STATEMENTS
6 July 2010
Morning session
Opening Statement by H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC
Introduction of the reports of the Secretary-General by Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, DESA
Address by Mr. Antonio Marzano, President of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (AICESIS)
Interactive Plenary: “Towards a United Nations comprehensive policy response to global health challenges”
Chairperson/Moderator: H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC
Presenters:
- Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF
- Ms. Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA
- Mr. Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS
- Ms. Carissa Etienne, Assistant-Director-General, Health Systems and Services, WHO
Afternoon session
Interactive Plenary: “Coordinating efforts for achieving the health-related MDGs”
Chairperson: H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC
Moderator: Dr. Tore Godal, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Norway
Panelists:
- Dr. Julian Lob-Levyt, CEO of GAVI Alliance
- Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Mr. Keith Hansen, Director, Human Development Network, World Bank
- Mr. Philippe Douste-Blazy, Special Adviser to the Secretary General on Innovative Financing for Development
- Dr. Carissa Etienne, Assistant-Director-General, Health Systems and Services, WHO
Discussant:
- H.E. Mr. Leonard J. Edwards, Personal Representative of the Prime Minister of Canada for the G-8 and G-20 Summits
General debate
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7 July 2010
Morning session
Presentation of the CEB annual overview report by Mr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General For Policy Coordination And Inter-Agency Affairs, DESA
Introduction of the report on the Global Jobs Pact by Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director and Assistant Director General, Social Protection, ILO
Panel discussion on “Operationalizing the United Nations system’s short- and long-term responses to the economic and financial crisis”: Progress towards implementing the Social Protection Initiative and the Global Jobs Pact”
Chairperson/Moderator: H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC
Presenters:
- Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director and Assistant Director General, Social Protection, ILO
- Dr. Carissa Etienne, Assistant Director General, Health Systems, WHO
- Dr. Norberto Ciaravino, Chef de Cabinet in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Argentina
- Mr. Carlos Acevedo, President of the Banco Central de Reserva of El Salvador
General debate
Afternoon session
Financing for development
Interactive Plenary: “South-South Cooperation and Financing for Development: Investment, Trade and Technology Transfer”
Chairpersons:
- H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC
- H.E. Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations
Presenters:
- Mr. Heiner Flassbeck, Director, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
- Mr. Ajay Singh, Reddy Laboratories, India
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8 July 2010
Morning session
Interactive Plenary: “Global Economic Governance”
Chairperson/Moderator: H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC
Presenters:
- Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
- H.E. Mr. Vanu Gopala Menon, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations
- Mr. Michael Green, Economic Commentator on Global Finance, International Development and Philanthropy
Afternoon session
General Debate
Adoption of the outcome and conclusion of the coordination segment Closing of the Segment
- Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
- H.E. Mr. Morten Wetland, Vice-President of ECOSOC