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De:	annelies mesman [ Profil ]
Sujet:	FW: European Parliamentarians urge international communityto revitalise MDGs by addressing SRHR
Envoyé:	Apr 7th, 2009 - 11:13:18
Pièces-jointes:	ATT00007.txt Oral Statement CPD Lyn Brown final.doc

	good news from our EPs! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Karolien Dekkers Date: Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:05 PM Subject: [choiceNL] FW: European Parliamentarians urge international communityto revitalise MDGs by addressing SRHR To: choiceNL (at) yahoogroups.com European Parliamentarians urge international community to revitalise MDGs by addressing SRHR EPF delegation spokesperson, Hon. Lyn Brown, MP (UK) addresses 42nd Session of UN Commission on Population and Development in New York, 1 April 2009 In an oral statement at the 42nd Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, Hon. Lyn Brown, MP (UK), urged government delegations to recommit to the Millennium Development Goals. Speaking on behalf of a six member strong parliamentary delegation from European donor countries and representing the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development, Hon. Lyn Brown, MP emphasised that we believe that the promotion of womens rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality is absolutely fundamental to the fight against global poverty. On behalf of the parliamentary delegation, MP Brown also urged donor governments to maintain current levels of aid to developing countries. Anything else would cost more lives and (...) will in the long run cost more money. The cost - human and financial is too great for us to stop now, she warned. Being the only Members of Parliament present at this years Commission on Population and Development, the EPF delegation also called on governments to revitalise Cairo Programme of Action that lays out a detailed plan to reduce maternal and child mortality, to increase access to reproductive health supplies, to strengthen womens rights as well as the access to reproductive health services. With only five more years to go before the 20 year mandate of the Cairo programme ends and more than half way through before the international community has committed to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), achievements remain mixed. Still, more than half a million women die each year from treatable and preventable complication during childbirth. More than 15 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. And despite this, access to contraceptives remains low particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Without gender equality, including the right and ability for women to control their fertility, the Millennium Development Goals cannot and will not be realized, MP Brown warned. Being aware that political will is essential to achieve the set goals, members of the EPF delegation have pledged to sensitise their governments about a number of reproductive health issues such as the importance to ensure universal access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, to increase funding to population and sexual and reproductive health and rights policies, to actively involve parliamentarians as representatives of their people, in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of their national strategies and actions and to urge donors to provide assistance and support of nationally owned strategies. The EPF delegation was composed of Hon. Armen Melykian, MP (Armenia - Prosperous Armenia Party), Hon. Yvonne Gilli, MP (Switzerland - Green Party), Senator Evira Velasco Morillo (Spain - Popular Party), Hon. Ilkka Kantola, MP (Finland - Social Democratic party), Hon. Yolande Avondroodt (Belgium - Flemish Liberal party), Hon. Lyn Brown (UK - Labour Party), who is also a member of the EPF Executive Committee, as well as Neil Datta, EPF Secretary and Nadine Krysostan, Senior Advocacy Officer at EPF. The full text of Hon. Lyn Brown's , MPaddress is attached and more information on the EPF delegation to the 42nd Session of UN Commission on Population and Development may be requested by contacting nadine (at) iepfpd.org. __._,_.___ Messages in this topic ( 1) Reply (via web post) \| Start a new topic Messages\| Files\| Photos\| Links\| Database\| Polls\| Members\| Calendar [image: Yahoo! Groups] Change settings via the Web(Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest\| Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group \| Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use \| Unsubscribe Recent Activity Visit Your Group Give Back Yahoo! for Good Get inspired by a good cause. Y! Toolbar Get it Free! easy 1-click access to your groups. Yahoo! Groups Start a group in 3 easy steps. Connect with others. . __,_._,___ -- Annelies Mesman Western Europe Regional Focal Point Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS www.iAIDS.org \| www.youthaidscoalition.org

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