HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF ECOSOC
6-9 JULY 2009
GENEVA
STATEMENTS
Monday, 6 July: Morning session (Opening of the High-level Segment)
Monday, 6 July: Afternoon session
- High-level policy dialogue with the international financial and trade institutions on current developments in the world economy
- Presentation on Global Jobs Pact
- Partnerships in health – lessons from multi-stakeholder initiatives
Tuesday, 7 July: Morning session
- Introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on the Annual Ministerial Review
- National presentations: Bolivia; China
Tuesday, 7 July: Afternoon session
- National presentations (continued): Japan; Jamaica; Mali
Wednesday, 8 July: Morning session
- National presentations (continued): Sri Lanka; Sudan
- Special event on Africa and LDCs
Wednesday, 8 July: Afternoon session
- Introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on the thematic discussion: Current global and national trends and their impact on social development, including public health
Thursday, 9 July: Morning Session
- General debate of the High-level Segment (parallel with thematic roundtable)
- Thematic roundtable: Social trends and emerging challenges and their impact on public health: renewing our commitment to the vulnerable in a time of crisis
Thursday, 9 July: Afternoon Session
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- General debate of the High-level Segment (parallel with thematic roundtable)
- Thematic roundtable: Trends in aid and aid effectiveness in the health sector
- Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration and closing of the High-level Segment
Monday, 6 July
Morning session (Back to Top)
Opening of the High-level Segment
Opening addresses
- Sylvie Lucas, President of the Economic and Social Council
- Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Hans-Rudolf Merz, President of the Swiss Confederation
Keynote addresses
- H.R.H. Princess Muna Al Hussein, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Urmas Paet, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Estonia
- Nicolas Schmit, Delegate Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Luxembourg
Lead speaker
- Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization
Guest speakers
- Michael Marmot, Chair, Commission on Social Determinants of Health
- Cherie Blair, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
- Sarah Omega Kidangasi, Maternal Health Advocate, Kenya
Policy messages from Annual Ministerial Review preparatory meetings
Special Event Philanthropy and the global public health agenda, New York, 23 February 2009
- Jeffrey Sturchio, President and CEO, Global Health Council
South Asia Regional Meeting Financing strategies for health care, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 16-18 March 2009
- Dr. H.A.P. Kahandaliyanage, Secretary, Ministry of Healthcare & Nutrition of Sri Lanka
Asia and Pacific Regional Meeting Promoting Health literacy, Beijing, China, 29-30 April 2009
Western Asia Regional Meeting Preventing and controlling non-communicable disease, Doha, Qatar, 10-11 May 2009
- Abdullah bin Khalid Al-Qahtani, Minister of Health of Qatar (Arabic)
Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Meeting Progress in reduction of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and its interconnection with development, Jamaica, 5-6 June 2009
- Rudyard Spencer, Minister of Health and the Environment of Jamaica
Africa Regional Meeting eHealth – use of information and communication technologies for health, Accra, Ghana, 10-11 June 2009
- George Sipa-Adjah Yankey, Minister of Health of Ghana
Afternoon session (Back to Top)High-level policy dialogue with the international financial and trade institutions on current developments in the world economy
- Sylvie Lucas, President of ECOSOC
- Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA (Moderator)
- Pascal Lamy, Director-General, WTO
- Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
- Murilo Portugal, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
- Joy Phumaphi, Vice President, Human Development Network, World Bank
Presentation on Global Jobs Pact
- Juan Somavia, Director General, ILO
Partnerships in health –lessons from multi-stakeholder initiatives
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- Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, UNAIDS
- Philippe Douste-Blazy, Special Advisor on Innovative Financing for Development and Chair of the Board of UNITAID
- Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Executive Director, Roll Back Malaria Partnership
- Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership
- Natalia Imbruglia, Spokesperson for the Campaign to End Fistula
Tuesday, 7 July
Morning session (Back to Top)
Introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on the Annual Ministerial Review
- Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA
National presentations
Bolivia
- Jhonny Suxo, Vice Minister of Planning
China
- Chen Zhu, Minister of Health
Afternoon session (Back to Top)
National presentations
Japan
- Shintaro Ito, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Jamaica
- Rudyard Spencer, Minister of Health and the Environment
Mali
- Moctar Ouane, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (More information in French)
Wednesday, 8 July
Morning session (Back to Top)
National presentations
Sri Lanka
- Sarath Amunugama, Minister of Public Administration and Internal Affairs and Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning
Sudan
Special event on Africa and LDCs
- Sylvie Lucas, President of ECOSOC (Co-Chairs)
- Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary-General, Special Advisor on Africa & High Representative for LDCs, LLDCs, SIDSs
- Daisy Mafubelu, Assistant Director-General, Family and Community Health, World Health Organization (Moderator)
- Ponmek Dalaloy, Minister of Health, Laos
- George Spia-Adjah Yankey, Minister of Health, Ghana
- Klaus Leisinger, President and Executive Director, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development
- Francis Omaswa, Executive Director, African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation
- Mike Boyd, Acting Director General, IFPMA
- Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, the Global Fund
Afternoon session (Back to Top)
Introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on the thematic discussion Current global and national trends and their impact on social development, including public health
- Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General, UNDESA
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Thursday, 9 July
Morning session (Back to Top)
- General debate of the High-level Segment (parallel with thematic roundtable)
Member States
Observer
Thematic roundtable Social trends and emerging challenges and their impact on public health: renewing our commitment to the vulnerable in a time of crisis
- Sylvie Lucas, President of ECOSOC (Chair)
- Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-Habitat (Moderator)
- Richard Newfarmer, Special Representative of the World Bank to the UN and WTO, Geneva
- Carissa Etienne, Assistant-Director-General, Health Systems and Services, WHO
- Assane Diop, Executive Director, Social Protection and Employment, ILO
- Alberto Palloni, Professor of Demography and International Studies Northwestern University
- Manuel Carballo, Executive Director, International Council on Migration and Health
- Marcia Metcalfe, Global Manager, Microfinance and Health Protection Initiative, Freedom from Hunger (presentation)
- Peter Waldorff, General Secretary, Public Service International
- Janet Asherson, Advisor, Environment, Safety and Health, International Organization of Employers
Afternoon session (Back to Top)
- General debate of the High-level Segment (parallel with thematic roundtable)
Thematic roundtable Trends in aid and aid effectiveness in the health sector
- Sylvie Lucas, President of ECOSOC (Chair and moderator)
- Olivier Kamitatu Etsu, Minister of Planning, Democratic Republic of Congo
- Anders Nordström, Director-General of Sida, Sweden
- Eckhard Deutscher, Chair, OECD/DAC
- Luis Riera Figueras, Director for Development Policy, Directorate General for Development and Relations with the ACP States, European Commission
- Francisco Songane, former Minister of Health, Mozambique, former Director of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
- Helen Evans, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, GAVI Alliance
- Marta Monteso Cullell, Coordinator, Action for Global Health
- Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration and closing of the High-level Segment