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Truly, the HIV/AIDS
epidemic is of global concern, indeed in many
respects a global security issue. Good governance
and global recognition of the need to deliver
on global public goods, such as response to
the AIDS epidemic, are matters of both self
interest and solidarity. This is a very sound
recipe for getting the AIDS epidemic under control.
But it also constitutes a solid building block
for making the world a safer, more secure and
humane place.
MARIKA
FAHLEN
Director, Social Mobilization and Information,
"Statement at Swedish Parliament"
Stockholm, Sweden
27 November 2002
Available at:
http://www.unaids.org/whatsnew/speeches/eng/2002/
La France
et la Suède sont, en effet, convaincues
que le concept de Biens publics mondiaux est
riche de potentialités pour de nouvelles
approches internationales en matière
de développement et de gouvernance mondiale.
Il permet d'apporter des réponses à
des questions globales, en mettant l'accent
sur la notion d'"intérêt général
mondial", qui a été soulignée
à Johannesburg par le président
de la République. Ce concept fait encore
l'objet de nombreux débats sur son caractère
opérationnel. C'est pourquoi il est apparu
nécessaire d'encourager l'approfondissement
de la réflexion internationale sur les
Biens publics mondiaux. Tel est l'objet du Groupe
de travail international.
PIERRE-ANDRE
WITLZER
French Ministry
for Cooperation
22 November 2002
Available
at:
http://www.un.int/france/documents_francais/021
Sustainable development
is not only a question of environmental progress.
Social and economic development are vital in
order to create better conditions for future
generations. Free and fair trade, enhanced development
co-operation and good governance are all important
conditions for sustainable development. The
complexity of the challenges we face calls for
coherent action from various global actors.
We need to improve our capacities to deal with
common concerns and responsibilities. Let me
give you an example. Sweden and France have
therefore established an international working
group on Global Public Goods. The purpose of
this task force is to study the issue carefully,
not least as regards global environmental issues
and to propose methods to secure the provision
and the financing of what we call Global Public
Goods.
JAN
O KARLSSON
Minister for Development Cooperation, Migration
and Asylum Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Sweden
"Speaking at Bishkek Global Mountain Summit"
Kyrgyz Republic
29 October 2002
Available at:
http://www.mountains2002.org/archive/news/m-speechbshkek-jk.html
Members need to
support the global public good the Fund provides
consistent with the size of their economies.
Transcript
of an Economic Forum "Governing the IMF"
International Monetary Fund, IMF Auditorium
Washington, D.C.
17 September 2002
Available at:
http://www.imf.org/external/np/tr/2002/tr020917a.htm
Today's
technological innovations are pushing forward
the frontiers of medicine, communications, agriculture,
energy and sources of dynamic growth, eradicating,
if optimally harnessed, the scourges of poverty.
These advances have a global reach - a
breakthrough in one country can be used around
the world. Research and development indeed transcends
national borders and only very few countries'
national investments will suffice to provide
global public goods. The case for mutually beneficial
collaborative research partnerships involving
developed and developing countries is therefore
a strong one.
B.S
NGUBANE
Minister of Arts,
Culture, Science and Technology of the Republic
of South Africa
"Opening address at the official opening session
of the Joint South Africa/European Commission
on Science and Technology forum on sustainable
development"
Johannesburg
2 September 2002
Available
at:
http://www.scienceforum.co.za/minec.doc
The Union wants
the Summit to focus on six priority areas where
poverty reduction and sustainable development
come together. They are water and sanitation,
energy, health, trade and globalisation, global
public goods and sustainable consumption and
production patterns. The outcome of the Summit
in Johannesburg should be action oriented and
contain concrete deliverables, upon which politicians
can be held accountable.
