AMR GLOBAL PREPARATORY MEETING - 31 March 2009
Alongside with the national and regional preparations the Global Preparatory Meeting (GPM) was held in New York. The GPM constituted an important part of the preparations for the AMR and served as a key input to the Report of the Secretary-General on the achievements in the area of health, as well as the Ministerial Declaration. Further, the GPM provided an opportunity to assess:
- the status on achieving the international goals on global public health
- the impact of the world financial crisis on the achievement of the international health goals
- the health challenges in post crisis situations
Opening remarks by:
- Sylvie Lucas, President of ECOSOC, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg
- Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization, delivered by Mr. Eric Laroche, Assistant Director-General, Health Action in Crisis, WHO
- Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant-Secretary-General for Economic Development, United Nations
The programme included:
鈥淲here do we stand on achieving the international health goals?鈥�
- Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institute, Sweden and Co-founder of
presentation: "Child mortality" "HIV/AIDS"
鈥淭he impact of the world financial crisis on the achievements of the international health goals鈥�
- Andrew Cassels, Director of Strategy, WHO
- Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University
鈥淗ealth challenges in post crisis situations鈥�
- Heraldo Mu帽oz, Chair of the Organizational Committee of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
- Eric Laroche, Assistant Director-General, Health Action in Crisis, WHO聽
- Jo毛l Boutroue, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Haiti
- Sheku Tejan Koroma, Minister of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone
- Sophie Delaunay, Executive Director, M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res - USA
Summaries: