315 - Fax: (41-22) 917-0123
    E-mail: monika.linn(at)unece.org
For more information on the RIMs click here.

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