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PROGRAMME
OF THE FOURTH WORKSHOP FOR THE NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS FOR THE PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Venue: Palais de Nations, Room XXIV, United Nations Office in Geneva
18 July, Wednesday
09.00 – 10.00 Registration of participants
10.00 – 10.10 Opening of the workshop. Orientation on the work programme.
United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS)
10.10 – 10.20 Welcoming address by the Chairman of the LDC Group Coordination Bureau
10.20 – 13.00 Follow-up to the midterm review and further implementation of the Programme of Action of the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010.
Presentation by the Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, followed by discussion
15.00 – 16.30 Climate change, agriculture and food security
Ms. Caterina Batelo
Plant Production and Protection Division,
Agriculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
16.30 – 18.00 Role of science and technology in increasing agricultural productivity
Ms. Lisa Borgatti
Economic Research and Policy Analysis
Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes, United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
18.00 Closing
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