Ripple Effect :The Water Crisis

MARCH 7-8, 2019United Nations Headquarters

General Assembly Hall New York

The 43rd Annual UNIS-UN International Student Conference

Thursday, March 7thDay 1

8:55-9:00 Security Announcement

9:00-9:10 Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Dan BrennerUNIS Executive Director

9:10-9:15 Co-Chairs WelcomeNoella Kalasa and Sophia Duff

9:15-9:25 Opening Remarks: Mr. Achim SteinerAdministrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

9:30-10:15 Galila GrayUNIS Class of 2010, Charity Water

10:15-10:30 Q&A

10:30-11:15 Wolfram SchlenkerColumbia University Professor, SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy

11:15-11:30 Q&A

11:30-13:20 Lunch

13:20-14:20 Debate'Industrialized countries have a greater responsibility for sustainable development'

14:20-15:05 Fiona WardWater, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist at United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

15:05-15:20 Q&A

15:20-15:30 Closing Remarks

United Nations General Assembly Hall

9;25-9:30 Attendance

Friday, March 8thDay 2

8:50-8:55 Security Announcement

9:00-9:45 Andrew HudsonHead, Water and Oceans Governance Programme, UNDP

9:45-10:00 Q&A

10:00-10:45

Zaria FormanClimate Change Artist

10:45-11:00 Q&A

11:00-11:30 Video

13:20-14:20 Debate'Climate migration will be the biggest threat to worldwide political stability'

14:20-15:05

Seth M. SiegelAuthor of "Let There Be Water: Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World"

15:05-15:20 Q&A

15:20-15:30 Closing Remarks

11:30-13:20 Lunch

United Nations General Assembly Hall

8:55-9:00 Co-Chairs WelcomeNoella Kalasa and Sophia Duff

UNIS-UN CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Sarah BertrandJacob BlauLucie BlauSam BlauClaudia CampiEren Levine

Luna MakiTom MckillopMinal MirzaAnouk MurmannJosie MurmannRazan Nasser

Anya PatelIndira RaoPaula SilveroEllie SmithFemke Teunissen

Co-Chairs: Sophia Duff and Noella Kalasa

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE

Mrs. Sylvia Howard Fuhrman Ms. Catherine Pollard: Chair of the UNIS Board of Trustees of the United

Nations International School (UNIS) and Under Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), United

NationsMs. Joan W. McDonald: Special Representative of the Secretary-General

for UNIS, United NationsThe UN Staff for their support with the organization and coordination of

the conference

Zakaria BahaMichelle BertrandDr. Dan Brenner

Rodolphe CasadoAntoine Delaitre

Corey Dorn and the UNIS Cafeteria StaffJérôme Dutilloy

Susan Enzer

Brian KahnErnest Lentini and the UNIS

Security StaffEd Peppe and the UNIS

Maintenance StaffBurcu Polat Bora

Stephen Roache and the UNIS Buisiness Office

Vera TatelLouise Wales

UNIS Hosting FamiliesUNIS Media/IT DepartmentUNIS Modern Language

DepartmentUNIS Parents Association

UNIS StudentsUNIS Tutorial House Office

UNIS-UN Organizing Committee

Visiting Schools and Advisors

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