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Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 06.41 GMT |
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ECOSOC's
arrival in Geneva |
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The UN
Economic
and
Social
Council
(ECOSOC)
is
holding
a
session
in
Geneva
from the
6th to
the 30th
of July.
The
High-level
segment,
which
began
yesterday
(6),
included
ECOSOC’s
Annual
Ministerial
Review
in
Geneva
this
July,
with the
theme
for 2009
"Implementing
the
internationally
agreed
goals
and
commitments
in
regard
to
global
public
health."
Ministerial
reviews
evaluate
the
progress
made by
member
states
towards
the
achievement
of
Millennium
Development
Goals (MDGs)
(examples
of which
include
goals to
halve
poverty
and
prevent
the
spred of
AIDS)
towards
their
2015
target
date
along
with
other
similar
objectives
and to
promote
further
movement
towards
the
achievement
of these
goals.
The
meetings
are
comprised
of three
parts: a
global
review
of the
United
Nations
development
agenda,
a
thematic
review,
and a
series
of
national
voluntary
presentations
of both
developing
and
developed
countries
on their
progress
in
implementing
MDGs and
other
internationally
agreed
development
goals.
This
year’s
High-level
segment
is
especially
pertinent
for Sri
Lanka as
representatives
will be
presenting
a review
for the
committee
and
conducting
a
national
voluntary
presentation.
Having
hosted
the
South
Asian
Ministerial
Review
in
Colombo
from the
16 of
March to
the
18th,
Sri
Lanka
plays a
crucial
role in
the
Review
and
hence
presented
a report
to the
Council
yesterday
on the
effects
of the
financial
economic
crisis
in South
Asia.
On
Wednesday,
Sri
Lanka
will be
participating
on a
national
level
with a
voluntary
presentation,
which
will
cover
Sri
Lanka’s
own
efforts
to meet
the MDGs
while
coping
with the
plethora
of
drastic
changes
that
have
occurred
in its
recent
history.
Along
with
this,
Sri
Lanka
will be
managing
an
informative
booth at
the
Innovation
fair,
which
takes
place
from the
6th to
the 9th,
supplementing
the
national
presentation.
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