HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF ECOSOC
2 July - 10 JULY 2012
New York
STATEMENTS and INFORMAL SUMMARIES
Monday, 2 July: Morning session
Monday, 2 July: Afternoon session
Tuesday, 3 July: Morning session
Tuesday, 3 July: Afternoon session
Thursday, 5 July: Morning Session
Thursday, 5 July: Afternoon Session
Friday, 6 July: Morning Session
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Monday, 2 July
Morning session (Back to Top)
Opening of the High-level Segment
- Miloš Koterec, President, Economic and Social Council
- Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly
Keynote addresses (Informal summary)
- Sauli Niinisto, President of Finland
- Juan Somavía, Director-General of the International Labour Organization
- Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Shah Haron, President of the International Organization of Employers
- Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation
- Danielle Fong, Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder LightSail Energy
Policy messages from the Annual Ministerial Review preparatory meetings
Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting - Kyoto, Japan, 7 December 2011
- Joe Nakano, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Africa Regional Meeting – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 March 2012
- Ahmed Shide, State Minister of Finance and Economic Development
Latin America and Caribbean Regional Meeting – Montevideo, Uruguay – 27 April 2012
- Eduardo Brenta, Minister of Labour and Social Security
Europe (Turkey) Presentation of National Consultation on Youth Employment in 11 European countries
Policy message from the Partnerships event
Annual Ministerial Review: National voluntary presentation
- Algeria Abdelkader Messahel, African Affairs Minister (Informal summary)
- Moderator: Conny Czymoch, Moderator, Phoenix television, Germany
Afternoon session (Back to Top)
National voluntary presentations
- Russia Vitaly Kolbanov, Department of Analyses and Prognosis of Health Development and Social and Labor Spheres, Ministry of Health and Social Development (Informal summary)
- Brazil Mario Barbosa, Special Advisor to the Minister of Labour and Employment (Informal summary)
- Moderator: Conny Czymoch, Moderator, Phoenix television, Germany
National voluntary presentations
- Ecuador Fander Falconi, Minister of National Planning for Development (Informal summary)
- Ukraine: Vasyl Nadraga, Deputy Minister for Social Policy (Informal summary)
- Moderator: José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director, Employment Sector, ILO
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Tuesday, 3 July
Morning session (Back to Top)
AMR ministerial breakfast roundtable on Workers with family responsibilities:
connecting child development and the decent work agenda hosted by UNICEF and ILOAMR ministerial breakfast roundtable on The new ILO recommendations on social protection floors hosted by ILO
High-level policy dialogue with the international financial and trade institutions on current developments in the world economy (Informal Summary)
- Sha Zukang, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA
- Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
- Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
- Valentine Rugwabiza, Deputy Director-General, WTO
- Hans Timmer, Director, Development Prospects Group, World Bank
Reports of the Secretary-General to the AMR and thematic discussion
- Sha Zukang, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA
Report of the Committee for Development Policy
- Frances Stewart, Chairperson of the Committee for Development Policy
Afternoon Session (Back to Top)
National voluntary presentations (Informal Summary)
- Kenya John Munyes Kiyong’a, Minister of Labour
- Mauritius K. S. Sukon, Human Resources Development Council
- Qatar Saleh bin Mohammed Al Nabit, Secretary General for the General Secretariat for Development Planning
- Moderator: Edward Carr, Associate Professor, Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina
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Thursday, 5 July 2012 Development Cooperation Forum
Morning session (Back to Top)
Official welcome
- Miloš Koterec, President of ECOSOC
- Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
1. Drivers of change: what is the future of development cooperation?
Presentation of the Secretary-General’s report to the 2012 DCF
- Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
Keynote addresses
- Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia
- Marie-Josée Jacobs, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Luxembourg
- Nhlanhla Nene, Deputy Minister of Finance, South Africa
- LI Baodong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations
- Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women
Interactive debate
- Joanna Kerr, CEO, ActionAid International (moderator) Heikki Holmås, Minister of International Development, Norway
- Supachai Panitchpakdi Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Afternoon session (Back to Top)
2. Where should development cooperation go and how can it unlock other resources?
Can development cooperation be made more equitable, efficient and strategic?
- Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP,Chair, UNDG (moderator)
- Somchith Inthamith, Director General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao PDR
- Jon Lomøy, Director, Development Cooperation Directorate, OECD
- Lydia Alpizar Duran, Executive Director, Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
How can development cooperation serve as a catalyst for other sources of development financing?
- Pitchette Kampeta Sayinzoga, Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, Rwanda (moderator)
- Anne Sipiläinen, Under-Secretary of State, Development Policy and Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
- Min Zhu, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
- Jesse Griffiths, Director, EURODAD
3. Making accountability operational: practice and perspectives
Introductory remarks
- Martin Dahinden, Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Switzerland
- Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, DESA
Interactive debate
Strengthening capacity and political buy-in for mutual accountability
- Sigrid Kaag, Assistant-Secretary-General, Bureau for External Relations and Advocacy, UNDP (Moderator)
- Oburu Oginga, Assistant Minister for Finance, Kenya
- Gisela Hammerschmidt, Deputy Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
- Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh
- Meja Vitalice, Development Policy Analyst, Reality of Aid Africa
Thematic and regional workshops
Post-conflict countries and countries in vulnerable situations
- Peter Moors, Director-General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Belgium (moderator)
- Abdou Karim Meckassoua, Minister of Planning and Economy, Central African Republic
- Elisabetta Belloni, Director General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy
- Maureen Quinn, Senior Advisor, international Peace Institute
- Yoka Brandt, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
- Matthias Schmale, Under Secretary-General, National Society and Knowledge Development, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Mutual accountability and transparency in Africa: progress and challenges
- Samura Kamara, Minister of Finance, Sierra Leone (Moderator)
- Pacharo Ralph Jooma MP, Deputy Minister of Finance, Malawi
- Olivier Kamitatu Etsu, Member of Parliament, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Collins Magalasi, Executive Director, AFRODAD
- Namhla Mniki-Mangaliso, Director, African Monitor
Strengthening development cooperation in the Pacific: what can regional compacts contribute?
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- Feleti Teo, Deputy Secretary-General, Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (Moderator)
- Amanda Ellis, Deputy Secretary International Development, Head of the New Zealand Aid Programme , Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand
- Noumea Simi, Assistant CEO, Ministry of Finance, Samoa
- Emele Duituturaga, Executive Director of Pacific Islands Association of non-governmental organizations (PIANGO)
Friday, 6 July
Morning session (Back to Top)
4. The lessons learned from South-South and triangular cooperation
Interactive debate
Good practices and lessons learned in South-South and triangular cooperation
- Deborah Brautigam, Professor and Director of the International Development Programme, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Washington D.C. (moderator)
(i) What can we learn from South-South cooperation?
- Ahmed Shide, State Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Ethiopia
- Nguyen The Phuong, Vice Minister of Planning and Investment, Viet Nam
- Miles Sampa, Deputy Minister for Finance and National Planning, Zambia
- Petko Draganov, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD
- Special Remarks: H.E. Birama Sidibe, Vice President (Operations), Islamic Development Bank
(ii) Institutions for South-South development cooperation: emerging trends
- Serdar Cam, President, Turkish International Development and Cooperation Agency
- Masato Watanabe, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency
- Martin Rivero, Executive Director of the Uruguayan Agency for International Cooperation
5. Global Development cooperation: the evolving role of private philanthropic organisations and decentralized cooperation
Private philanthropic organizations
- Ron Bruder, Chair and founder of Education for Employment (EFE) (Moderator)
- Muna Abu Sulayman, Secretary-General, Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Iqbal Noor Ali, Senior Advisor, Aga Khan Development Network
- Heather Grady, Vice President of Foundations Initiatives (VPFI), Rockefeller Foundation
Decentralized development cooperation
- Gabriela Rosero, Technical Secretary for International Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration, Ecuador (Moderator)
- Carles Llorens Vila, Director General for International Cooperation of the Government of Catalonia, Spain
- Jürgen Nimptsch, Lord Mayor of Bonn
- Anthony Egyir Aikins, Mayor of Cape Coast, Ghana
- Patricia Ayala, Intendente of the Uruguayan Department of Artigas, Uruguay
- Berry Vrbanovich, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Co-Chair of the Decentralised Cooperation Committee of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Afternoon session (Back to Top) (Informal Summary)
