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Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Roundtable IV
Achieving the MDGs in Our Changing World
9:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M..
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Developing countries, in particular, are experiencing swift demographic transitions with sharp rises in
the populations of young people and older persons, increased urbanization and globalization. Closely
associated with these issues are migration and other influences, as well as environmental deterioration
and climate change. The fourth Roundtable will examine such issues as:
„h How to ensure flexibility within the MDG agenda so that governments and the international community are
¡@ not diverted from responding in a timely way to these changes?
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To what extent can more attention be focused on the “other diseases” of MDG 6, in particular
chronic
¡@ diseases that represent a large and increasing proportion of the financial, social and
health burden in many
¡@ poor countries?
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What can be done to focus more attention on the second target of MDG 5 (access to sexual and
¡@ reproductive health) especially in relation to youth?
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How can NGOs help to minimize the impact of the global financial crisis on progress towards
advancing
¡@ global health and achieving the MDGs?„h
Most importantly, what actions can NGOs and civil society activists take after 2015 to maintain
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PANELISTS
¡@¡@¡@Lindy Joubert, moderator (Australia)
¡@¡@¡@Jamesa Wagwau (Kenya)
¡@¡@¡@Dharmapriya Wesumperuma (Sri Lanka)
¡@¡@¡@Dr. Sue Wareham (Australia)
¡@¡@¡@Dr. Caleb Otto (Palau)
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Morning Tea: 11:00 – 11:30 A.M.
Workshops
Various Rooms in MCEC
11:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Networking Lunch at the Exhibits Area
1:00 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.
Workshops
Various Rooms in MCEC
2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Afternoon Tea: 4:00 – 4:30 P.M.
CLOSING CEREMONY
4:30 P.M.
Kiyo Akasaka
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information
Keynote Addresses
Mick Gooda
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Her Royal Highness Princess Muna al-Hussein (via videotape)
Jordan
Closing Remarks
Sir George Alleyne
Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
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Christopher Varney
Former Australian Youth Ambassador
Jeffery Huffines
Chair, NGO/DPI Executive Committee
NGO Closing Statement and Presentation of Conference Declaration
Mary Norton
Chair, 63rd Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference
Farewell
Kiyo Akasaka
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information |
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