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AMR GLOBAL PREPARATORY MEETING

6 March 2008, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm, UN Headquarters, New York

The morning session of the Global Preparatory Meeting for the 2008 High-level Segment of ECOSOC provided an opportunity to identify (1) next steps that ECOSOC could take in order to make the AMR a central forum for reviewing progress on implementation of the United Nations Development Agenda; (2) measures to make National Voluntary Presentations more effective and making them a process of continuous engagement rather than a one off event and; (3) major challenges in the area of sustainable development which require urgent action by Ministers at the AMR July session.

The meeting featured a panel on “AMR: Delivering on implementation ”and on "ECOSOC's role in achieving sustainable development – moving beyond the mantra of the integration of the three pillars of sustainable development ”.  

Opening remarks:
H.E. Mr. Léo Mérorès, President of ECOSOC - English / French
Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA

Panelists: 
Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima, Permanent Representative of Cape Verde to the United Nations,

Eckhard Deutscher, Chair, Development Assistance Committee, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Adil Najam, The Frederick S. Pardee Professor for Global Public Policy, Boston University

Olav Kjorven, Director of the Bureau for Development Policy , UNDP

Moderator:
Jomo Kwame, Assistant-Secretary-General, UNDESA