UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BODY URGES STRONGER GLOBAL GOVERNANCE TO ACHIEVE ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

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UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BODY URGES STRONGER GLOBAL GOVERNANCE TO
ACHIEVE ANTI-POVERTY GOALSNew York, May 16 2013 4:00PMA more
effective and inclusive global governance system will be necessary to
ensure that the international community achieves the Millennium
Development Goals and establishes an actionable post-2015 agenda, the
head of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today said, while
urging a review of the UN body to meet new demands.

Néstor Osorio, the President of ECOSOC, opened the informal debate on
the "United Nations in global economic governance" by stressing the
need to enhance accountability, effectiveness and coherence of the UN
systems at the intergovernmental, institutional and operational
levels.

"A post-2015 development agenda will need a more structural, inclusive
and systemic approach that can deliver on the transformative change
needed to address current and emerging challenges, and suggest
credible strategies towards a secure, sustainable and inclusive
pathway for global development," he said.

He said that the United Nations, "as a truly universal and inclusive
multilateral forum with unquestioned legitimacy," has a central role
in global economic governance to gather both the necessary political
will and policy coordination at the international level. Strengthening
the world body's effectiveness would therefore be in important
contribution towards a more coherent and coordinated policy-making
framework

As a starting point, he said efforts should be made to enhance the
accountability, effectiveness and coherence of the UN system. Noting
ECOSOC's Annual Ministerial Review, Mr. Osorio said that a
strengthened version of this meeting could become a central venue for
monitoring the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda,
supported by the entire ECOSOC system.

Further, the Development Cooperation Forum (DCF) could further expand
its role as a driver for greater national and global accountability in
development cooperation, Mr. Osorio said by promoting mutual
accountability as an overarching principle in the post-2015
development agenda, with a view to promoting enhanced reporting on
agreed commitments and adapting development cooperation to emerging
challenges.

The DCF, organized bi-annually by ECOSOC, brings together
policymakers, civil society organizations, parliamentarians, local
authorities and foundations to review development cooperation trends,
debate ways to improve the quality and effectiveness of such
cooperation, and increase its impact on development goals.

Mr. Osorio also highlighted the importance of an effective strategy
for financing sustainable development in the follow-up to the UN
Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) hosted last year in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil. That summit was a follow-up to the 1992 UN
Conference on Environment and Development – more commonly referred to
as the "Earth Summit' – meant to reconcile economic and environmental
goals of the international community.

While there, participating Member States decided to develop a set of
Sustainable Development Goals which will build on the MDGs and be part
of the post-2015 development agenda which is included in ECOSOC's
agenda.

Mr. Osorio also noted the importance of including civil society and
the private sector in the dialogue on the next development agenda
priorities.

Also addressing the meeting today, the ECOSOC Vice-President, Masood
Khan, and José Antonio Ocampo, Chair of the Committee for Development
Policy.

The 54-member Council coordinates the work of the 14 UN specialized
agencies, 10 functional commissions and five regional commissions,
receives reports from ten UN funds and programmes and issues policy
recommendations to the UN system, as well as to Member States.May 16
2013 4:00PM
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