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I have mentioned the Millennium Development Goals – and the review process that we have just completed.
I have mentioned the Millennium Development Goals – and the review process that we have just completed.
This effort, although not perfect, has made a huge difference.
This effort, although not perfect, has made a huge difference.
The recent G8 commitment to focus on child and maternal health is another splendid example, as is the UN Secretary-General’s global strategy for women’s and children’s health, which has mobilised pledges of almost USD 40 billion.
The recent G8 commitment to focus on child and maternal health is another splendid example, as is the UN Secretary-General’s global strategy for women’s and children’s health, which has mobilised pledges of almost USD 40 billion.
We can also work as individual states or in smaller groups of states to promote such efforts.
We can also work as individual states or in smaller groups of states to promote such efforts.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s work on MDGs 4 and 5 is a great example, as is President Obama’s global health initiative.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s work on MDGs 4 and 5 is a great example, as is President Obama’s global health initiative.
Today, we see major advances in our combined efforts to address the spread of communicable diseases.
Today, we see major advances in our combined efforts to address the spread of communicable diseases.
Much more needs to be done, however, to mobilise against the slow tide of life style diseases that will kill millions and drain state budgets in the years to come.
Much more needs to be done, however, to mobilise against the slow tide of life style diseases that will kill millions and drain state budgets in the years to come.
Third, all of the many initiatives taken – inside and outside the UN family - will require a closer look at the institutional global health architecture.
Third, all of the many initiatives taken – inside and outside the UN family - will require a closer look at the institutional global health architecture.
This must be, I would imagine, a dream subject for any case study here at the Harvard Kennedy School!
This must be, I would imagine, a dream subject for any case study here at the Harvard Kennedy School!
When I became foreign minister five years ago, I reached out to my colleagues from Brazil, France, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand – countries representing real diversity in terms of experience – and we met on the margins of the UN General Assembly to create the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative.
When I became foreign minister five years ago, I reached out to my colleagues from Brazil, France, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand – countries representing real diversity in terms of experience – and we met on the margins of the UN General Assembly to create the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative.
In March 2007, we met again in Oslo to adopt the Oslo Declaration and action plan on global health.
In March 2007, we met again in Oslo to adopt the Oslo Declaration and action plan on global health.
It identified 10 key policy areas where we believed the international community needed to better understand the health implications of foreign policy.
It identified 10 key policy areas where we believed the international community needed to better understand the health implications of foreign policy.
The initiative continues to grow in strength.
The initiative continues to grow in strength.
At expert level, the group meets regularly, and is currently chaired by Brazil.
At expert level, the group meets regularly, and is currently chaired by Brazil.
Later this week, the UN General Assembly will adopt its annual foreign policy and global health (FPGH) resolution, co-sponsored by a record number of countries, including three important newcomers: the US, China and India.
Later this week, the UN General Assembly will adopt its annual foreign policy and global health (FPGH) resolution, co-sponsored by a record number of countries, including three important newcomers: the US, China and India.
And finally, we need more knowledge and better documentation.
And finally, we need more knowledge and better documentation.
What we now need is an interconnected research model that can create the necessary evidence base and help support our efforts.
What we now need is an interconnected research model that can create the necessary evidence base and help support our efforts.
We need events like this – where foreign policy researchers, public health analysts, decision-makers and medical practitioners come together to discuss challenges and solutions.
We need events like this – where foreign policy researchers, public health analysts, decision-makers and medical practitioners come together to discuss challenges and solutions.
We need to reach out to a new generation of researchers and policy planners, and integrate these perspectives into their world view.
We need to reach out to a new generation of researchers and policy planners, and integrate these perspectives into their world view.
I am happy to announce today that Norway and the Foreign Policy Health Initiative will be supporting a new collaborative research project involving Harvard and five institutions in Norway, South Africa, Brazil and Indonesia – a collaborative project seeking to better understand the impact of various foreign policy domains on health, and what methods we should use to promote global health solutions in international politics.
I am happy to announce today that Norway and the Foreign Policy Health Initiative will be supporting a new collaborative research project involving Harvard and five institutions in Norway, South Africa, Brazil and Indonesia – a collaborative project seeking to better understand the impact of various foreign policy domains on health, and what methods we should use to promote global health solutions in international politics.
We are also exploring the possibility of supporting a joint Lancet and University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health as a way of further promoting cross-disciplinary research and exchange.
