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UN plan for fighting poverty presented
Belgrade,
26 January 2005
Representatives of the United Nations in Serbia-Montenegro presented today in Belgrade a report "Investing in Development - Practical Plan for Achieving Millennium Development Goals", which deals with measures for fighting poverty, hunger and diseases worldwide.
Author:
Tanjug
Speaking at the presentation of the report at the Palace of Federation, Serbian Minister of International Economic Relations Milan Parivodic said that the Serbian government set up a working group for monitoring the results of the goals and plans contained in the UN Millennium Declaration in October 2004, with the aim of achieving millennium goals.
Working with the support of the UN, this group of national experts in the field of health, education, social policy, environmental protection and development of global partnership relations has been given the task of preparing a report on the situation in Serbia with regards to these goals.
He said that the two main objectives of that report are to inform the public on this significant UN initiative and to mobilise the country in the realisation of UN goals. He added that it is necessary to organise a large public debate with the aim of incorporating millennium goals into national programmes and development plans.
Coordinator of the UN system in Serbia-Montenegro Ann Lis-Svensson said that the report presented today was prepared by an independent UN advisory body called "Millennium Project" set up in 2002 with the aim of developing a plan for achieving millennium goals by 2015.
The millennium goals are eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and reducing infant mortality, she explained.
Other goals are improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability and developing a global partnership for development.
Svensson said that the basic way to help underdeveloped countries is to ensure that all industrial countries set aside a half percent of their annual GDP. However, in the 1970s' the UN set a twice as high amount, but many industrial countries failed to set aside those funds for underdeveloped countries.
Serbia-Montenegrin Minister of International Economic Relations Predrag Ivanovic also spoke at the presentation.
Working with the support of the UN, this group of national experts in the field of health, education, social policy, environmental protection and development of global partnership relations has been given the task of preparing a report on the situation in Serbia with regards to these goals.
He said that the two main objectives of that report are to inform the public on this significant UN initiative and to mobilise the country in the realisation of UN goals. He added that it is necessary to organise a large public debate with the aim of incorporating millennium goals into national programmes and development plans.
Coordinator of the UN system in Serbia-Montenegro Ann Lis-Svensson said that the report presented today was prepared by an independent UN advisory body called "Millennium Project" set up in 2002 with the aim of developing a plan for achieving millennium goals by 2015.
The millennium goals are eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and reducing infant mortality, she explained.
Other goals are improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability and developing a global partnership for development.
Svensson said that the basic way to help underdeveloped countries is to ensure that all industrial countries set aside a half percent of their annual GDP. However, in the 1970s' the UN set a twice as high amount, but many industrial countries failed to set aside those funds for underdeveloped countries.
Serbia-Montenegrin Minister of International Economic Relations Predrag Ivanovic also spoke at the presentation.
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