Timetable

Timetable for the 69th session of the Commission
Bangkok, 25 April-1 May 2013

Senior Officials Segment | Ministerial Segment

Senior Officials Segment
Thursday, 25 April 2013		Friday, 26 April 2013		Saturday, 27 April 2013		Sunday, 28 April 2013
¹ Formerly known as the United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery (UNAPCAEM) Meeting on the Post-2015 Development Agenda for LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS in Asia and the Pacific (24 April 2013)
09:00-09:30 ESCAP Hall Plenary Item 1: Opening of the session (a) Opening addresses (b) Election of officers (c) Adoption of the agenda		09:00-12:00 Conference Room 2 Committee of the Whole II Item 4: Management issues (a) Draft programme of work for the biennium 2014-2015 (b) Programme changes for biennium 2012-2013 (c) Technical cooperation activities of ESCAP and announcement of intended contributions Item 5: Final review of the conference structure of the Commission, including its subsidiary structure, pursuant to resolutions 64/1 and 67/15 Item 6: Report of the Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives Item 7: Dates, venue and theme topic for the 70th session of the Commission (2014)		09:00-12:00 Conference Room 3 Working Group on Draft Resolutions (WGDR)		09:00-12:00 Conference Room 3 WGDR (if needed) Meeting of ESCAP Business Advisory Council (Venue: Green Spot Company HQs.)
09:30-10:00 Break
10:00-12:00 Conference Room 1 Committee of the Whole I Item 2: Special Body on Least Developed and Landlocked Developing Countries (a) Final Regional Review of the Almaty Programme of Action (b) Biennial review of the Istanbul Programme of Action (c) Other matters					10:00-12:00 Conference Room 1 Consideration and approval of draft reports from the Senior Officials Segment (a) Committee of the Whole I (b) Committee of the Whole II
12:00-14:00 Public Foyer Lunch - Side event on Universal Health Coverage (organized by Government of Thailand)		12:00-14:00 Lunch	12:00-14:00 Public Foyer Luncheon for delegates from East and North-East Asia	12:00-14:00 Lunch	12:00-14:00 Public Foyer Luncheon for participants of the Fourth High-level Consultation on G20	12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-17:00 Conference Room 1 Committee of the Whole I Item 3 : Review of substantive issues (a) Macroeconomic policy, poverty reduction and inclusive development (+CAPSA) (b) Trade & investment (+ APCTT & CSAM¹) (c) Transport (i) Subregional activities for development	14:00-17:00 Conference Room 2 Committee of the Whole II Item 3 : Review of substantive issues (d) Environment and Development (e) & (f) Information and communications technology and disaster risk reduction(+ APCICT) (g) Social development (h) Statistics (+ SIAP)	14:00-17:00 Conference Room 3 WGDR		14:00-17:00 Conference Room 3 WGDR	14:00-17:00 Conference Room 4 Side event Fourth High-level Consultation on G20 Russia Summit: Perspectives from Asia-Pacific	14:00-17:00 Conference Room 3 WGDR (if needed)
17:30-19:30 Dining Room Reception hosted by the Executive Secretary of ESCAP for all delegates		17:15 Theatre Launch of FAO flagship report "The State of Food and Agriculture"

Ministerial Segment
Monday, 29 April 2013	Tuesday,30 April 2013	Wednesday,1 May 2013
08:55-10:15 ESCAP Hall Plenary - Opening of the session - Election of officers	09:00-10:30 ESCAP Hall Item 9: Ministerial Roundtable on Theme Study “Building resilience to natural disasters and major economic crises”
		10:00-12:00 Conference Room 1 Special event: Executive Secretaries' Roundtable on "Rising Global South and Prospects of Interregional South-South Cooperation for Inclusive and Sustainable Development"
10:15-10:30 Break	10:30-10:45 Break
10:30-12:00 ESCAP Hall Item 8: Ministerial Panel on Sustainable Development and the Development Agenda beyond 2015	10:45-12:00 ESCAP Hall Item 8: High-level Panel on the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2013
12:00-13:30 Reception Hall Luncheon hosted by the Executive Secretary of ESCAP (by invitation) 13:30-14:00 Theatre Press Conference	12:00-14:00 Public Foyer RCM Working Lunch (by invitation)	12:00-13:30 Lunch
		13:30-15:00 ESCAP Hall Item 11: Adoption of the report of the Commission
14:00-17:00 ESCAP Hall Item 8: Policy issues for the Asia-Pacific region	14:00-17:00 ESCAP Hall Item 8: Policy issues for the Asia-Pacific region Item 10: Other matters
		15:00-15:30 ESCAP Hall Closing ceremony
17:15-18:00 Conference Room 1 Side event Launch of "Zero Hunger Challenge" Campaign with UN Deputy Secretary-General.	17:15-18:15 Conference Room 4 Side event Towards resilient coastal communities: Results and opportunities for regional cooperation (by invitation)² (ESCAP Trust Fund for Tsunami, Disasters and Climate Preparedness)
18:30-20:00 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok Reception by Head of Delegation of Thailand
² Delegates wishing to obtain more information or sign up for this side event may contact Mr. Alf Blikberg, Programme Officer, by phone at +66-91-519-5413 or e-mail at blikberg@un.org