We are also exploring the possibility of supporting a joint Lancet and University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health as a way of further promoting cross-disciplinary research and exchange.
These are promising steps, and I am proud to have played a small role in them.
These are promising steps, and I am proud to have played a small role in them.
But to be honest, nothing could make me happier than if one of you were to stand here in let us say 25 years, and be able to tell the next generation of policy-makers and health practitioners that the achievements of your generation have far eclipsed those of my own.
But to be honest, nothing could make me happier than if one of you were to stand here in let us say 25 years, and be able to tell the next generation of policy-makers and health practitioners that the achievements of your generation have far eclipsed those of my own.
For questions after the speech ; http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Multimedia-Center/All-Videos/Global-Health-Diplomacy/">see Harvard's web site.
For spørsmålsrunden etter Støre tale ; http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Multimedia-Center/All-Videos/Global-Health-Diplomacy/">se Harvards nettsider.
Norway launches research collaboration on foreign policy and global health
Nytt forskningssamarbeid på utenrikspolitikk og helse
Leading by example – Protecting the most vulnerable during the economic crisis
Leading by example – Protecting the most vulnerable during the economic crisis
Or, to use Jeff Sachs words, to scale up further, Foreign Minister Støre said in his speech in the UN in New York 15 June 2009.
Or, to use Jeff Sachs words, to scale up further.”
Based on a transcript of the speech
Based on a transcript of the speech
Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Director General, Excellencies and friends,
Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Director General, Excellencies and friends,
I am the Norwegian Foreign Minister, for those of you who do not know me.
I am the Norwegian Foreign Minister, for those of you who do not know me.
It is a great privilege to be associated with this luncheon, and on behalf of my Prime Minister, and the Norwegian Government, I am happy to be here to pledge Norway’s full support to the green publication that we have in front of us, which is a unique – I believe a quite unique – assembly of political will, and I will make a few remarks on this report, as an introduction to our discussion.
It is a great privilege to be associated with this luncheon, and on behalf of my Prime Minister, and the Norwegian Government, I am happy to be here to pledge Norway’s full support to the green publication that we have in front of us, which is a unique – I believe a quite unique – assembly of political will, and I will make a few remarks on this report, as an introduction to our discussion.
I feel that we are standing at a crossroads where two major trends are about to collide.
I feel that we are standing at a crossroads where two major trends are about to collide.
One is the trend of hope, and the other is the trend of despair.
One is the trend of hope, and the other is the trend of despair.
And it is really up to us, and the political will that we have in this publication, to determine how we will manage that confrontation, so to say.
And it is really up to us, and the political will that we have in this publication, to determine how we will manage that confrontation, so to say.
I had the privilege, 10 years ago, of working in WHO with the then Director General, Dr Brundtland, and alongside Julio Frenk, David Nabarro, Tore Godal, and a number of other friends at this luncheon.
I had the privilege, 10 years ago, of working in WHO with the then Director General, Dr Brundtland, and alongside Julio Frenk, David Nabarro, Tore Godal, and a number of other friends at this luncheon.
And if we look at what has happened since the late nineties and the early part of this decade, in terms of innovation and tremendous progress in the area of global health, I think we have some reason to be – not proud – but satisfied that there has been such progress and impatience to move forward.
And if we look at what has happened since the late nineties and the early part of this decade, in terms of innovation and tremendous progress in the area of global health, I think we have some reason to be – not proud – but satisfied that there has been such progress and impatience to move forward.
Or, to use Jeff Sachs words, to scale up further.
Or, to use Jeff Sachs words, to scale up further.
We have seen new ways of working together, new partnerships, private-public, innovative ways of mobilising resources, a great undertaking in the GAVI Alliance – the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization – with the noble task of immunising every child in the world.
We have seen new ways of working together, new partnerships, private-public, innovative ways of mobilising resources, a great undertaking in the GAVI Alliance – the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization – with the noble task of immunising every child in the world.
We have seen a rollback of malaria, speeding up work to cover children, saving them from a completely unnecessary death.
We have seen a rollback of malaria, speeding up work to cover children, saving them from a completely unnecessary death.
We have seen the Global Fund mobilising resources, and we have seen the UN, Mr Secretary General, going through this phase, being a very close partner with all these initiatives.
We have seen the Global Fund mobilising resources, and we have seen the UN, Mr Secretary General, going through this phase, being a very close partner with all these initiatives.
It has not been easy, because one could have advocated that all those initiatives, that all that money should have gone to the UN.
