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CSD-18 Thematic Seminar Series: Mining

Friday 9 April 2010
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
New York, USA, UNHQ, Conference Room 7 (NLB)

E-Discussion Aim

Following the seminar held at UN Headquarters, the DSD invites you to participate in an e-discussion on mining. This virtual dialogue, open to all interested stakeholders, aims to further explore some of the main issues raised during the seminar. Contributions to the discussion will also help lay the groundwork for thematic discourse on this topic during the 18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18) upcoming in May 2010.

Discussion Threads

Below are e-discussion threads established on LinkedIn. If you are not already a member of the DSD LinkedIn group, please register by clicking here .

• Q1: What should be done to ensure that mining contributes to long-term prosperity and greater economic diversification?
• Q2: Are companies doing enough on their own or does being a good corporate citizen demand more?
  When their environmental and social performance is challenged, mining companies point to countries' weak environmental regulations and inadequate governance standards. Are companies doing enough on their own or does being a good corporate citizen demand more?
• Q3: How effective have various efforts to increase transparency, e.g. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and Publish What You Pay (PWYP), been?
• Q4: How can mining contribute to the Green Economy?