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ECOSOC High-level
Segment
29 June - 01 July 2005
New York
Roundtable dialogues on progress, challenges
and opportunities for achieving the internationally agreed
development goals |
E/2005/CRP.6
and Add.1 |
Summary of the roundtable dialogues
on progress, challenges and opportunities for achieving
the internationally agreed development goals |
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29 June 2005 |
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3:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
1. Roundtable dialogue
on the eradication of poverty and hunger
- Chair: H.E. Mr. Gèrard Latortue, H.E. Prime
Minister of Haiti
- Lead Discussant: H.E. Mr. Armand De Decker, Minister
of Development Cooperation, Belgium
- Moderator: Mr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of
FAO; Ms. Charlotte Mclain-Nhalpo, South African Human
Rights Commission/World Bank, Heads of Delegations
- Organizers: FAO, IFAD, WFP
- Background note
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2. Roundtable dialogue on health
- Chair: H.E. Ms. Carin Jamtin, Minister for Development
Cooperation, Sweden
- Other Discussants: H.E. Mr. Eugène Camara,
Minister of Planning, Guinea ; Ms. Thorya Obaid, Executive
Director, UNFPA; Ms. Joy Phumaphi, Assistant Director-General
for Family and Community Health, WHO; Dr. Victor Ortega,
Deputy Director, UNAIDS New York Office; Mr. Steve Stedman,
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General; Heads of Delegations
- Organizers: WHO , UNFPA ,
UNAIDS
- Background note
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3. Roundtable dialogue on global
partnerships and financing of the MDGs
- Chair: Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Governor, State Bank of
Pakistan
- Moderator: Mr. Carlos Fortin, Officer-in-Charge of
UNCTAD ; Mr. Stephano Manservisi, Director-General for
Trade, European Commission , Mr. José Luis Machinea,
Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean; Ms. Eveline Herfkens, Executive
Coordinator of the MDG Campaign, Heads of Delegations
- Organizer: UNCTAD
- Background note
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4. Roundtable dialogue on building
state capacity to meet the MDGs: human rights, governance,
institutions and human resources
- Chair: H.E. Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
- Lead Discussant : Professor Anyang' Nyong'o, Minister
of Planning and National Development, Kenya
- Moderator: Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs
- Other discussants: Ms. Mehr Khan Williams, Deputy
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prof. Rehman Sobhan,
Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, Heads
of Delegations
- Organizers: DESA/Division for Public Administration
and Management and the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights
- Background note
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4:30 - 6:00 p.m. |
5. Roundtable dialogue on Education
and literacy
- Chair: H.E. Mr. Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, Minister in
the Prime Minister's Department, Malyasia
- Lead Discussant: H.E. Mr. R.M. Ouedrago, Minister
Basic Education and Literacy of Burkina Faso
- Moderator: Mr. Peter Smith, Assistant Director General
for Education, UNESCO
- Other discussants: Ms. Geeta Rao Gupta, President
of the International Center for Research on Women, Mr.
Magdi Mehani Amin, Egypt , Heads of Delegations
- Organizers: UNESCO and UNICEF
- Background note
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6. Roundtable dialogue on gender
equality and the empowerment of women
- Chair: Ms. Rachel Mayanja, Assistant Secretary-General
and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement
of Women
- Lead Discussant: H.E. Ms. Marcela del Mar Suazo Laitano,
Minister in charge of the National Institute of Women
of Honduras ; Mrs. Nilofar Bakhtiar, Adviser to the
Prime Minister and In-charge for Women Development,
Pakistan
- Moderator: Ms and Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director,
UNIFEM
- Organizers: UNIFEM and DESA/Division for the Advancement
of Women
- Background note
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7. Roundtable dialogue on environmental
sustainability
- Chair: H.E. Mr. Rogatien Biaou, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Benin
- Other Discussants: Mme. Brigitte Girardin, Minister
of Development Cooperation of France , Ms. Anna Tibaijuka,
Executive Director of UN-HABITAT and Mr. Klaus Töpfer,
Executive Director of UNEP, Heads of Delegations
- Organizers: UNEP and UN-Habitat
- Background note
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8. Roundtable dialogue on national
strategies to achieve the MDGs
- Moderator: Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of
UNDP
- Discussants: H.E. Mr. Sidi Ould Didi, Minister of
Economic Affairs and Development of Mauritania ;
H.E. Ms. Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez, First
Lady of the Dominican Republic ; Mr. Masood Ahmed, Director-General
for Policy and International, Department for International
Development, United Kingdom , Heads of Delegations
- Organizer: UNDP
- Background note
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