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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 10.42 GMT |
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SL, a pointer to others in healthcare
development – Asst. Sec of ECOSOC |
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The success of Sri Lanka in achieving most
Millennium Development Goals with regard to
health was to be commended and should be a
pointer to other countries as to how these
important issues should be handled said Mr.
Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary General
of ECOSOC when a delegation of ministers and
participants at the current ECOSOC Regional
Ministerial Meeting on Financing Strategies
for Healthcare being held in Colombo met
President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees
today.
Mr. Stelzer drew attention to the need to
prevent issues being relegated to the
background in the context of challenges
faced by global financial crisis. He said it
was necessary to help health related welfare
of people very much in focus in present
situation.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa welcoming the
ministers and other delegates of ECOSOC
outlined the efforts that Sri Lanka has been
making to ensure good healthcare for the
people. He said the government was giving
priority to development of rural sector and
in this too maintaining good standards of
health was given necessary importance. The
President said the development in rural
sector today leading to the reversed trend
of population from the urban to the rural
areas which was most welcomed.
He also explained that Sri Lanka has been
able to sustain its development agenda while
carrying on a fight against terrorism to
preserve democracy and ensure social welfare
to all section of people.
Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said
Sri Lanka has not lost sight of the areas of
responsibility for the betterment of people
while carrying out a fight to eradicate
terrorism.
He expressed his appreciation of assistance
Sri Lanka received from members of ECOSOC
and looked forward to continued cooperation
from them.
Mr. Lalith Weeratunga Secretary to the
President, Ms. Kshenuka Seneviratne, Ms.
Aruni Wijewardene of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs participated at the discussion.
The ECOSOC delegation included Mr. U. Nyan
Win, Minister of Foreign Affairs Myanmar,
Mr. Lyonpo Wangdi Norbu, Minister of Finance
Bhutan, Mr. Aminath Jameel, Minister of
Health Maldives, Mr, Madamin M Karataev,
Deputy Minister of Health Kyrgyz Republic
and Ms. Jadamba Tsolmon, Vice Minister of
Health Mongolia.
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