| 19
December, 2009
South-South
Day and 15th anniversary of PPD observed
Dhaka, Bangladesh —
On
Saturday, 19 December 2009, Partners
in Population and Development (PPD)
celebrated the South-South Cooperation
Day and 15th anniversary of PPD with
due fervor and solemnity which was
concluded with a Press Meeting with
leading Media of Bangladesh at Pan
Pacific Sonargaon Hotel. The Daily
Star (a leading News paper in Bangladesh
) published a special supplementary
page on this occasion and different
media give a special coverage. Mr.
Harry Jooseery, Executive Director
of PPD addressed the meeting and exchanged
views with the Press. PPD International
Program officer Amadou Moreau made
a presentation during the event.
Mr.
Harry Jooseery, Executive Director
of PPD briefing the Press
Executive Director of PPD affirmed
in his statement that “the
concept of South- South Cooperation
is absolutely simple, which is nothing
but sharing and exchange of ideas
that have worked, between developing
countries, also known as countries
of the Global South - so that more
people benefit.” He claimed
that PPD is a unique intergovernmental
organization which is exclusively
mandated to promote South-South Cooperation
in Reproductive Health, Population
and Development. He added that, “We
must also open the South-South agenda
to the development partners in the
North, traditional multilateral cooperation
systems and South-North-South triangular
arrangements.”
He
underscored the importance of media
in all development endeavors and said
it has a major role to play in shaping,
facilitating and promoting South-South
cooperation by highlighting not only
the development challenges of the
south, but also the wealth of solutions
that exist among fellow developing
countries. He further stressed that,
“In all its forms and manifestations,
the media is a very powerful tool,
especially in this era of globalization,
that can purposefully help in finding
answers to the world’s most
pressing development challenges.”
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