Plenary Meetings  Coherence at the Central Level 09/05/2008 :: "An empowered joint meeting of boards could provide the decision-making and monitoring needed in regard to the unified UN country programmes," said H.E. Ambassador Johan L. Løvald at the Informal Meeting of the General Assembly on United Nations System-wide Coherence Governance 17 April 2008. + More |
Plenary Meetings  Effective Governance at the Core of UN 22/04/2008 :: The Nordic countries welcomed the stated intention of the co-chairs to focus on the issue of gender in the month of May at the Informal Meeting of the General Assembly on United Nations System-wide Coherence Governance 17 April 2008. + More |
Plenary Meetings  Security Council of the 21st Century 11/04/2008 :: "A comprehensive Security Council reform is an essential component of the overall United Nations reform, and progress is needed to strengthen the credibility and legitimacy of the whole organization," said Ambassador Ms. Kirsti Lintonen of Finland on behalf of the Nordic countries in the Open-ended Working Group meeting on Security Council reform. + More |
Plenary Meetings  Nordic Focus on Sexual and Reproductive Rights 04/04/2008 :: "The Nordic countries have put sexual and reproductive health and rights at the center of our international development cooperation. We encourage all partners to do the same, and we expect the United Nations to be a leader in these efforts," said Mr. Anders Lidén Ambassador of Sweden on behalf of the Nordic Countries at the Thematic Debate on the Millennium Development Goals 2 April 2008. + More |
Plenary Meetings  Achieving the MDGs on Health by 2015 04/04/2008 :: "As we all know, achieving the MDGs on health by 2015 will be difficult, but possible. There is a real danger that the appalling mortality figures for children and women in childbirth will continue – unless countries, agencies, NGOs and partners greatly improve their efforts. This can be done!" said Ambassador Johan L. Løvald at the General Assembly thematic debate on the MDGs. + More |
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