It has not been easy, because one could have advocated that all those initiatives, that all that money should have gone to the UN.
That would have been according to the book.
That would have been according to the book.
But if that had been a requirement, we would not have managed.
But if that had been a requirement, we would not have managed.
So we did a lot of new thinking, made new partnerships, and we have seen the results: children are being saved through vaccinations, and we see major progress on the Millennium Development Goals.
So we did a lot of new thinking, made new partnerships, and we have seen the results: children are being saved through vaccinations, and we see major progress on the Millennium Development Goals.
It is correct that maternal mortality is the great disgrace amongst this progress.
It is correct that maternal mortality is the great disgrace amongst this progress.
We heard, from our Ethiopian friend this morning, a testimony of the drama of the 15-year old, who is a mother-to-be, who is a child, but who is also a woman, and who is lying dying on that dirty floor in childbirth, reminding us that this is probably the biggest shame that remains.
We heard, from our Ethiopian friend this morning, a testimony of the drama of the 15-year old, who is a mother-to-be, who is a child, but who is also a woman, and who is lying dying on that dirty floor in childbirth, reminding us that this is probably the biggest shame that remains.
But, there is a lot of hope in this process, over what we have achieved during the last ten years.
But, there is a lot of hope in this process, over what we have achieved during the last ten years.
Yet, as we look towards another decade of scaling up, we meet that other trend, which is the trend of despair, the crisis.
Yet, as we look towards another decade of scaling up, we meet that other trend, which is the trend of despair, the crisis.
We read that another 50 million people may now be pushed into unemployment, and we see the full circle of crises: financial crisis, economic crisis, social crisis, and political crisis.
We read that another 50 million people may now be pushed into unemployment, and we see the full circle of crises: financial crisis, economic crisis, social crisis, and political crisis.
And 50 million people going into unemployment is a recipe for social crisis.
And 50 million people going into unemployment is a recipe for social crisis.
We read that 50, 60, 70 million more people are being pushed into extreme poverty, one dollar a day.
We read that 50, 60, 70 million more people are being pushed into extreme poverty, one dollar a day.
And the World Bank tells us that, with those figures, 200 000–400 000 children will die as a consequence.
And the World Bank tells us that, with those figures, 200 000–400 000 children will die as a consequence.
So what we are seeing – as Director General Margaret Chan so eloquently put it this morning – now we see that more speakers with more clout than health ministers speak out.
So what we are seeing – as Director General Margaret Chan so eloquently put it this morning – now we see that more speakers with more clout than health ministers speak out.
But I will say, Director General: You have a lot of clout, and when you speak, you do not only speak as a health professional, but also as that global voice on health.
But I will say, Director General: You have a lot of clout, and when you speak, you do not only speak as a health professional, but also as that global voice on health.
I remember Dr Brundtland when she was Director General, she had this slogan – that we have to go to prime ministers, presidents and finance ministers, and tell them that they too are health ministers.
I remember Dr Brundtland when she was Director General, she had this slogan – that we have to go to prime ministers, presidents and finance ministers, and tell them that they too are health ministers.
We all are.
We all are.
And I think this is the message of globalisation.
And I think this is the message of globalisation.
This green report talks about the lessons we have learned from a continuum of care for women’s health.
This green report talks about the lessons we have learned from a continuum of care for women’s health.
We also need a continuum of politics that will link the way we address the financial crisis with the way we address health opportunities.
We also need a continuum of politics that will link the way we address the financial crisis with the way we address health opportunities.
There is a double pledge in this report, and I think it is a pledge that resounds well with the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health that Jeff Sachs chaired some years ago.
There is a double pledge in this report, and I think it is a pledge that resounds well with the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health that Jeff Sachs chaired some years ago.
The pledge of developing countries to maintain their investment in health over their health budgets, it is a hard task as these budgets shrinks.
The pledge of developing countries to maintain their investment in health over their health budgets, it is a hard task as these budgets shrinks.
At the same time, developed countries have pledged to maintain their ODA and to maintain their health part of development cooperation.
At the same time, developed countries have pledged to maintain their ODA and to maintain their health part of development cooperation.
All that now stands to test.
All that now stands to test.
And we have to send this clear message to the G8, the G20, and all the other Gs: that they must stand by these pledges, because if the trend of despair rolls over the trend of hope, the consequences will be dramatic.
And we have to send this clear message to the G8, the G20, and all the other Gs: that they must stand by these pledges, because if the trend of despair rolls over the trend of hope, the consequences will be dramatic.
