OFFICIAL PROGRAM of the UN organizing committee:
Sunday 20 September 2009
7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. Welcome reception at the Town Hall
Monday 21 September 2009
9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. Colloquium on the Rotterdam Rules under the auspices of UNCITRAL and CMI
Venue: T.B.A.
Chair: Rafael Illescas Ortiz, Spain
Opening and welcome address by Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Minister of Justice, Netherlands. Further welcome addresses by
- Renaud Sorieul, Secretary of UNCITRAL
- Karl-Johan Gombrii, President of the CMI
Presentations on various subjects relating to the Rotterdam Rules by
- Francesco Berlingieri - Italy
- Diego Esteban Chami - Argentina
- Charles Debattista - United Kingdom
- Ibrahima Khalil Diallo - Senegal
- Tomotake Fujita - Japan
- Hannu Honka - Finland
- Kofi Mbiah - Ghana
- Sergey N. Lebedev - Russian Federation
- Yuzhuo Si - China
- Michael F. Sturley - United States
- Abhinayan Basu Bal -India
7.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. Dinner at St. Laurens Church
Tuesday 22 September 2009
9.00 a.m. - 10.00 p.m. Port Presentation and Outdoor Day, including Evening Dinner Cruise on Steamvessel de Majesteit (participants are invited).
Wednesday 23 September 2009
9.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. United Nations Intergovernmental Meeting
Venue: T.B.A.
Official Meeting of Delegates of United Nations Member States. As the Rotterdam Rules will be opened for signature this day, States may state their position on the Rotterdam Rules and/or sign the Convention at this meeting. Participants in the Colloquium may register as spectators for this historic event.
3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. International press conference
3.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. CMI Assembly Meeting 2009
