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Public-private partnership initiatives, such as the Stordalen EAT Initiative, presented to the preparatory technical meeting last year, are positive, needed and encouraged', said State Secretary Hans Brattskar in his statement at the Second International Conference on Nutrition.
Public-private partnership initiatives, such as the Stordalen EAT Initiative, presented to the preparatory technical meeting last year, are positive, needed and encouraged, sa statssekretær Hans Brattskar i sitt innlegg på ernæringskonferansen i Roma.
Thank you, Madame Chair, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you, Madame Chair, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,
I want to commend FAO and WHO for convening this important conference on nutrition.
I want to commend FAO and WHO for convening this important conference on nutrition.
To be free from hunger and have access to adequate, safe, nutritious and affordable food, is a fundamental human right and equally fundamental for being able to live a healthy life.
To be free from hunger and have access to adequate, safe, nutritious and affordable food, is a fundamental human right and equally fundamental for being able to live a healthy life.
For these reasons a rights-based approach to food and nutrition security must figure prominently in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.
For these reasons a rights-based approach to food and nutrition security must figure prominently in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.
The FAO Voluntary guidelines on the right to adequate food should be used actively by countries to fulfill this right for their citizens.
The FAO Voluntary guidelines on the right to adequate food should be used actively by countries to fulfill this right for their citizens.
Food scarcity and nutrition deficiency have lasting negative effects on children’s ability to learn and will have lifelong consequences.
Food scarcity and nutrition deficiency have lasting negative effects on children’s ability to learn and will have lifelong consequences.
Food and nutrition insecurity retard economic development.
Food and nutrition insecurity retard economic development.
Conflicts and outbreaks of disease aggravate food and nutrition insecurity – recent examples being the Syria and South-Sudan crises and West-Africa during the Ebola outbreak.
Conflicts and outbreaks of disease aggravate food and nutrition insecurity – recent examples being the Syria and South-Sudan crises and West-Africa during the Ebola outbreak.
Chair, Malnutrition in all its different forms continues to be a huge challenge in developing, as well as in developed countries.
Chair, Malnutrition in all its different forms continues to be a huge challenge in developing, as well as in developed countries.
We know what we need to do.
We know what we need to do.
We clearly need to become better nationally as well as globally to tackle the complex challenges of nutrition.
We clearly need to become better nationally as well as globally to tackle the complex challenges of nutrition.
Global reduction in stunting, wasting and micronutrient deficiencies in children is too slow.
Global reduction in stunting, wasting and micronutrient deficiencies in children is too slow.
Micronutrient deficiency has inter-generational impacts.
Micronutrient deficiency has inter-generational impacts.
To educate, in particular the girl child and the expectant mother, about nutrition is an investment in the family and in society.
To educate, in particular the girl child and the expectant mother, about nutrition is an investment in the family and in society.
The “1000 days opportunity”, from a woman becomes pregnant to the child is two years old, must be used to put in place policies and strategies to provide the child a fair chance in life.
The “1000 days opportunity”, from a woman becomes pregnant to the child is two years old, must be used to put in place policies and strategies to provide the child a fair chance in life.
Breast-feeding in a baby’s first six months and beyond will give a child a solid and nutritious start in life, no matter where in the world.
Breast-feeding in a baby’s first six months and beyond will give a child a solid and nutritious start in life, no matter where in the world.
Addressing anemia in women and adolescent girls will improve their chance to reach their full potential.
Addressing anemia in women and adolescent girls will improve their chance to reach their full potential.
It all boils down to the empowerment of women.
It all boils down to the empowerment of women.
This is one reason Gender Equality and access to education for teenage girls are such important parts of the Post 2015 agenda.
This is one reason Gender Equality and access to education for teenage girls are such important parts of the Post 2015 agenda.
In 1992 we did not perceive the escalating burden of obesity and non-communicable diseases.
In 1992 we did not perceive the escalating burden of obesity and non-communicable diseases.
Obesity is often due to consumption of unhealthy, processed foods, rich in saturated fats, salt and sugar.
Obesity is often due to consumption of unhealthy, processed foods, rich in saturated fats, salt and sugar.
WHO with its normative global mandate has developed recommendations for a healthy diet, for healthy lifestyles and recommendations to regulate marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children.
WHO with its normative global mandate has developed recommendations for a healthy diet, for healthy lifestyles and recommendations to regulate marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children.
These recommendations must inform and translate into national policies and regulations to implement the ICN2 decisions.
These recommendations must inform and translate into national policies and regulations to implement the ICN2 decisions.
Governments must involve stakeholders, including Civil Society Organization and private sector to make this a reality.
Governments must involve stakeholders, including Civil Society Organization and private sector to make this a reality.