So this is my encouragement, that the tremendous assembly of political will in this report, that all the leaders who have signed will be held accountable, that we will not accept a failing of these measures.
So this is my encouragement, that the tremendous assembly of political will in this report, that all the leaders who have signed will be held accountable, that we will not accept a failing of these measures.
I pay tribute to the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Gordon Brown, for having paired up with the Director of the World Bank and to the innovative finance initiative that will be brought to Italy in a few weeks, at the G8 meeting.
I pay tribute to the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Gordon Brown, for having paired up with the Director of the World Bank and to the innovative finance initiative that will be brought to Italy in a few weeks, at the G8 meeting.
With these words, I think that all of us who are here today, we are not only in charge, we will also be the jury with regard to these commitments.
With these words, I think that all of us who are here today, we are not only in charge, we will also be the jury with regard to these commitments.
And if we can manage to live up to the very realistic ambitions that are here, these are not lofty words but very concrete interventions, and I look forward to the day when we can say that this massive mobilisation for maternal health combined with the focus on health in general was a new beginning – a new initiative – to take the global health effort forward.
And if we can manage to live up to the very realistic ambitions that are here, these are not lofty words but very concrete interventions, and I look forward to the day when we can say that this massive mobilisation for maternal health combined with the focus on health in general was a new beginning – a new initiative – to take the global health effort forward.
Thank you for attending and thank you for making this such an important day.
Thank you for attending and thank you for making this such an important day.
See also www.un.org/webcast/2009.html
See also www.un.org/webcast/2009.html
Report of the Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals 2009:
Report of the Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals 2009:
Dear friends, members of the Storting, members of the Corps Diplomatique, members of Sex and Politics, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Dear friends, members of the Storting, members of the Corps Diplomatique, members of Sex and Politics, Ladies and Gentlemen.
I highly appreciate this opportunity to exchange views with an audience composed of persons with such a wide range of expertise and background on a very important and at the same time very challenging issue – sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
I highly appreciate this opportunity to exchange views with an audience composed of persons with such a wide range of expertise and background on a very important and at the same time very challenging issue – sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
May I add that I am particularly happy for the possibility to interact with our distinguished guests from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Director General Tewodros Melesse and Ms Amina Stavritis who is the Executive Director of The Palestianian Family Planning and Protection Association.
May I add that I am particularly happy for the possibility to interact with our distinguished guests from the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Director General Tewodros Melesse and Ms Amina Stavritis who is the Executive Director of The Palestianian Family Planning and Protection Association.
Feedback from the country level is essential to guide us, as development partners, on how best to proceed in order to advance this agenda and avoid stumbling blocks that might impede progress.
Feedback from the country level is essential to guide us, as development partners, on how best to proceed in order to advance this agenda and avoid stumbling blocks that might impede progress.
The IPPFs Vision 2020 report, which is launched here today, provides ample evidence about the many benefits for girls' and women's lives when their right to sexual and reproductive health is fulfilled.
The IPPFs Vision 2020 report, which is launched here today, provides ample evidence about the many benefits for girls' and women's lives when their right to sexual and reproductive health is fulfilled.
The report also points to the link between women's reproductive health and education and the multiplier effect of combining these two areas of work.
The report also points to the link between women's reproductive health and education and the multiplier effect of combining these two areas of work.
This evidence informs our development policy choices that has education, with an emphasis on girls, as a top priority.
This evidence informs our development policy choices that has education, with an emphasis on girls, as a top priority.
Access to quality education and to health is the best way to ensure that girls and women can realise to the fullest degree their potential in all spheres of public and private life.
Access to quality education and to health is the best way to ensure that girls and women can realise to the fullest degree their potential in all spheres of public and private life.
For their own benefit, of course.
For their own benefit, of course.
But much more than that.
But much more than that.
Emancipated, independent and well-educated women are key to families' and societies well-being, and to achieve poverty eradication through sustainable development - the ultimate goal of the new development agenda which the UN member countries are set to approve this September.
Emancipated, independent and well-educated women are key to families' and societies well-being, and to achieve poverty eradication through sustainable development - the ultimate goal of the new development agenda which the UN member countries are set to approve this September.
As noted in the concept note provided by the convener of this dialogue, Sex and Politics, Norway has actively pursued the inclusion of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.
As noted in the concept note provided by the convener of this dialogue, Sex and Politics, Norway has actively pursued the inclusion of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.