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Agriculture/food systems event schedule at UN
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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS CAUCUS
During the Commission on Sustainable Development
High Level Meetings and Working Sessions
United Nations Headquarters, New York, April,1997
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Events related to Food and Agriculture Issues to be held at the
April meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
locations of meetings will be announced as soon as scheduling
of rooms in the UN permits.
All meetings are open unless otherwise noted and participation is
encouraged. Meetings inside the UN Headquarters may be attended by
representatives of organizations accredited to the UN. Meetings
outside the UN are open and do not require accreditation.
Email Contact: tforster@igc.apc.org (Thomas Forster, Coordinator,
Sustainable Agriculture/Food Systems Caucus, CSD V) Telephone
contact in New York between April 10 and 18: (212) 925-1911.
EVENT AND MEETING SCHEDULE (as known by 4/3/97)
April 10
6-8 pm Reception at UN for Humane Society in honor of their
ECOSOC accreditation to the UN (by invitation)
April 11
10 am Planning meeting for Sustainable Agriculture/Food Systems
Caucus at CSD for week of April 14 (meet outside
Conference Room C)
1-2 pm Briefing on new report from WSAA: Publicly Funded
Programs for Sustainable Agriculture. Sponsored by World
Sustainable Agriculture Association and Humane Society
US/Humane Society International. Conference Room 8
(requested).
2-3 pm Briefing on Sustainable Agriculture Neworking and
Extension (SANE). Sponsored by UNDP in cooperation with
the Sustainable Agriculture/Food Systems Caucus,
Conference Room 8, United Nations
April 12/13
All Day Sat/Sunday: International Sustainable Communities
Conference: food/agriculture will be emphasized
Site: The Learning Alliance, 3224 Lafayette, 7th floor
Nearest subway stop is Bleeker Station, number 6 subway
line. Bleeker by subway is five minutes ride from Grand
Central Station. For more information, please call:
>>Mary Steinmaus at 319-264-1500,
email mcsteinmaus@stanleyfdn.org
>>or Michael McCoy at 212 431 3922
email mmccoy@undp.org
April 12
TBA Informal introductory session for participation in
food/ag issues at UN April meetings facilitated by
Sustainable Agriculture/Food Systems Caucus for the
Fifth Session of the Commission on Sustainable
Development - designed for conference participants
after conference session in late afternoon.
April 14
10 am Sustainable Agriculture/Food Systems Caucus
(meet outside Conference Room C)
10-1 pm Women's Dialogue with Governments; theme: "Diverse Women
for Biodiversity"
April 15
10 am Sustainable Agriculture/Food Systems Caucus
(meet outside Conference Room C)
TBA Meeting with US government agriculture/natural resources
staff, (Adella Backiel and Ann Carey)
April 16
3-6 pm Farmers' Dialogue with UN government representatives
Farmers from different parts of the world have been
invited to share their views on progress made since 1992
towards implementing Agenda 21. Organized by
International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
(IFOAM), International Federation of Agricultural
Producers (IFAP), Via Campesina and World Sustainable
Agriculture Association (WSAA).
7-9 pm The Worldwide Organic Agriculture Movement
Organized by IFOAM. (Place TBA)
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Further postings will be made to add meetings related to food and
agriculture and to fill in on specific times and places.