1. A meeting was held in an NGO about tree plantation. The agenda was to find sponsors and volunteers. The meeting was attended by the NGO chairman, sponsors and few volunteers. Write meeting minutes for this.
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Answer:
Achieving Sustainable Development and Promoting Development Cooperation
Explanation:
This year’s High-level Segment was a rich and productive session, which covered a range
of topical issues, including the crisis in food and fuel, financial turmoil and the threat of
climate change, especially in vulnerable countries. This session also marked the full
implementation of two new mandates given to Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
by the 2005 World Summit; in addition to the Second Annual Ministerial Review, the
Council also convened the first Development Cooperation Forum (DCF), which
highlighted issues relating to aid commitments, aid quality and effectiveness.
The opening session of the Council was enriched by the very compelling keynote
addresses by the Nobel Laureate, Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri and Lord Nicholas Stern on
the need to urgently address the challenges of climate change. The opening session also
set the stage for productive and interactive discussions during the high-level policy
dialogue with the international financial and trade institutions on sustainable development
in the context of climate change, development cooperation and the threats to the global
economy. Participants emphasized the need for greater coordination among the
institutions.
The first DCF was a success. An important objective was to establish ECOSOC as a
principal forum for global dialogue and policy review on the effectiveness and coherence
of international development cooperation. The participation of a large number of highlevel delegations, including ministers and directors-general from diverse areas
(development cooperation, foreign affairs, finance, economy, planning, social
development and trade) and stakeholders, such as NGOs, local governments,
parliamentarians and global funds, among others, confirmed the promise of the Forum as
a universal and inclusive platform for dialogue. Keynote addresses by eminent
personalities, such as Mr. Trevor Manuel, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on
Financing for Development, the European Commissioner, Mr. Louis Michel, and the
Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, set the stage for frank and
interactive debates.
The DCF has contributed to the Doha review conference on the International Conference
on Financing for Development and the Accra High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. A
summary of the DCF was forwarded to these two events so that the political messages
from the Forum could have an impact on their decisions.
A key message of the Forum was the need to build a broader consensus around the aid
effectiveness agenda. This would include promoting advances in such areas as untying
aid, reducing conditionality or maximizing concessionality and predictability. Another
message was that the implementation of the Accra Action Agenda will need to
demonstrate that it goes beyond mere procedural changes by initiating real change in
donor behavior towards sustainable development results.
In his report to the Council on the theme of sustainable development, the SecretaryGeneral underscored a number of principles, namely: (i) integration of the three pillars of
sustainable development (economic growth, social development and protection of the
environment) into national planning and policymaking is a difficult process but can, and
should, be done; (ii) given the nature and scope of the sustainable development agenda,
governments alone cannot meet all the challenges and, as such, the participation of civil
society, local authorities, the private sector and the general public is critical to sustainable
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development planning and implementation; (iii) climate change is the challenge of our
lifetime and, if left unchecked, it may roll back hard-won progress in advancing the
United Nations Development Agenda; (iv) adequate attention should be paid to fighting
environmental deterioration, as this process could contribute to addressing climate
change, as well as challenges related to poverty reduction and economic growth; and (v)
greater efforts are required to promote the transfer of energy and resource-efficient
modern technologies and affordable and renewable energy systems on a concessional and
preferential bases.
One of the highlights of this year’s AMR was the active participation of developed
countries, namely: Belgium, Finland, Luxem
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