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PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ARRIVES IN BALI TO OPEN GC-UNEP
Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Feb 24 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Bali to open the 11th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC-UNEP) on Wednesday.
The president is scheduled on Wednesday to open UNEP Ministerial Meeting - the 11th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum at Bali International Conference Center (BICC) which is to last from February 24-26.
Participants of the UNEP meetings will include environment ministers from over 100 countries, heads of UN agencies, including UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, scientists and environmental experts, leading journalists and media professionals from across the globe, as well as business and civil society leaders.
Among topics to be discussed in the Reporting Green workshop will be "Pricing Nature: The Economic and Social Value of Ecosystems and Biodiversity", "The International Year of Biodiversity", and "The Way Forward, Global Markets: The Green Economy Option".
Journalists would have the opportunity to interact with Environment Ministers and key environmental figures from around the world, and deepen their understanding of environmental issues by engaging with top experts and scientists, Munge said.
President Yudhoyono arrived at Ngurah Rai International airport at 9 on Wednesday morning in the company of Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi and State Minister for National Development Planning Board/National Development Planning Board chairperson Armida
Alisjahbana.
Besides opening the forum, the head of state is also scheduled to have a gathering at Westin Hotel with environmental ministers and deputy ministers, as well as the heads of delegations attending the conference.
At 3:30 on Wednesday afternoon, President Yudhoyono and his entourage would leave Ngurah Rai airport for Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta.
The president was originally scheduled to leave Jakarta for Bali on Tuesday but his departure was hampered by his mother, Siti Habibah, who had been admitted to Husada hospital for medical treatment.***
The president is scheduled on Wednesday to open UNEP Ministerial Meeting - the 11th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum at Bali International Conference Center (BICC) which is to last from February 24-26.
Participants of the UNEP meetings will include environment ministers from over 100 countries, heads of UN agencies, including UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner, scientists and environmental experts, leading journalists and media professionals from across the globe, as well as business and civil society leaders.
Among topics to be discussed in the Reporting Green workshop will be "Pricing Nature: The Economic and Social Value of Ecosystems and Biodiversity", "The International Year of Biodiversity", and "The Way Forward, Global Markets: The Green Economy Option".
Journalists would have the opportunity to interact with Environment Ministers and key environmental figures from around the world, and deepen their understanding of environmental issues by engaging with top experts and scientists, Munge said.
President Yudhoyono arrived at Ngurah Rai International airport at 9 on Wednesday morning in the company of Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi and State Minister for National Development Planning Board/National Development Planning Board chairperson Armida
Alisjahbana.
Besides opening the forum, the head of state is also scheduled to have a gathering at Westin Hotel with environmental ministers and deputy ministers, as well as the heads of delegations attending the conference.
At 3:30 on Wednesday afternoon, President Yudhoyono and his entourage would leave Ngurah Rai airport for Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta.
The president was originally scheduled to leave Jakarta for Bali on Tuesday but his departure was hampered by his mother, Siti Habibah, who had been admitted to Husada hospital for medical treatment.***