ROMANO
PRODI
President of the European Commission
"Speaking at the World Summit on Sustainable
Development"
Johannesburg
2 September 2002
Available at:
http://www.ecdel.org.au/whatsnew/WSSD_speech_prodi.htm
In response to
the lack of progress made at global level in
reducing the burden of HIV/AIDS, in September
2000 the Commission adopted a new policy framework
presented in the Communication "Accelerated
Action targeted at major communicable diseases
within the context of poverty reduction". This
policy aims to respond to what is now generally
acknowledged as a global emergency: the death
of five million people per year from three major
communicable diseases: HIV/AIDS, malaria and
tuberculosis. Three broad areas have been identified:
maximising access to, and effective use of,
existing interventions; increasing affordability
of key pharmaceuticals; and increasing investment
in research and development of global public
goods, such as an AIDS vaccine, effective microbicides
or appropriate treatment regimes in low-income
settings.
A.
THEODORAKIS
Deputy Director General DG Development, EU
"Speaking at the meeting: A religious response
to HIV/AIDS in the Developing World"
Brussels
24 June 2002
Available at:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/spee
To
achieve it, sound domestic policies and effective
international cooperation are needed. And these
in turn require, both at the national and international
level, good governance. We have seen repeatedly
that free markets, which are very important
for wealth creation, for employment creation
and therefore to fight poverty, need to be regulated
to guarantee individuals' property rights and
also address the public interest. And this can
only be achieved by national states. And there
are also a host of problems posed by the provision
of global public goods, a challenge which cannot
be met even by the most powerful country in
the world. International cooperation is needed,
specially so to tackle the problems of the poorest
countries, a circumstance neglected for a long
time. It is really sad that only a very wrong
reason, the 9/11 tragedy, has brought to the
forefront the problems of the poorest on earth.
ERNESTO
ZEDILLO
Former President of Mexico
"Speaking at the Yale University delegation
visit to Mexico"
May 2002
Available
at:
http://www.yale.edu/opa/news/latin_america/zedillo.html
The international
community has agreed on a set of modest goals
for global development - reducing poverty and
illiteracy and improving health. But this requires
a substantial increase in assistance at a time
when the paltry levels of aid provided by rich
countries continue to fall. The United States,
the world's richest country, is the stingiest.
As long as the world's (economically) advanced
countries maintain this attitude, innovative
approaches to financing economic development
- and global public goods more generally - need
to be tested.
JOSEPH
STIGLITZ
Africa News, "Zimbabwe: How to Achieve
Global Growth And Stability",
25 April 2002
Available at:
http://allafrica.com/stories/2
Pour apporter un contre-poids ö la concentration et ö la marchandisation des informations et des connaissances, il importe de réfléchir ö une politique de l'‚ espace public é, ö l'échelle mondiale. Cet espace public est notamment constitué par : le domaine public des informations et des connaissances : documents, données, logiciels, protocoles, standards, qui ne sont soumis ö aucune contrainte de copyright, et qui appartiennent donc au patrimoine commun de l'humanité, et peuvent progressivement constituer une immense biblioth²que et logith²que publique mondiale ; les biens publics mondiaux, les ‚ global public goods é, qui peuvent °tre matériels ou immatériels, naturels ou artificiels, sur-utilisés ou sous-utilisés, et posent donc des probl²mes spécifiques de régulation et de bon usage, pour leur défense et illustration ; les institutions du secteur public dans les Etats membres : le rªle économique et social des institutions relevant du secteur public, comme les biblioth²ques, les archives, les écoles, les centres de documentation publics, les services d'information gouvernementaux, est considérable. Leur influence de prescripteur, leur capacité de mise en réseau internationale peuvent aider ö appuyer une politique publique incitative d'acc²s universel. La promotion d'un ‚ espace public é dans la société de l'information peut aider ö définir concr²tement et ö généraliser ö l'échelle mondiale des notions comme celles de ‚ service essentiel é et de ‚ service d'utilité publique é utilisées en droit européen. Cette idée rejoint une mission fondamentale de l'UNESCO décrite dans l'article premier de sa constitution : "faciliter par des méthodes de coopération internationale appropriées l'acc²s de tous les peuples ö ce que chacun d'eux publie." Il faut souligner ö cet égard l'importance de l'acc²s libre et gratuit au "domaine public mondial", si l'on veut réellement réduire l'écart entre les riches et les pauvres... De m°me qu'en droit communautaire, on définit la notion d'un service public européen, comme étant représenté par ‚ les entreprises - publiques ou privées -- chargées de la gestion de services économiques d'intér°t général é, de m°me on pourrait se rapprocher progressivement de la définition d'un service public mondial, constitué par des entreprises chargées de la gestion de services économiques d'intér°t mondial.
