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Hanifa
Mezoui
Chief of NGO Section |
Message
of Greetings
Dear Dr.
Deisi Noeli Weber Kusztra,
At
the time when the United Nations celebrates its 60th anniversary –
A time for a renewal, a time to commit again to security for all, I
would like to congratulate you for the successful organisation of this
international conference ”Investing in Development: Working the
Millennium Development Goals at the Local Level and in the Family”,
hosted by the Government of Sergipe State, Brazil, in Aracaju City,
from December 3 to 8, 2005.
The
2005 United Nations World Summit held last September bringing one hundred
and seventeen head of states in New York was a success as it made strides
towards analysing the progress made since the Millennium Declaration
of United Nations signed in 2000 and enumerating the exact links between
development and internationals relationships.
As
the United Nations build the Millennium Developments Goals upon a right
– based approach to development, let me give you all the support
in the challenge you took in bringing the “family” in the
centre of your organization priorities. “Family” is the
foundation of a healthy society. It’s important to give to the
“family” it’s place in the implementation of the MDG’s.
Investment
in “family” has long been seen as a key factor in development.
A great deal of focus from the international development community has
been given to “family” and its ability to contribute to
development through human capital expansion. While the “family”
issues do indeed, have the ability to contribute to the promotion of
growth, it is equally important to recognize “family” as
a result of development and as a contributor to better quality of life.
Currently Latin America, despite significant progress in a number of
social issues linked to the “family”, remains the most inequitable
region of the world. Inequality among the populations of the region
runs universal through all nations including Brazil. The distribution
of income has remained stagnant throughout the last decade. Further,
inequality is exacerbated by unemployment and low wages that do not
allow workers to lift themselves out of poverty. Consequently children
have little access to health services, schooling and basic nutrition.
Dear Dr. Deisi, let’s hope that your International Conference
will bring sound recommendations to solve those problems. Through The
World Family Organization let’s not forget that poor people, vulnerable
people are allowed the same dream as everyone else… what matters
is that “family” makes an earnest effort to fulfil those
dreams.
Hanifa Mezoui
Chief of the NGO Section
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
From Paris, November 2005
WFS +1
