ECOSOC informal event for the 2007 Annual Ministerial Review

“Eradicating poverty and hunger – Joining forces to make it happen”

Monday, 2 April 2007

New York

Statements

Copyright © 2007 WFP/Caroline Hurford

Opening plenary  

• Introductory remarks H.E. Mr. Dalius Čekuolis, President of ECOSOC
• Opening address by H.E. Mrs. Asha-Rose Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Keynote address by Mr. Bertrand Duruflé, Secretary-General of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AESCSI)  

Roundtable Presentations

Roundtable I. Are we making poverty history?

•  Mr. Hafiz Pasha , UNDP Assistant Administrator, Moderator
• Professor Stephen C. Smith, Director, Research Programme in Poverty, Development and Globalization, George Washington University
•  H.E. Mr. Jean-Max Bellerive, Minister of Planning and External Cooperation, Haiti
•  Dr. Ann Pettifor, Director, Advocacy International
•  Mr. Jean-Claude Pasty, International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AESCSI)

Roundtable II. How are we doing in the fight against hunger and malnutrition?

• Mr. José Antonio Ocampo , Under-Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Moderator
• Dr. Patrick Webb, Dean for Academic Affairs, Alexander MacFarlane Professor of Public Policy, Tufts University
•  Dr. Ricardo Ffrench-Davis, Professor of Economics, University of Chile , and Co-Director of the Macroeconomics Task Force of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue
•  Ms. Rajul Pandya-Lorch , Chief of Staff and Head of 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI);
•  Ms. Ester Bemerguy de Albuquerque , International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AESCSI) and Secretary-General, Council for Social and Economic Development, Brazil (power point presentation)