Wednesday 19 November 2014

14.30-16.00

Co-Chairs: His Excellency, Charles N. McCLAIN, Deputy-Minister of Agriculture, Liberia

Ms Anne PENISTON, Chief, Nutrition Division, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development

Moderator: Irene KHAN, Director-General, International Development Law Organization

Main Speaker: Jeffrey SACHS, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University – What are the current opportunities and challenges for nutrition to become central in the Post-2015 development agenda?

Panellists:

Sok SILO, Deputy Secretary-General, Council for Agricultural and Rural Development Office of the Council of Ministers, Cambodia – What does the Post-2015 Development agenda offer with respect to addressing the global food security and nutrition situation?

Eduardo JARAMILLO NAVARRETE, Director-General of Health Promotion within the Undersecretariat of Prevention and Health Promotion of the Secretariat of Health, Mexico – What does the Post-2015 Development agenda offer with respect to addressing the double burden of malnutrition in all its forms in your country?

Éva MARTOS, Director-General, National Institute for Food and Nutrition Science, National Public Health and Medical Officer Service, Hungary – What can the Post-2015 Development agenda offer with respect to addressing the double burden of malnutrition in your country?

Mr Jean-Paul HALKIN, Head of Rural Development, Food Security and Nutrition in DG DEVCO of the European Commission – How can the ICN2 Rome Declaration commitments be linked to the post-2015 process and other important global processes in very concrete terms?

Sania NISHTAR, Director of Heartfile and Co-chair of the Commission on Ending Obesity, Former Minister of Health, Pakistan – How can the Post-2015 Development agenda ensure addressing non-communicable diseases?