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- 14 September, 2007
UNFPA
Strategic Plan for 2008-2011 - "To
deepen, intensify and enhance South-South
cooperation"
New York, USA —
The
UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board, at its
second regular session for 2007 (
10-14 September 2007, New York), endorsed
UNFPA's Strategic Plan for 2008-2011
which focuses on the three areas of
population and development, reproductive
health and rights, and gender equality
towards achieving the ICPD goals and
contributing to the Millennium Development
Goals. It also endorsed UNFPA's proposed
global and regional programme for
2008-2011, which is to be implemented
in line with the Strategic Plan.
With
reference to South-South cooperation,
the document on the Strategic Plan
says "UNFPA has a long history
of promoting South-South cooperation.
The recent report of the High Level
Committee on South-South cooperation
accorded South-South cooperation high
priority in order for developing countries
to meet new challenges. UNFPA, in
line with General Assembly resolution
60/212 and other resolutions relevant
to South-South cooperation, will continue
to provide support to deepen, intensify
and enhance South-South cooperation,
including through triangular cooperation.
In its programmes and through country
level activities and country offices,
UNFPA will mainstream modalities to
support South-South cooperation through
the enhanced use of local capacities
and as a means to share best practices.
The Fund will strengthen and further
invigorate South-South cooperation
as well as monitor its inputs through
an appropriate indicator in the results
framework."
It
may be recalled here that PPD's proposed
Strategic Plan for 2008-2011, which
is to be submitted to the PPD Board
at its annual meeting in Rabat in
November 2007, shares the goals and
objectives it will promote within
the framework of South-South cooperation
with those of the Strategic Plan of
UNFPA.
UNFPA
is planning to relocate its geographical
divisions to the regions and merge
them with the country support teams.
The locations of the divisions are
to be worked out in consultation with
other development agencies of the
UN system.
The
Partners was represented at the session
by Mr. Jyoti Shankar Singh, Permanent
Observer to the United Nations and
Dr Jotham Musinguzi, Director, PPD
Regional Office for Africa.
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