PHILIPPE QUEAU
Director of the Information and Computer Science division of UNESCO
"Fractures Mondiales : Pour une Economie Politique de la Société de l'Information"
23 April 2002
Available at:
http://www.csdptt.org/ecrire/article108.html
We
are looking for an upturn this year, and 5 percent
growth in the developing countries next year,
which is really essential for us to deal with
the questions that are before us on poverty
and on some of the global public goods issues
that we need to deal with.
JAMES
D. WOLFENSOHN
World Bank President
Africa News "Economy, Business and Finance;
Spring Meetings Press Conference"
19 April 2002
As
a steppingstone on the path toward development
for all, Monterrey should allow us to move closer
to new and more far-reaching goals, including
some proposals that didn't make the radar screen
this time. For example, global taxes such as
the one proposed on carbon emissions could be
used to finance global public goods. This is
based on a simple premise: fairness. The industrialized
countries that generate a disproportionate share
of carbon emissions into the atmosphere should
pay accordingly, providing money for development
and also a more efficient use of scarce resources.
VICENTE
FOX
President of Mexico
The Washington Post, "Editorial: Monterrey:
A Turning Point"
19 March 2002
The
international community has agreed on a set
of modest goals for global development - reducing
poverty and illiteracy and improving health.
But this requires a substantial increase in
assistance at a time when the paltry levels
of aid provided by rich countries continue to
fall. The US, the world's richest country, is
the stingiest. As long as the world's (economically)
advanced countries maintain this attitude, innovative
approaches to financing economic development
- and global public goods more generally - need
to be tested.
JOSEPH
STIGLITZ
Project Syndicate, "Commentary on: For Global
Growth and Stability, Mobilize the Reserves"
March 2002
Available
at:
http://www.projectsyndicate.org/commentaries
/commentary_text.php4?id=802&lang=1
Seguiremos trabajando
en el proceso de definición a nivel mundial
de los bienes públicos globales más
importantes, incluyendo la propuesta de establecimiento
de una unidad especial al efecto. Suficientes
recursos financieros deben ser dedicados a los
Bienes Públicos Globales. Ello es coherente
con la Ayuda Oficial al Desarrollo convencional.
Fondos específicos, como el reciente
Fondo Global para la Salud pueden ser instrumentos
válidos para canalizar recursos privados,
bilaterales y multilaterales.
JOSÉ
MARÍA AZNAR
Presidente del Gobierno de España
Conferencia Internacional sobre la Financiación
para el Desarrollo. Monterrey, México
21 March 2002
Available at:
http://www.un.org/ffd/statem
Tonight
we are focusing on the concept of global public
goods and on how it applies to various fields.
I think water is an excellent example of a global
common asset and concern. The use of water benefits
from being viewed through the lens of global
public goods. [...] The forming of GWPO (Global
Water Partnership Organization) is meant to
reinforce structures for Integrating Water Resource
Management, one of the issues high on the agenda
in the World Summit on Sustainable Development
in Johannesburg. The GWPO will have its head
quarters in Stockholm and we are determined
to give it the best possible support there.
It is a support structure which purpose is to
strengthen the global water partnership by providing
a stable basis for the network to flourish.
The objective is to promote the provision of
the regional and global public good sound water
management.
GUN-BRITT
ANDERSSON
Swedish State
Secretary for Development Cooperation
"Speaking at a side event on Global Public Goods"
Monterrey
19 March 2002
Available
at:
http://www.undp.org/ods/monterrey-sideevent/gun-britt.pdf
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