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The
World Family Summit
The
World Family Summit was held in Sanya, Hainan Province,
China, from December 6 to 9, 2004. |
The
Summit counted with the attendance of 300 participants representing
84 countries including Ministers, Governors, Governmental
High Officials, International Organizations, Parliamentarians,
National and Grassroots NGOs and Coalitions, Business Community,
Media and Press and the United Nations - UNDESA, UNDP, UNESCO,
ILO, UNICEF and UNFPA.
The
main themes presented and discussed in the plenary sessions
were:
Day
One
• Opening Ceremony
• Plenary Session I - "Family and Sustainable Development".
...............• Panel
I - "Family and Poverty Eradication".
...............• Panel
II: - "Family and Education".
...............• Panel
III - "Family and Gender Equality and Women Empowerment".
...............• Panel
VI - "Family and Child Health".
•
General Discussion and Conclusion.
Day
Two
• Plenary Session II - "Family and Sustainable
Development".
...............• Panel
V - "Family and Maternal and Reproductive Health".
...............• Panel
VI - "Family and HIV/AIDS - Prevention and Care".
...............• Panel
VII - "Family and Environment".
...............• Panel
VIII - "Family and Partnership for Development".
...............• Panel
IX - "Family and Information and Communication Technologies"
...............• Panel
X - "Family ad its role in Dialogue and Cultural Diversity".
• General Discussion and Conclusion.
Day
Three
• Presentation of Success Stories.
...............• Success
Stories - Asia-Pacific Region.
...............• Success
Stories - African Region.
...............• Success
Stories - Arab Region.
...............• Success
Stories - Latin America Region.
...............• Success
Stories - Europe and North America Regions.
•
Presentation and Adoption of the Sanya Declaration.
• Closing Ceremony.
The
main achieved results are as follows:
• A better and common understanding of the Millennium
Development Goals and the role of Family in contributing to
their implementation through an enhanced learning, dialogue
and action process.
• An exchange of experiences (good and bad) among participants
to draw out the lessons learned and the best practices to
adapt to each national context.
•
A large consensus on the main and crucial issues to be addressed
and on how to address them.
•
Approval of a Declaration, transformed in an official document
of the United Nations.
The Declaration
The Summit provided an exceptional opportunity for a commitment
of all stakeholders on the Sanya
Declaration globally adopted as well as a proposal regarding
the means to implement them.
This Declaration was presented to the UN Commission of Social
Development in February 2005 as a proposal and to the High
Level Segment of ECOSOC in July 2005 and was included as an
UN established program.
The
Sanya Declaration was translated to the UN six official languages
and distributed to all countries.
Unanimously,
at the Closing of the Summit the participants approved
a decision to implement a Summit's Follow-up process
up to 2015, through an annual conference beginning in
2005, where the main task would be the preparation of
a Plan of Action. |
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