Thursday, 10 July
10:00 – 10:50
Opening Session (Plenary Meeting)
Remarks:
• H.E. Mr. John W. Ashe, President of the General Assembly
• H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General
• Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization
• Ms. Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
• Professor Tezer Kutluk, Professor of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine & Hacettepe University Cancer Institute and President-elect Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) [Civil Society Representative]
Venue: General Assembly Hall (North Lawn Building)
10:55 – 13:00
General Debate
Venue: General Assembly Hall (North Lawn Building)
15:00 – 18:00
General Debate
Venue: General Assembly Hall (North Lawn Building)
Friday, 11 July
10:00 – 13:00
Roundtable 1:
Strengthening national and regional capacities, including health systems, and effective multisectoral and whole-of-government responses for the prevention and control, including monitoring, of non-communicable diseases
Chair: The Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, Minister of Health, Jamaica
Panellists:
• Mr. Tonio Borg, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, European Union
• Dr. Anna Lartey, Director, Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Dr. Vash Mungal-Singh, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation, South Africa
• Dr. Sandeep Kishore, Chair, Young Professional Chronic Disease Network (YP-CDN); Physician, Yale School of Medicine
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber
15:00 – 17:00
Roundtable 2:
Fostering and strengthening national, regional and international partnerships and cooperation in support of efforts to address non-communicable diseases
Chair: Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, United States
Panellists:
• Dr. Lochan Naidoo, President of the International Narcotic Control Board, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
• Dr. Sania Nishtar, Founder, Heartfile, Pakistan
• Mr. Mario Ottiglio, Director, Public Affairs and Global Health Policy, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber
17:00 – 18:00
Closing Session (Plenary Meeting)
• Chair’s summary of Roundtable 1
• Chair’s summary of Roundtable 2
• Adoption of Outcome Document
Venue: Trusteeship Council Chamber
10th Jul 2014
10:00 to 17:00 UTC−04:00
UN General Assembly Hall
