ZAMBIA’S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS LAZAROUS KAPAMBWE HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC).
AND MR KAMPAMBWE TODAY OUTLINED THE BODY"S AGENDA FOR THE COMING YEAR AND PLEDGED TO WORK TO STRENGTHEN ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN CARRYING OUT THE UNITED NATIONS" GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.
IN HIS REMARKS, MR. KAPAMBWE SAYS ECOSOC NEEDED TO ACCELERATE ITS REVIEW AND COORDINATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EIGHT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS), WHICH RANGE FROM HALVING EXTREME POVERTY TO HALTING THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS AND PROVIDING UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION TO ALL BY THE TARGET DATE OF 2015.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT ECOSOC COULD BENEFIT FROM CONTRIBUTIONS TO ITS WORK BY INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIA AND INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS PARLIAMENTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCILS.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT ECOSOC COULD BENEFIT FROM CONTRIBUTIONS TO ITS WORK BY INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIA AND INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS PARLIAMENTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCILS.
MR. KAPAMBWE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING CLOSER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND ITS FUNCTIONAL COMMISSIONS, AND BETTER LINKING OF ITS WORK WITH THAT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARDS OF UN FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES, AS WELL AS OTHER UN REGIONAL ENTITIES, SO AS TO ENHANCE THE UN"S SYSTEM-WIDE COHERENCE.
ON THE ISSUE OF PEACEBUILDING, MR. KAPAMBWE INDICATED THAT ECOSOC HAS A CLEAR ROLE TO PLAY IN STRENGTHENING THE LINK BETWEEN POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.
MR. KAPAMBWE POINTED OUT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE HAS EXACERBATED THE THREAT OF NATURAL DISASTERS TO DEVELOPMENT, PEACE AND SECURITY “MAKING IT IMPERATIVE THAT ECOSOC PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE CONNECTIONS WITH ITS POLICY MAKING AND COORDINATING ROLES.
MR. KAPAMBWE WAS ELECTED ECOSOC"S SIXTY-SEVENTH PRESIDENT AT AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR. KAPAMBWE WAS ELECTED ECOSOC"S SIXTY-SEVENTH PRESIDENT AT AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL TODAY.
ECOSOC IS THE UNITED NATIONS" PRINCIPAL ORGAN TO COORDINATE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND RELATED WORK OF THE 14 UN SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, FUNCTIONAL COMMISSIONS AND FIVE REGIONAL COMMISSIONS. IT SERVES AS THE CENTRAL FORUM FOR DISCUSSING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES, AND FOR FORMULATING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ADDRESSED TO MEMBER STATES AND THE UN SYSTEM.
AND ADDRESSING THE ECOSOC MEETING, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO NOTED THAT DESPITE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE MDGS, ONE BILLION PEOPLE STILL LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY AND FIVE MILLION INFANTS STILL DIE EVERY YEAR OF PREVENTABLE DISEASES.
AND THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT OF ECOSOC IN HIS REMARKS TO THE MEETING, HAMIDON ALI OF MALAYSIA, OUTLINED THE COUNCIL"S SUCCESSES OVER THE PAST YEAR, HIGHLIGHTING, AMONG OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE RECOGNITION THAT GENDER EQUALITY IS NOT ONLY A DEVELOPMENT GOAL IN ITSELF, BUT A MEANS TOWARDS ACHIEVING OTHER GLOBALLY AGREEMENT DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, INCLUDING THE MDGS.
ZAMBIA’S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS LAZAROUS KAPAMBWE HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC).
AND MR KAMPAMBWE TODAY OUTLINED THE BODY"S AGENDA FOR THE COMING YEAR AND PLEDGED TO WORK TO STRENGTHEN ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN CARRYING OUT THE UNITED NATIONS" GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.
IN HIS REMARKS, MR. KAPAMBWE SAYS ECOSOC NEEDED TO ACCELERATE ITS REVIEW AND COORDINATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EIGHT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGS), WHICH RANGE FROM HALVING EXTREME POVERTY TO HALTING THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS AND PROVIDING UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION TO ALL BY THE TARGET DATE OF 2015.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT ECOSOC COULD BENEFIT FROM CONTRIBUTIONS TO ITS WORK BY INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIA AND INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS PARLIAMENTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCILS.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT ECOSOC COULD BENEFIT FROM CONTRIBUTIONS TO ITS WORK BY INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIA AND INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS PARLIAMENTS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCILS.
MR. KAPAMBWE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING CLOSER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND ITS FUNCTIONAL COMMISSIONS, AND BETTER LINKING OF ITS WORK WITH THAT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARDS OF UN FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES, AS WELL AS OTHER UN REGIONAL ENTITIES, SO AS TO ENHANCE THE UN"S SYSTEM-WIDE COHERENCE.
ON THE ISSUE OF PEACEBUILDING, MR. KAPAMBWE INDICATED THAT ECOSOC HAS A CLEAR ROLE TO PLAY IN STRENGTHENING THE LINK BETWEEN POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.
MR. KAPAMBWE POINTED OUT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE HAS EXACERBATED THE THREAT OF NATURAL DISASTERS TO DEVELOPMENT, PEACE AND SECURITY “MAKING IT IMPERATIVE THAT ECOSOC PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE CONNECTIONS WITH ITS POLICY MAKING AND COORDINATING ROLES.
MR. KAPAMBWE WAS ELECTED ECOSOC"S SIXTY-SEVENTH PRESIDENT AT AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR. KAPAMBWE WAS ELECTED ECOSOC"S SIXTY-SEVENTH PRESIDENT AT AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL TODAY.
ECOSOC IS THE UNITED NATIONS" PRINCIPAL ORGAN TO COORDINATE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND RELATED WORK OF THE 14 UN SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, FUNCTIONAL COMMISSIONS AND FIVE REGIONAL COMMISSIONS. IT SERVES AS THE CENTRAL FORUM FOR DISCUSSING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES, AND FOR FORMULATING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ADDRESSED TO MEMBER STATES AND THE UN SYSTEM.
AND ADDRESSING THE ECOSOC MEETING, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO NOTED THAT DESPITE PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE MDGS, ONE BILLION PEOPLE STILL LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY AND FIVE MILLION INFANTS STILL DIE EVERY YEAR OF PREVENTABLE DISEASES.
AND THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT OF ECOSOC IN HIS REMARKS TO THE MEETING, HAMIDON ALI OF MALAYSIA, OUTLINED THE COUNCIL"S SUCCESSES OVER THE PAST YEAR, HIGHLIGHTING, AMONG OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, THE RECOGNITION THAT GENDER EQUALITY IS NOT ONLY A DEVELOPMENT GOAL IN ITSELF, BUT A MEANS TOWARDS ACHIEVING OTHER GLOBALLY AGREEMENT DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, INCLUDING THE MDGS.
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