The Informal
Preparatory Meeting on the Theme of the 2006 High Level
Segment.
4-5 April 2006
United Nations Headquarters - New York
STATEMENTS
President’s Summary
Opening Ceremony
 H. E. Mr. Ali Hachani - President of ECOSOC for 2006 (French)
H. E. Mr. José A. Ocampo - UN Under-Secretary-General of DESA.
Keynote Addresses
Ms. Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd - Executive Director Jamaica Employers Federation
Ms. Sharan Burrow - President of the ICFTU
Roundtable 1: " Growth and employment: Creating a national environment conducive to full employment and decent work "
H.E. Dr. Hernán Sandoval - Ambassador of Chile to France
Member - WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.
Mr. Milivoje Panic - Fellow, Selwyn College University of Cambridge
Mr. Robert Holzmann - Sector Director Social Protection Human Development Network
Mr. Peter Fallon - Deputy Division Chief, Policy Development Department, IMF
Roundtable 2: " An integrated global agenda to achieve full and productive employment and decent work "
Mr. Heiner Flassbeck - Officer-in charge Division on Globalization - UNCTAD
Mr. Kamal Malhotra - Senior Adviser, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP
Ms. Jo Marie Griesgraber - Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition
Roundtable 3: " Increasing employment opportunities and productivity of labor for low income groups in rural and urban areas "
Mr. David Kaimowitz, Director General, CIFOR
Dr. Marty Chen - Coordinator of WIEGO, John F. Kennedy School
Ms. Gemma Adaba - Representative of the ICFTU to the United Nations
Roundtable 4: " Working out of Crises "
Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the SG for West Africa
Mr. Eric Schwartz, Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery
Mr. John Ohiorhenuan, Senior Deputy Director, BCPR - UNDP
Roundtable 5: " Promoting full and productive employment and decent
work for women and young people "
Dr. Marty Chen - Coordinator of WIEGO, John F. Kennedy School
Mr. Budi Tjahjono, Rapporteur for the Youth Consultative Group
Ms. Mari Simonen, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA
Dr. Kanchana N. Ruwanpura, Dept of Economics, H. & W. Smith Colleges
Roundtable 6: " The challenge of globalization - labour migration "
Dr. Atif Kubursi - Professor, Department of Economics, Ontario University
Prof. Marcello Balbo, Department of Planning, The University Iuav of Venice
Closing Ceremony
H. E. Mr. Ali Hachani - President of ECOSOC for 2006 (French)
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