We know incentives like taxes and duties can change consumer behaviour.
We know incentives like taxes and duties can change consumer behaviour.
It happened to tobacco in Norway.
It happened to tobacco in Norway.
Recent national nutrition measures include updated national nutrition guidelines based on Nordic Recommendations.
Recent national nutrition measures include updated national nutrition guidelines based on Nordic Recommendations.
Further, a White Paper on public health will be presented to Parliament in the spring of 2015.
Further, a White Paper on public health will be presented to Parliament in the spring of 2015.
The white paper will take a broad cross-sectoral approach and will encompass nutrition in a public health perspective.
The white paper will take a broad cross-sectoral approach and will encompass nutrition in a public health perspective.
Last month the Committee of World Food Security agreed to “Give to fish the position it deserves in food security and nutrition strategies and programmes”.
Last month the Committee of World Food Security agreed to “Give to fish the position it deserves in food security and nutrition strategies and programmes”.
This recommendation was based on a CFS High Level Expert Report that emphasises that “Fish is strikingly missing from strategies for reduction of micronutrient deficiency, precisely where it could potentially have the largest impact”.
This recommendation was based on a CFS High Level Expert Report that emphasises that “Fish is strikingly missing from strategies for reduction of micronutrient deficiency, precisely where it could potentially have the largest impact”.
These qualities of fish are not fully recognized in global food security and nutrition, even though fish can provide important micronutrients to vulnerable groups, pregnant and lactating women and children.
These qualities of fish are not fully recognized in global food security and nutrition, even though fish can provide important micronutrients to vulnerable groups, pregnant and lactating women and children.
The important role of fish in nutrition is not adequately taken on board in the ICN2 outcome documents.
The important role of fish in nutrition is not adequately taken on board in the ICN2 outcome documents.
This is regrettable, and needs to be rectified in the follow up.
This is regrettable, and needs to be rectified in the follow up.
We must work across sectors, professions and with all stakeholders to successfully promote this global agenda.
We must work across sectors, professions and with all stakeholders to successfully promote this global agenda.
FAO and WHO must take the lead.
FAO and WHO must take the lead.
We must act smart and realize that we will not reach our goals for improved nutrition unless we take fully into account the impact of climate change.
We must act smart and realize that we will not reach our goals for improved nutrition unless we take fully into account the impact of climate change.
Only then can we feed a growing world population with a sustainable as well as a healthy diet.
Only then can we feed a growing world population with a sustainable as well as a healthy diet.
Policies to address Healthy and sustainable food systems, food loss and waste and policies for Climate Smart Agriculture are important steps to this end.
Policies to address Healthy and sustainable food systems, food loss and waste and policies for Climate Smart Agriculture are important steps to this end.
Public-private partnership initiatives, such as the Stordalen EAT Initiative, presented to the preparatory technical meeting last year, are positive, needed and encouraged.
Public-private partnership initiatives, such as the Stordalen EAT Initiative, presented to the preparatory technical meeting last year, are positive, needed and encouraged.
ICN2 comes at an important moment when we chart the course for the sustainable development agenda beyond 2015.
ICN2 comes at an important moment when we chart the course for the sustainable development agenda beyond 2015.
Let us make full use of this opportunity at the global, regional and national levels to realize the vision of zero hunger and adequate, safe, nutritious and affordable food for all.
Let us make full use of this opportunity at the global, regional and national levels to realize the vision of zero hunger and adequate, safe, nutritious and affordable food for all.
Thank you, Madame Chair.
Thank you, Madame Chair.
Statement at Second International Conference on Nutrition
Innlegg på den andre internasjonale konferansen om ernæring
Rome, 19 November 2014
Roma, 19. november 2014
OECD, 50th Anniversary Ministerial Council Meeting, Paris, 26 May 2011
OECD, 50th Anniversary Ministerial Council Meeting, Paris, 26. mai 2011
Our ambition has been to define a more coherent and comprehensive approach to development – one that enlarges our vision for much needed aid effectiveness to what really matters: development effectiveness, Foreign Minister Støre said in his statement.
Our ambition has been to define a more coherent and comprehensive approach to development – one that enlarges our vision for much needed aid effectiveness to what really matters: development effectiveness, sa utenriksminister Støre bl.a. i sitt innlegg på ministermøtet i OECD.
Madame Secretary,
Madame Secretary,
Thank you for your introduction.
Thank you for your introduction.
We are inspired by your commitment and enduring drive to bring the development agenda forward.
We are inspired by your commitment and enduring drive to bring the development agenda forward.
It goes to the core of the OECD of the 21st century: modern, relevant, effective.
It goes to the core of the OECD of the 21st century: modern, relevant, effective.
