Program for The New York Side Event 2017 - Sustainable Food from the Oceans and Inland Waters for Food Security and Nutrition

Date: 6 June 2017
Time Slot: 18:30-19:45
Venue: Conference Room A, UN Conference Building

18.30–18.35

Welcome

Tone Skogen, State Secretary, Government of Norway

18.35–18.40

Introduction to the panel

Co chairs

– Mitchell Lay, Fisherman and Coordinator Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organization

– Edel Elvevoll Professor and Dean UiT The Arctic University of Norway

High level session:

18.40–19.10

The role of food from the ocean

– Fisheries Minister of Island, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

– UN environment, Deputy Executive Director, Ibrahim Thiaw

– Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), Assistant Director-General of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Departement, Arni M. Mathiesen

– CARICOM, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Immigration, government of Belize, Omar Figueroa

Thematic session:

19.10–19.20

Sustainable use of the oceans for food security and nutrition -Norwegian experiences

– Ole Arve Misund, Norwegian National institute for seafood and nutrition research (NIFES)

19.20–19.30

Mainstreaming fisheries and nutrition policies

Putting fish on the menu – Today and into the future

– Manuel Barange, Director Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division, FAO

Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture for food security and nutrition

– Patrick Caron, Chair of CFS High level panel of experts

19.30–19.40

Decade of action on nutrition -ambitions and action in nutrition, fisheries and aquaculture

– Nata Menabde, Executive Director, World Health Organization, WHO, Office at the United Nations