CFS:2003/INF/1 |
COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY |
Twenty-ninth Session |
Rome, 12-16 May 2003 |
PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE |
Item |
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Monday 12 May |
I. |
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS |
Statement by His Excellency the President of the Dominican Republic | ||
(b) Statement by the Director-General or his Representative | ||
III. |
ASSESSMENT OF THE WORLD FOOD SECURITY SITUATION | |
(afternoon) |
III. |
ASSESSMENT OF THE WORLD FOOD SECURITY SITUATION (continued) |
(evening) |
IV. |
REPORT ON THE FIRST SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP (IGWG) FOR THE ELABORATION OF A SET OF VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRESSIVE REALIZATION OF THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY |
V. |
RECENT FAO INITIATIVES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER | |
Tuesday 13 May |
V. |
RECENT FAO INITIATIVES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER (continued) |
(afternoon) |
II. |
FAO DISTINGUISHED LECTURE ON FOOD SECURITY |
VI. |
STANDING ITEM ON NUTRITION: | |
18.00 – 20.00 |
RECEPTION | |
Wednesday 14 May |
VI. |
STANDING ITEM ON NUTRITION: |
VII. |
THEMATIC ISSUE: “THE IMPACT OF DISASTERS ON LONG-TERM FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION – POLICY IMPLICATIONS” | |
(afternoon) |
VII. |
THEMATIC ISSUE: “THE IMPACT OF DISASTERS ON LONG-TERM FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION – POLICY IMPLICATIONS” (continued) |
18.00 – 21.00 |
DRAFTING COMMITTEE | |
Thursday 15 May |
VIII. |
OTHER MATTERS |
(afternoon and evening) |
DRAFTING COMMITTEE | |
Friday 16 May |
VIII. |
OTHER MATTERS (continued) |
*Please note, that in accordance with the Conference decision contained in para 52 of C 97/Rep, whereby the CFS is requested to provide, through the Council, a second report on the implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action to ECOSOC in 2003, the Committee’s approval will be sought of a document (CFS/LIM/1) containing extracts from the CFS Reports of the Twenty-Sixth and the Twenty-Eighth Sessions, the Council’s Reports of the One Hundred and Nineteenth and the One Hundred and Twenty-third Sessions, and the Declaration of the WFS:fyl.
Note: Every afternoon, from 13.00 to 14.00 hours, a film “Sowing the Seeds of Hunger” will be screened in the Iran Room.
On Friday morning, 16 May, an informal panel discussion, “The impact of access to land on improving food security and alleviating rural poverty – a review of successful cases of land reform in selected countries”, will be held from 9.30 to 12.30 in the Iran Room.