He will be leading a panel of six members, namely Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim from Brazil, Micheline Calm-Rey from Switzerland, Marty Natalegawa from Indonesia, Joy Phumaphi from Botswana and Rajiv Shah from the United States of America.
The Secretary General has tasked the panel into working out recommendations to strengthen national and international systems in prevention and management of future health crises, learning from the experience of the Ebola outbreak.The panel is expected to take references from various sources that will involve representatives from the affected countries and communities, UN records, multilateral and bilateral financial institutions and regional development banks, non-governmental organizations, countries supporting the responsible effort, health care providers, academic and research institutions, private sector and relevant experts.
A resource group of leading experts is also expected to provide the panel with counseling on technical and operational issues, according to reports from the UN Secretary General’s Office.
The panel will hold its first meeting early next month and submit its final report to the Secretary-General at the year-end when Ban Ki Moon will submit the report to the General Assembly for appropriate actions.
“It is a great responsibility with a lot of challenges, but the world needs a strategy in these issues which are important to human life, so we need to make this work as our contribution to the survival of mankind,” said President Kikwete who is in US for an official visit.
Addressing audience of the business community members including philanthropist billionaire Bill Gate and workers from various institutions in Seattle on Friday in an event that was organised by the World Affairs Council Institute, Kikwete acknowledged America’s contribution to the development of his country.
He commended the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for their impressive role in donating and supporting a range of developmental programs, saving lives of HIV/AIDS victims and financing a range of other activities that benefitted Tanzania.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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