Miljø- og Planlægningsudvalget 2009-10
MPU Alm.del Bilag 592
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Arctic Environmental Ministers8 – 11 June 2010Ilulissat, GreenlandProgramme
Tuesday 8 June 2010
13:00
14:00 – 15:30
16:00 – 18:00
19:00
Arrival at Ilulissat
Lunch at Restaurant Ulo, Hotel Arctic
Excursion
(1 per delegation)
Introductions to the Ilulissat Ice Fjord - a part of the
UNESCO World Heritage List history
Dinner (buffet) at Hotel Arctic
Wednesday 9 June 2010
9:30 –9:40
Welcome to Greenland
Mr. Anthon Frederiksen,
Greenland Minister of Domestic Affairs, Nature and
Environment
Opening and welcome
H.E. Mrs. Karen Ellemann
Danish Minister for the Environment
Session 1: International possibilities and obligations to
protect and preserve the marine environment
Speaker: Mr. Michael Shewchuk, UN, Ocean Affairs and
the Law of the Sea
Speaker: Senior Deputy Director, Mr. Dachang Du,
Marine Environment Division, International Maritime
Organisation
Speaker: Mr. Per Sønderstrup, Head of Department,
Danish Maritime Authority, Shipping safety in the Arctic
Discussion
Moderator: Sweden, Åsa-Britt Karlsson
Session 2: Visions for the Arctic marine environment
Speaker: Ms Elizabeth Mclanahan, Protection of the
Arctic Marine Environment Working Group (PAME)
Speaker: Mr. Mike Gill, Conservation of Arctic Flora and
Fauna (CAFF)
Speaker: Mr. Lars-Otto Reiersen, Arctic Monitoring and
Assessment Programme Working Group (AMAP)
Discussion
Moderator: USA, Mary Glackin
Dinner at Hotel Arctic, Restaurant Ulo
hosted by H.E. Mr. Anthon Frederiksen,
Greenland Minister of Domestic Affairs, Nature and
Environment
Showing of SWIPA (Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in
the Arctic) movie
Session 3: Lessons learned from other conventions and
agreements in protecting the marine environment
Speaker: Mrs Anne Christine Brusendorff, HELCOM
Speaker: Dr. David Johnson, OSPAR
Discussion
Moderator: Canada, The Honourable Jim Prentice
11:50 – 12:30
13:00 – 15:00
Wrap up and way forward
Lunch (closed)
Lunch at Restaurant Ulo, Hotel Arctic for other meeting
delegates
15:30 – 17:30
Excursion
The activities are followed by Arctic barbeque hosted by
H.E. Mrs. Karen Ellemann, Danish Minister for the
Environment
Friday 11 June 2010
7:00 – 9:00
Departure from Ilulissat
Meeting sessions
The meeting will be conducted in English.