Let me also commend the Secretary-General who deserves our gratitude for putting development at the heart of the whole Organisation, and for his important contribution to the draft Framework for an OECD Strategy for Development.
Let me also commend the Secretary-General who deserves our gratitude for putting development at the heart of the whole Organisation, and for his important contribution to the draft Framework for an OECD Strategy for Development.
This is, in my view, a historic document, with far reaching implications for how we think – and how we do development.
This is, in my view, a historic document, with far reaching implications for how we think – and how we do development.
Norway has worked closely with the United States, the Secretariat and other partners on this document.
Norway has worked closely with the United States, the Secretariat and other partners on this document.
Our ambition has been to define a more coherent and comprehensive approach to development – one that enlarges our vision for much needed aid effectiveness to what really matters: development effectiveness.
Our ambition has been to define a more coherent and comprehensive approach to development – one that enlarges our vision for much needed aid effectiveness to what really matters: development effectiveness.
Development has always been the OECD’s core business.
Development has always been the OECD’s core business.
What was the vision for the war-torn European countries after World War II?
What was the vision for the war-torn European countries after World War II?
To develop and secure democracy, human rights, human dignity and good governance.
To develop and secure democracy, human rights, human dignity and good governance.
The OECD used to be a “Western” organisation, but dividing the global world today into West, East, North and South doesn’t make sense.
The OECD used to be a “Western” organisation, but dividing the global world today into West, East, North and South doesn’t make sense.
What we are dealing with here has a global dimension – not a sub-regional or a regional dimension.
What we are dealing with here has a global dimension – not a sub-regional or a regional dimension.
Allow me to make four brief remarks.
Allow me to make four brief remarks.
Firstly, the original goal of the OECD – development on the basis of democracy and a market economy – remains both valid and pertinent.
Firstly, the original goal of the OECD – development on the basis of democracy and a market economy – remains both valid and pertinent.
However, this entails not only economic growth measured by digits of GDP.
However, this entails not only economic growth measured by digits of GDP.
Today, development on the basis of democracy and market economy also entails equity and sustainability – and as Secretary Clinton stressed – for all, women and men alike.
Today, development on the basis of democracy and market economy also entails equity and sustainability – and as Secretary Clinton stressed – for all, women and men alike.
Our objective is a stronger, cleaner and fairer world economy.
Our objective is a stronger, cleaner and fairer world economy.
The relation between economic growth and the advancement of living standards depends on many factors, including economic and social inequality and, no less importantly, on what governments do with the public revenue that is generated by economic growth.
The relation between economic growth and the advancement of living standards depends on many factors, including economic and social inequality and, no less importantly, on what governments do with the public revenue that is generated by economic growth.
As Professor Amartya Sen put it recently, “Sustainable economic growth is a very good thing in a way that ‘growth mania’ is not”.
As Professor Amartya Sen put it recently, “Sustainable economic growth is a very good thing in a way that ‘growth mania’ is not”.
Secondly, we need to maximise the use of the OECD – our organisation.
Secondly, we need to maximise the use of the OECD – our organisation.
The OECD needs to open up more and share its knowledge more actively.
The OECD needs to open up more and share its knowledge more actively.
After 50 plus years of existence in a rapidly changing and globalised world, we should make much better use of the OECD’s wide-ranging expertise and capacities.
After 50 plus years of existence in a rapidly changing and globalised world, we should make much better use of the OECD’s wide-ranging expertise and capacities.
The OECD must become more accessible and relevant – both to non-member developing countries and to other international bodies.
The OECD must become more accessible and relevant – both to non-member developing countries and to other international bodies.
As our Secretary-General said recently, the OECD is not a think tank – but a do tank.
As our Secretary-General said recently, the OECD is not a think tank – but a do tank.
We need to focus on what it takes to make it an effective “do tank”.
We need to focus on what it takes to make it an effective “do tank”.
We must strengthen the OECD’s contribution to poverty reduction, sustainable development, and inclusive growth – based on both evidence and research.
We must strengthen the OECD’s contribution to poverty reduction, sustainable development, and inclusive growth – based on both evidence and research.
The comparative advantage of the OECD has always been information gathering, knowledge sharing and particular emphasis on best practice.
The comparative advantage of the OECD has always been information gathering, knowledge sharing and particular emphasis on best practice.
That is what makes the OECD unique.
That is what makes the OECD unique.
In my view, our joint challenge – our window of opportunity - is to make much better use of the OECD’s added-value potential for world development.
In my view, our joint challenge – our window of opportunity - is to make much better use of the OECD’s added-value potential for world development.
My message is that we should not shelve this framework or put it into some development corner.
My message is that we should not shelve this framework or put it into some development corner.
