en http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100330_Internet_governance_forum.html "As you may know, at the 65th session of the General Assembly Member States will have before them a note of the Secretary-General conveying his recommendations on the desirability of continuation of what is known as the Internet Governance Forum..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100317_Caribbean_Meeting.html "This meeting will contribute to the five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation to be convened by the 65th session of the General Assembly in New York this fall. So our discussion does not end here. The views expressed will represent the Caribbean region’s perspectives and expectations on the assessment of the region’s sustainable development challenges, and on the way forward..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100324_Cooperation_Development.html "Last December, we commemorated the 30th anniversary of the landmark Buenos Aires Plan of Action in Nairobi, a blueprint, designed by the South themselves to promote South-South cooperation. The outcome document of the Nairobi High-Level Conference has also stressed the unique value-added of South-South cooperation in capacity development..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100322_development_policy.html "At last year’s session the world was in the midst of the most serious economic challenge since the Great Depression. Today we see some signs of recovery: a number of economies showed positive growth in the last quarter of 2009..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100308_MDGS.html "Building on the rich discussion of last Thursday, today’s dialogue also affords me and my colleagues from the UN family an important opportunity to hear from Member States your views and expectations on how we, the UN system, can assist Member States..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100301_54_Commission_Women.html "This Commission occupies a unique place in the constellation of the functional commissions of ECOSOC. It attracts the personal attention of the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General. Although I am head of the Department, I am only “number 3” in the echelon of gender leadership. You can understand why I feel like a “dwarf”, overshadowed by the lofty leadership of the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General, not to mention the tenacity of our Special Adviser, Ms. Rachel Mayanja..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100223_41_Statistical_Commission.html "It is my great pleasure to welcome you here to the 41st session of the United Nations Statistical Commission. I understand that once again, over 140 countries are represented here by their experts from the capital, making the Statistical Commission a truly global forum on official statistics. Since I assumed the post of the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, I have come to appreciate the importance of the work that you do..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100222_Commission_Social_Development.html "I feel guilty when I came to know that you have been waiting for me to close the session. But, I am keen to come, just to congratulate you for the very successful session. I am particularly grateful to the Chair and his Bureau for their efforts. I know so well the difficulties to reach consensus on those most “simple” issues such as social development, based on my 40 years of diplomacy..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100203_48_session_CSD "We meet at this 48th session of the Commission to produce a consensus policy outcome on social integration and its linkages to poverty eradication and full employment and decent work for all. The World Summit for Social Development placed at the core of social development these three interconnected and mutually reinforcing issues. It is therefore critical that they continue to be strengthened and remain central in policy decision-making..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100202_Civil_Society_Forum "You have set yourselves the task of assessing the progress made since the World Summit for Social Development in 1995. Such an assessment should help identify how best to advance social development through social integration, the theme of the Commission for Social Development..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100202_AARP_aging "The programme has had a relationship with AARP spanning many years. We appreciate AARP’s commitment in support of the work of the United Nations, and in highlighting the issues of older persons at the global level..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100201_dialogue_development "Since the Commission met last May, we have seen an alarming rise in global food insecurity and hunger deteriorating. Smallholder farmers, especially in Africa, are encountering increasing difficulties as a result of drought and desertification and loss of arable land and water resources. All this is happening in the broader setting of the global financial and economic crisis, and climate change..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100129_NVP "You have especially highlighted the role of the NVPs as a forum for exchanging critical lessons-learned and best practices in implementing National Development Strategies, and you have explored possibilities for strengthening and adding more value to this process..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100129_ECOSOC_Commissions "Every January, Chairpersons of the functional commissions meet with the Bureau of ECOSOC. I consider this a great initiative. For some of you, this represents perhaps the only opportunity for a brief dialogue with your fellow functional commission chairs and with the ECOSOC Bureau..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100128_EGM_NVP "I am especially delighted to see the participation of such a distinguished group of experts, drawn from countries that have previously made National Voluntary Presentations (the secretariat refers to them as “NVP alumni”), as well as from a broad spectrum of international organizations..." http://www.un.org/esa/desa/ousg/statements/2010/20100122-Chairmanship-Handover "I would like to congratulate the delegation of Sudan for its outstanding leadership in 2009. Sudan distinguished itself in a series of difficult and complicated negotiations and discussions, from examining the financial and economic crisis to climate change, South-South Cooperation, public health, system-wide coherence and the many other issues on the United Nations development agenda. ..."