| Afro-Asian
Parliamentarian’s Dialogue on Population,
Health and Community Capacity Building for Sustainable
Development toward TICAD IV and G8 Summit in 2008 |
| Date
: 28 August - 2 September, 2007 |
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Mr.
Jooseery attended the “Afro-Asian Parliamentarian’s
Dialogue on Population, Health and Community Capacity
Building for Sustainable Development toward TICAD IV
and G8 Summit in 2008” from 28th August to 2nd
September 2007 at Tokyo and Gunma, Japan. The meeting
was organized by Asian Population and Development Association
(APDA) and AFPPD with support from UNFPA and Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA).
Mr. Jooseery presenting a paper on
“South-South Cooperation: What it has achieved?”
at the meeting
More
than 50 participants including Parliamentarians from
Asia-Pacific, African, European countries and Japan
along with representatives from UNFPA, IPPF, MOFA, Secretariats
of National Committees on Population and Development
and Selected NGOs and other related organizations attended
the meeting.
The
two-day Parliamentarians’ meeting offered a platform
to foster dialogue among parliamentarians and experts
from the Asia-Pacific, African and European countries
including Japan on critical issues surrounding Population
and Development and issues related to Asia and Africa.
They shared their experiences, best practices and lessons
learned, policy tools and action plans to accelerate
progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Particular focus was on the promotion of development
cooperation between Japan and Asian & African countries
through community capacity building, as well as Japan
& South-South Dialogue. Parliamentarians adopted
a Statement of Commitment for submission to the G8 Summit
in 2008 outlining specific actions toward Afro-Asian
and Japanese cooperation in achieving sustainable development.
PPD
Executive Director made a presentation on the achievements
of South-South Cooperation in promoting ICPD Goals and
MDGs and urged parliamentarians to promote South-South
Cooperation as a key strategy to move forward prioritizing
in meeting urgent Reproductive Health needs. He insisted
that South-South Cooperation gets a prominent place
in the Statement of Commitment of the Afro-Asian Dialogue.
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