Philippe Douste-Blazy

Following are UN Under-Secretary-General Philippe Douste-Blazy’s remarks at the launch of the “MASSIVEGOOD”, in New York, 4 March:
Mr. Secretary General,
Mr. President Clinton,
Mr.Prime Minister, Dear Jean Chrétien,
Dear Ministers, Ambassadors,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
My sincere thanks to all of you for coming this morning for the launch of the first global volontary  citizens’ solidarity movement.
As you know, Official Development Assistance [...]

Paris Match, n° 3166, du 21 au 27 janvier 2010
Le calvaire du peuple haïtien n’a pas commencé le 12 janvier
Par Philippe Douste-Blazy, ancien ministre, Président d’UNITAID, Secrétaire Général Adjoint des Nations-Unies.
« C’est la plus abominable catastrophe à laquelle j’ai assisté, me dit samedi le représentant sur place de Ban Ki-moon. Nous ne pourrons pas sauver [...]

The New York Times, May 21, 2009, By DOREEN CARVAJAL
PARIS — Former President Bill Clinton, newly appointed as the United Nations special envoy for Haiti, announced Wednesday that he was joining a new international initiative to raise money for Third World medical aid through a unique financing campaign that harnesses the power of unlikely philanthropists: [...]

Reuters, 19 May 2009, by Laura MacInnis
GENEVA, May 19 (Reuters) – The United Nations is trying to harness donations from individuals for its aid programmes that stand to attract less government money because of the economic downturn, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.
Philippe Douste-Blazy, an adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on [...]

Financial Times, May 19 2009, by Frances Williams in Geneva

An initiative aimed at bridging the funding gap to meet basic health needs in developing countries is due to be launched in Geneva today by Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations secretary-general.
The UN says that in addition to government aid pledges billions of dollars are needed to [...]