| 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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