6. Gearing global development cooperation towards sustainable development - where do we go from Rio+20?
Open forum
Moderated by:
- Luis Alfonso de Alba, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Natio New York
With the participation of:
- Sha Zukang, Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
- Juan Somavia, Director General, International Labour Organization
- Jean-Baptiste Mattei, Director-General of Globalization, Development Partnerships, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
- Roberto Bissio, Coordinator, Social Watch
7. Forging ahead: partnering for the future of development
Interactive debate
- Bruce Jones, Director of the Center on International Cooperation, New York University (Moderator)
- Kim Bong-hyun, Deputy Minister of Multilateral and Global Affairs, Republic of Korea
- Rogelio Granguillhome, Executive Director of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation
- Katsuji Imata, Acting Secretary General, CIVICUS
- Talaat Abdel Malek, co-Chair, OECD/DAC Working Party on Aid Effectiveness and Economic Adviser to the Minister of International Co-operation, Egypt
Closing
Concluding remarks and summary statement
- Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
- Miloš Koterec, President of ECOSOC
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Monday, 9 July
Morning session (Back to Top)
Ministerial breakfast roundtable
Opening remarks
- Miloš Koterec, President of ECOSOC
- Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Yury Fedotov, Under-Secretary-General and Executive- Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Interactive dialogue I: Creating inclusive and cohesive societies: a multidisciplinary approach to combating corruption for development
Moderator: Dimitri Vlassis, Secretary, Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption and Chief, UNODC Corruption and Economic Crime Branch
Panelists:
- Abdeladim el Guerrouj, Minister of the Public Service and Modernization of Administration, President of the Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention of Corruption, Kingdom of Morocco
- Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP
- Abdul Tejan-Cole, Open Society Foundation Africa Regional Director and former Commissioner of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission
- Martin Kreutner, Chair of the International Anti-Corruption Academy International Transition Team and Executive Secretary to the Provisional Commission, Austria
Interactive dialogue II: Shared roles and responsibilities: developing innovative partnerships for comprehensive action against corruption
Moderator: Rico Hizon, Anchor, BBC Newsday and Asia Business Report
Panelists:
- Sergei Dubik, Head, Personnel and State Service Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation (tbc)
- Abigail Benzadon Cohen, Executive Secretary, National Council for Transparency and Anti-Corruption, Panama
- Janamitra Devan, Vice-President, Financial and Private Sector Development, , World Bank
- Elaine Dezenski, Senior Director, Centre for Business Engagement, World Economic Forum
Afternoon session (Back to Top) (Informal Summary)
Closing remarks
- Yury Fedotov, Under-Secretary-General and Executive- Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Miloš Koterec, President of ECOSOC
Thematic roundtable
- Rico Hizon, Presenter, Asia Business Report, BBC World News (Moderator)
- Syed A. Samad, State Minister and Chair, Privatization Commission, Bangladesh (tbc)
- Navi Pillay, High Commissoner, OHCHR
- Martin Rama, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
- Stephen Pursey, Director, Department of Policy Integration International Labour Organization
Closing remarks (Informal Summary)
- Sha Zukang, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
- Miloš Koterec, President of ECOSOC