World community needs more on commitments and its delivery for UN MDGs

Online, June 28, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Dr. Naseer Homoud Goodwill Ambassador and Director of Middle East office for the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina against Malnutrition (IIMSAM), the Permanent Observer to the United Nations Economic and Social Council while speaking on resolutions and impact of G8 & G20 Summits in Canada urged for more concrete and concerted efforts towards achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UNMDGs). He said "while I take this opportunity to express my gratitude and appreciation for the world leaders who assembled in Canada for the two very important summits I am of the view that aspirations of world community are not achieved in its full essence".

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon earlier urged to G20 countries to express their concerns and support for the human development and world leaders were asked to make their vision on three core areas namely priorities, political will and partnership, world leaders were also requested to support the UN Global action plan for women and children's healthcare. "I was expecting some more from the two world summits, though the countries have come forward renewing their respective support for the cause, still we need the delivery of the commitments to ensure that global action plan as put forward by the United Nations are achieved well before the give deadline", said Dr. Homoud.

It is now evident that high unemployment, rising food and commodity prices, and persistent inequalities have contributed to a substantial rise in hunger, poverty and associated social issues which indeed are not a healthy sign for us. The Millennium Development Goals pertaining to child and maternal health was on the main agenda for the G8/G20 meetings. The issues focusing the two meetings were primarily concerned to open trade, global warming, and development of freedom and rule of law, improving health of mothers and newborn and children less than 5 years of age and accelerating food security efforts including nutrition. The G8 and G20 summits both were having the potential to make significant decisions to help get the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) back on track. Several world leaders already stressed the need for the G8 and G20 to recommit for making serious and sustainable progress toward the MDGs.

Though the leaders reaffirmed that major global challenges must and can be addressed effectively through focus, commitment and transparency, and in partnership with other concerned members of the global community however, the financial crisis surpassed the dreams which world community was looking for ahead of the summits, urged Dr. Homoud. " it is known that effect of financial crisis has several repercussions but we must not allow the current global financial crisis and the food price crisis, divert us from the people and governments the Millennium Development Goals were created for, the poor", said Dr. Naseer.

The global health community faces two tough challenges. First, the world is approaching the five-year countdown on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), three of which are direct health targets. None of these targets is likely to be achieved without bold changes in strategic approaches, along with infusions of billions of more dollars on a sustained basis. The second challenge is internal. Fear of shrinking financial resources, coupled with arguments over global health priorities, has weakened the global health advocacy community. World leaders should come up with a coordinated approach at global level that combines growth-friendly fiscal consolidation and following through on fiscal stimulus. Discussions in the G8 have shown that it is possible to reconcile the conceptual differences. "World leaders must take more credible actions to address the issue of development. We must secure development resources, improve development institutions and promote development cooperation to ensure that the UN MDGs will be met on schedule" urged Dr. Homoud.