AFR Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s programme for the Johannesburg Summit
Please note that the programme is subject to change. The programme will be updated on a running basis.
Contact person: Jesper Fersløv Andersen, +45 33 92 22 35.
Press events marked in bold print.
Sunday 1 September |
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Prime Minister to arrive in Johannesburg |
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08:15 AM |
Arrival at the Hotel Balalaika |
09:15-09:50 AM |
Prime Minister to receive briefing (at Hotel) |
09:50-10:05 AM |
Delegation meeting (at Hotel) |
10:20-10:45 AM |
Talks with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (Sandton Sun & Sun Towers Intercontinental Hotels) |
10:55-11:20 AM |
Prime Minister to speak to the Business Forum (Hotel Hilton) |
11:30-11:45 AM |
Press conference – ia on the talks with Mr Annan (Hotel Hilton, room to be specified) |
12:00 noon –12:10 PM |
Door-step with Confederation of Danish Industries - outside the Jacaranda Room. (Sandton Sun & Sun Towers Intercontinental Hotels) |
12:15-1:05 PM |
Lunch with business leaders, including Confederation of Danish Industries (Sandton Sun & Sun Towers Intercontinental Hotels) |
1:20-1:50 PM |
Talks with South African President Thabo Mbeki (Sandton Convention Centre) -tentative (time is subject to change) |
1:50-2:05 PM |
Press conference/door-step (place to be announced later) |
2:15- PM |
Prime Minister to launch EU energy initiative (IUCN Environment Centre) |
6:30-7:00 PM |
Round-table on NEPAD – Prime Minister to speak after the NEPAD President (Sandton Convention Centre) |
8:00-9:30 PM |
Delegation reception (Sandton Sun & Sun Towers Intercontinental Hotels) |
Monday 2 September |
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7:45-09:00 AM |
President Mbeki’s reception (reception of heads of delegation) (Sandton Convention Centre) |
09:00 AM |
Opening of World Summit high-level part (Sandton Convention Centre) |
10:00 AM |
EU intervention in the general debate (Prime Minister to speak third, Commission President fifth) (Sandton Convention Centre) |
11:00-11:30 AM |
Joint EU press conference with Commission President Prodi (Sandton Convention Centre, UN press room) |
1:00-3:00 PM |
Visit to Soweto, to see ia a sewage project, Dense Settlement Project (Kliptown) |
3:00-4:15 PM |
Prime Minister to participate in round-table discussion MAKING IT HAPPEN (Sandton Convention Centre) |
4:30-5:30 PM |
EU troika meeting with G.77 (Sandton Convention Centre) |
5:35-5:50 PM |
Talks with World Food Programme Director James Morris (Sandton Convention Centre) |
6:00-6:30 PM |
Press conference (Hotel Balalaika, Village Manor) |
8:00-9:30 PM |
President Mbeki to host official banquet (Heads of State or Government) (Sandton Sun) |
Tuesday 3 September |
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07:30-08:15 AM |
Breakfast meeting with delegations from Greenland and the Faeroe Islands (Hotel Balalaika) |
08:30-08:45 AM |
Delegation meeting (Hotel Balalaika) |
09:15-09:45 AM |
Meeting with former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela |
10:00-10:20 AM |
Prime Minister and Commission President Prodi to meet members of the European Parliament and EU Parliamentarians of the EU Member States (Sandton Convention Centre) |
10:30-11:00 AM |
Prime Minister to present the EU water initiative to the press together with Commission President Prodi (Sandton Convention Centre, UN press room) |
12:00 noon –12:50 PM |
Lunch with members of the Danish Parliament, the Folketing, and the Danish members of the European Parliament |
1:00-1:40 PM |
Talks with Russian Prime Minister Kasjanov |
1:50-2:05 PM |
Press conference (Hotel Balalaika, Village Manor) |
2:15-3:15 PM |
Meeting with international NGOs (Hotel Balalaika) |
3:15-3:30 PM |
Meeting with Oxfam (Hotel Balalaika) |
5:00-7:00 PM |
Prime Minister to announce the EU water initiative (Water Dome) |
8:00-9:30 PM |
Dinner with Danish NGOs |
Wednesday 4 September |
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07.30-08.15 AM |
Breakfast meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende (Hotel Balalaika) |
08.30-08.45 AM |
Delegation meeting (Hotel Balalaika) |
09.00-09.30 AM |
Meeting with US Secretary of State Colin Powell (may be moved to 09:30) |
09.30-09.50 AM |
Press conference/door-step – place to be announced later |
10.00-10.30 AM |
Joint press conference with Commission President Prodi (Sandton Convention Centre, UN press room) |
10.45-11.30 AM |
EU troika meeting with candidate countries (Hotel Balalaika) |
11.45 AM -12.15 PM |
Meeting with Romanian President Ioniliescu (Hotel Balalaika) |
12:15-12:45 PM |
Press conference (Hotel Balalaika, Village Manor) |
1:00-2:30 PM |
Lunch |
3:00-4:00 PM |
Prime Minister to speak at multi-stakeholder event (Sandton Convention Centre) |
4:00 PM |
End of World Summit (Sandton Convention Centre) |
5:00-5:45 PM |
Final press conference (Hotel Balalaika, Village Manor) |
6:00 PM |