We need to make it a main policy priority driven by the Secretary-General.
We need to make it a main policy priority driven by the Secretary-General.
Thirdly, we should not think that we have all the answers about development.
Thirdly, we should not think that we have all the answers about development.
Research and evidence gathering must go on.
Research and evidence gathering must go on.
We need to enter into much closer dialogue with our new partners, the emerging economies, and with poorer developing countries.
We need to enter into much closer dialogue with our new partners, the emerging economies, and with poorer developing countries.
We have to recognise that the more recent experience of the emerging economies is as relevant for those lagging behind as the lessons learned from the course that we have followed.
We have to recognise that the more recent experience of the emerging economies is as relevant for those lagging behind as the lessons learned from the course that we have followed.
We should establish the OECD as the world’s number one centre of excellence and forum for dialogue on development best practice.
We should establish the OECD as the world’s number one centre of excellence and forum for dialogue on development best practice.
To achieve this, we must leverage all the Organisation’s resources in all its various fields.
To achieve this, we must leverage all the Organisation’s resources in all its various fields.
Sometimes it seems that the development community and other policy communities live separate lives, drawing up their own analyses, strategies and languages.
Sometimes it seems that the development community and other policy communities live separate lives, drawing up their own analyses, strategies and languages.
Instead, we need to work across the whole Organisation.
Instead, we need to work across the whole Organisation.
We must draw on its broad range of expertise and on the best practices developed over the years.
We must draw on its broad range of expertise and on the best practices developed over the years.
I am very pleased that the OECD has already moved in this direction, for instance by contributing to the G-20 development agenda and launching the Tax for Development initiative.
I am very pleased that the OECD has already moved in this direction, for instance by contributing to the G-20 development agenda and launching the Tax for Development initiative.
But we need to do more.
But we need to do more.
Right now – for example – we should reach out to the emerging democracies in North Africa and offer to share our experience with them.
Right now – for example – we should reach out to the emerging democracies in North Africa and offer to share our experience with them.
Fourthly, we need a new paradigm – and the draft framework is a valuable step.
Fourthly, we need a new paradigm – and the draft framework is a valuable step.
Again we must shift focus from aid effectiveness to development effectiveness.
Again we must shift focus from aid effectiveness to development effectiveness.
In my country, we have long realised that development is not only, or even mainly, about aid.
In my country, we have long realised that development is not only, or even mainly, about aid.
It is about – and let me mention some key areas:
It is about – and let me mention some key areas:
Political decisions aimed at developing public and private sectors in tandem.
Political decisions aimed at developing public and private sectors in tandem.
International trade and investment.
International trade and investment.
Equitable resource mobilisation.
Equitable resource mobilisation.
Fair and efficient tax collection and tax administration.
Fair and efficient tax collection and tax administration.
Political accountability, fighting corruption and illegal capital flows.
Political accountability, fighting corruption and illegal capital flows.
Inclusive social and gender policies.
Inclusive social and gender policies.
Energy and food security.
Energy and food security.
And development is also about green growth, growth that mitigates climate change.
And development is also about green growth, growth that mitigates climate change.
In such a new and comprehensive paradigm, we all need to contribute on the basis of our comparative strengths.
In such a new and comprehensive paradigm, we all need to contribute on the basis of our comparative strengths.
This goes for the OECD as a whole as well as for individual countries and governments.
This goes for the OECD as a whole as well as for individual countries and governments.
Working across boundaries is illustrated by the fact that Norway is represented here by the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and by me – the Foreign Minister.
Working across boundaries is illustrated by the fact that Norway is represented here by the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and by me – the Foreign Minister.
Our agenda is common.
Our agenda is common.
The ongoing work in the OECD on issues like tax and development, food security, and investment in infrastructure development as well as other areas is adding real value to the international development efforts.
The ongoing work in the OECD on issues like tax and development, food security, and investment in infrastructure development as well as other areas is adding real value to the international development efforts.
We should follow this closely.
We should follow this closely.
Norway warmly welcomes the recommendations on strengthening existing OECD mechanisms for policy dialogue and knowledge-sharing.
Norway warmly welcomes the recommendations on strengthening existing OECD mechanisms for policy dialogue and knowledge-sharing.
Applying a comprehensive approach to development is key.
Applying a comprehensive approach to development is key.
Finally, Norway looks forward to driving the OECD development agenda ahead in a joint effort with the Secretariat and other member states, again with the Secretary-General personally taking responsibility for leading the efforts of the OECD.
Finally, Norway looks forward to driving the OECD development agenda ahead in a joint effort with the Secretariat and other member states, again with the Secretary-General personally taking responsibility for leading the efforts of the OECD.
Norway stands ready to contribute.
Norway stands ready to contribute.