UN, NGOs to focus on global health
The annual conference of the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will focus on global health with an emphasis on greater NGO involvement.
The 63rd joint conference of the UN department of public information and NGOs, which will take place in the Australian city of Melbourne, has attracted more than 2,200 participants from some 70 countries, the world body said on its website on Sunday.
The new UN policy to work more with non-governmental organizations in the region where the conference is being held also presents a chance for “solidifying the trend of increasing geographic diversity and greater networking opportunities for NGOs affiliated with the Department of Public Information,” said the UN chief of NGO Relations, Maria-Luisa Chavez.
The theme of the UN’s 2010 conference with NGOs is related to the body’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which aim to attract greater participation of civil society from the Asia-Pacific region, the UN news center added on the eve of the conference.
The three-day conference aims to promote ways in which civil society, in partnership with those in business, academia, philanthropy, media and medicine, can work together to create conditions conducive to improving global health.
Source: presstv.ir
