The Final Report, and beyond...

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan receives the report from WCD Chair Kader Asmal, New York, Nov 17

Editorial:

Is the WCD Report Pro or Anti Development?

Message from the Chair:

The Future of Large Dams

The Final Report:

As soon as it was released, the report generated opinions from many quarters:

Quotes from guest speakers at the launch ceremony

First reactions from the international media

Feedback from WCD forum members

What's in a title?

Naming the report

(Not) lost in translation...

Putting the WCD's message into 9 different languages

Dateline Dispatches: Around the World in Ten Days

The London launch on 16 November 2000 started a round of international briefings. Follow the WCD Commissioners and Secretariat as they presented Dams and Development to the world:

Thu 16 Nov London - Launch of the report

Fri 17 Nov UN receives report in New York, Frankfurt and Nairobi

Sat 18 Nov Conference on Climate Change, The Hague - Islamabad, Pakistan

Mon 20 Nov Washington, USA - Ankara, Turkey

Tue 21 Nov Colombo, Sri Lanka

Wed 22 Nov Dakar, Senegal

Thu 23 Nov Moscow, Russia - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Pretoria, South Africa

Fri 24 Nov Bangkok, Thailand

Mon 27 Nov São Paulo, Brazil - Tokyo, Japan

Thu 30 Nov Oslo, Norway

Pre-Launch Presentations

In the weeks before the launch, the WCD participated in NGO conferences where the imminent report was discussed:

Oct 2, at the IHA meeting in Berne, Switzerland, the WCD delivered papers on GHGs and resettlement

Oct 5, at the IUCN conference in Amman, Jordan, WCD staff briefed interested parties on the work of WCD

Oct 24, WCD Chair addressed concerns from the irrigation community at the ICID congress in Cape Town

The Future...

News beyond the life of the Commission:

Decommissioning the Commission
   The Commission pulls the plug on itself.

Forum meeting
   The last meeting of the WCD forum will be held in February 2001.

The Eternal Website
   The WCD sublimes into electro-magnetic waves

Calendar
   Forthcoming events in which WCD members will be involved.

Large Dams, Small Wonders
   WCD - the next generation