2011/05/12
New York, US
Date: 12 May 2011
Place: New York, USA
International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA) was officially launched.
Venue: Conference Room B, (NLB), UN HQs, NY
Organizers:
Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Division for Sustainable Development (DESA/DSD)
United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)
Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
Objectives:
- To present the outcomes of �CSD Intersessional Conference on Building Partnerships for Moving towards Zero Waste�h held on 16-18 February in Tokyo, Japan, co-organized by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, UN DESA, and UNCRD to contribute to the deliberations on waste management in CSD-19.
- To officially launch the �International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA)�
- Opening Remarks by H.E. Mr. Kazuo Kodama, Permanent Representative of Japan
- Opening Statement and Outcomes of �gCSD Intersessional conference on building partnerships for moving towards zero waste�h (PDF) by Mr. Hideki Minamikawa, Vice-Minister of the Environment, Ministry of the Environment, JAPAN
- Statement by Dr. Joan Clos, Undersecretary-General and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT
- Introducing the International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA) - Mission and Objectives (PDF) by Mr. Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty, Environment Programme Coordinator, UNCRD
- Setting IPLA into Action - Benefits and Opportunities (PDF) by Dr. Prasad Modak, Executive President, Environmental Management Centre, India
- Statement (PDF) by Prof. Sudip K. Rakshit, Vice President for Research, AIT (Global Secretariat of the International Partnership for Expanding Waste Management Services of Local Authorities (IPLA))
- Closing Remarks by Dr. Tariq Banuri, Director, Division for Sustainable Development, UNDESA
- Official launching of the IPLA