Ms. CARLA ESPOSITO Guevara (Bolivia) noted that 20 years after the adoption of Agenda 21 in Rio, little progress has been made in the fight against poverty or in that for the protection of the environment. With the crisis economic, social, cultural and especially political, the representative of Bolivia concluded by suggesting the creation [...]
HILARIO G. M. DAVIDE (Philippines) said that his country, made up of 7,108 islands separated by water sometimes stormy, also faced problems related to transport and infrastructure, and believed that the Almaty Programme of Action was s’ attach to the concerns go beyond access to the coast. Noting that some members of the Association [...]
On this last point, ASEAN supports the efforts of UNIFEM to implement its 2008-2011 strategic plan effectively and successfully. Mr. Natalegawa then argued in favor of South-South cooperation, which, in the eyes Indonesia and ASEAN, a force capable of enabling developing countries to improve their economic prospects. However, it requires a larger support from [...]
While recalling that during cooperation between India and its landlocked neighbors, the Minister highlighted the importance that regional initiatives in improving the situation in the transport and trade. He hoped that the Mid-Term Review which engages the Assembly today on the issue of implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action would be strengthened, including [...]
GUILLERMO ORDORICA PUENTE (Mexico) welcomed the commitment of the international community this year to push progress in Haiti, including visits by members of the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Mexico, in As a member of the Group of Friends of Haiti, hopes to continue to contribute to the strategic analysis [...]
AMR M. MOHSEN Hamza (Egypt) said his country attached great importance to the operational activities of UN development. Therefore it was concerned by the lack of funding for these activities, due partly to the impact of the crisis. But this problem existed even before the crisis began, he noted. He then welcomed the recommendations [...]
That their compatriots are dying of malnutrition. And it costs billions to the poor African taxpayers It does not matter, it’s social..
But he must surely know that these billions of investment from foreign exchange from the commercialization of cotton from Mali, Benin and Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast cocoa among others. While this [...]
How to overcome the misery and dwarf the ambitions and dreams of people well fed, well cared for, well trained and respected for their contributions to humanity are known, recognized and valued example beyond the micro-credits for managing states of misery, go to the macro-credit for building economies ambitious capable of giving jobs to [...]
As socio-economic development, Mr. Annabi said how it is related to security and stability and how peacekeeping can help create conditions conducive to development. He talked about the projects implemented, and have created thousands of jobs. The Mission also stressed the importance of the engineering component, which allows him to fulfill the mandate entrusted [...]
Referring to the issue of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the representative of Japan said that despite the crisis, rich countries should fulfill their commitments so that progress on the MDGs are not given involved. Japan, he said, is determined to continue to support and strengthen the initiative of Tokyo for African Development (TICAD). [...]