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 [...]

September 23, 2009
Travelers’ Fee Can Help Fight Diseases

By STEPHANIE STROM
A United Nations program that has raised $1.2 billion over the past three years for the treatment of H.I.V./AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis through a small fee added to airline tickets sold in 15 countries is going global.
Starting in January, travelers in the United States and [...]

G8 Development Ministers’ Meeting – Chair’s Summary (Rome, 11-12 June 2009)

12 June 2009

Chair’s Summary
G8 Development Ministers and senior officials, including from the EU Presidency and the European Commission, met in Rome on June 11 and 12, 2009, together with representatives from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Egypt, from the Presidency and the Commission [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]