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1 Human Development, Health and Education Dialogues at the Economic and Social Council CONTENTS FOREWORD BY H.E. AMBASSADOR IVAN ŠIMONOVIC, President of the Economic and Social Council XI PREFACE BY MR. NITIN DESAI, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs XV INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE: The 2002 High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council 3 I. Ministerial Declaration 3 II.Statements at the ECOSOC 2002 High-Level Segment 9 Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General H.E. Ambassador Ivan Šimonovic of Croatia, President of The Economic and Social Council 12 Mr. Paul O Neill, Secretary of Treasury of the United States 17 Mr. Horst Köhler, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 22 Mr. Rubens Ricupero, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 27 Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Managing Director of World Bank 30

2 III. Ministerial Roundtables on Health and Education at the Economic and Social Council. Issues Papers and Summaries 33 Progress towards Millennium Development Goals for human resource development in Africa 35 Partnerships for human resources development: what role for development cooperation, including south-south cooperation, city-city cooperation, private sector and non-governmental organizations? 40 Strengthening institutional capabilities for sustainable development 43 Policy coherence and financing human resources development 46 Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and human resources development 50 Food security for human resources development 56 Capacity-building for trade and investment 59 Incorporating human resources concerns into the PRSP process: lessons learned 63 Conserving human resources: a comprehensive approach to HIV/AIDS prevention and care 67 Gender mainstreaming in human resources development including in the areas of health and education 71 Improving the delivery of health services 75 Education for peace 80 Regional cooperation for human resources development 85 Partnerships for a better educated and healthy world 89 Human resources development: the role for basic infrastructure and adequate, affordable shelter 93

3 Education for poverty eradication: an approach to human resources development 98 IV. Concluding observations 101 CHAPTER TWO: Health and Development 105 I. Overview of Key Issues by the World Health Organization (WHO) 105 II. Summary of the Roundtable on Health and Development 112 Papers and Good Practices on health and development Dr. Gro Harlem Bruntland, Director-General of WHO 117 H.E. Dr. Ahmed Bilal Osman, Federal Minister of Health Of Sudan 120 Mr. Angela E.V. King, UN Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women 123 Good practices in health systems by Mr. Orwill Adams, Director of Health Service Provision of WHO 125 Making a difference reaching the Millennium Development Goals for Health by Mr. Yves Bergevin, Director of Health Section, Programme Division of United Nations children s Fund (UNICEF) 129 III. The HIV/AIDS crisis 130 The Devastating Impact of HIV/AIDS by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Columbia University Earth Institute 130 Good Practices on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control 132 Straight talk by Mr. Michel Sidibe, Director of Country and Regional Support Department of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 132 Gender-focused interventions to address the challenge of the HIV/AIDS epidemic by Ms. Stephanie Urdang, Advisor on gender and HIV/AIDS of the United Nations Development

4 Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 134 HIV/AIDS strategic plan by Victoria Sharp, President of Médécines du Monde USA 138 IV. Focus on Africa 148 Are We Going in the Right Direction for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Health in Africa? 148 Meeting health priorities in Africa: consolidating community level achievements for development by Benson C. Morah, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Technical Service Team. Ethiopia 149 CHAPTER THREE: Education and Development 154 I. Overview of Key Issues by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 154 II. Summary of the Roundtable on Education And Development 163 Papers and Good Practices on education and development Education and development by Ms. Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of UNICEF 168 Higher education and development by Prof. Johannes A. van Ginkel, Rector of United Nations University (UNU) 170 Education and development in Uganda by H.E. Dr. Edward Khiddu Lakubuya, Minister of Education and Sports of Uganda 172 Education and development in the Central American region the case of El Salvador by H.E. Dr. Ana Evelyn Jacir de Lovo, Minister of Education of El Salvador 178 Education and gender by Ms. Angela E.V. King, UN Special Advisor on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women 180

5 Education and the role of the International Labor Organization (ILO) by Mr. John Langmore, Director of ILO Liaison Office to the UN 182 Findings from the consultation on girls education and development carried out by the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) by Ms. Leslie Wright, Chair of WAGGGS 187 Modern technologies for continuous education: a foundation of successful realization of human resources for sustainable development of the modern society by Prof. Yefim Malitikov, President of the International Association Znanie 194 The African Girls Education Initiative (AGEI) by Mr. Peter Buckland, Senior Education Adviser of UNICEF 199 The Educom initiative in Benin by Mr. Peter Buckland, Senior Education Adviser of UNICEF 200 Good practices related to teachers by Mr. John Daniel. Assistant Director-General for Education of UNESCO 201 Good practices related to children in difficult circumstances by Mr. John Daniel, Assistant Director-General for Education of UNESCO 205 Learning about small business: a training module on enterprise education in the non-formal setting in the Small Islands States of the Pacific by Mr. John Daniel, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO 207 Good practices related to higher education: UNILIT University Students for Literacy by Mr. John Daniel, Assistant Director-General for Education of UNESCO 209 Good practices in educating young people on population and reproductive health issues: UNFPA programme experiences in Iran by Ms. Delia Barcelona, Senior Technical Officer, Technical Support Division of UNFPA 211 Good practices in educating young people on population and reproductive health issues: UNFPA programme experiences in India by Ms. Delia Barcelona, Senior Technical Officer, Technical Support Division of UNFPA 215

6 Good practices in targeted capacity development by Prof. Johannes A. van Ginkel, Rector of UNU 222 Good practices in World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding and food for education activities by Mr. Michael Usnick, Director, WFP Liaison Office in New York 226 Total quality management and standardization in ASEAN countries: pathway to excellence by Mr. Grzegorz Donocik, Senior Liaison Officer of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Liaison Office in New York 227 CHAPTER FOUR: Human Resources Development 229 I. Overview of Key Issues: Synergies between Health and Education for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank and International Labour Organization (ILO) 229 II. Summary of the Economic and Social Council Roundtable 236 Papers Mr. Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs 238 Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Columbia University Earth Institute 240 Mr. Shanta Devarajan, World Bank Chief Economist for Human Development 244 Mr. Jan Vandemoortele, Principal Advisor, Group Leader, Socio-Economic Development Group, United Nations Development Programme 245 Mr. John Langmore, Director of ILO Liaison Office to The UN 255

7 Mr. Iqbal Alam, Senior Technical Consultant, UNFPA Technical and Support Division 259 Mr. Andrew Cassels, Director of Health and Development Of WHO 261 CHAPTER FIVE: NGO Forum on The Contribution of Human Resources Development, including in the Areas of Health and Development, to the Process of Development 266 Papers Mr. Bremley W.B. Lyngdoh Global Youth Action Network 272 Dr. Christine Durbak World Information Transfer 276 Ms. Jenny Perlman The Hunger Project 279 Mr. Frank Schroeder Friederich Ebert Foundation 284 CHAPTER SIX: Secretary-General s Report on the contribution Of human resources development, including in the areas of health and education to the process of development 288 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 321

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