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The Rights and Responsibilities of NGOs in
consultative status with ECOSOC
Russian Federation
Outreach
November 2008
Dr. Hanifa Mezoui, Chief, NGO Section, DESA
Copyright United Nations NGO SECTION/DESA
THE RUSSIAN PEACE FOUNDATION
ECOSOC Special Consultative Status since 2006
Promotion and enhancement of peace, friendship
and understanding between peoples.
Millenium Development Goals – Part 2
“We have to crisis proof our agenda,
especially in the area of
development.
In particular we cannot allow the
financial crisis to turn
into a prolonged human crisis.
That is why the race to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), by the target of 2015, has
become even more pressing”
Millenium Development Goals
Eradicate
extreme poverty
and hunger
Reduce child
mortality
Combat
HIV/AIDS,
malaria, and
other diseases
Achieve
universal
primary
education
By 2015
191
Member
States
have
pledged to:
Ensure
environmental
sustainability
Promote gender
equality and
empower women
Improve
maternal health
Develop a global
partnership for
development
10 thematic Task Forces
Poverty and
Economic
Development
Child Health and
Maternal Health
HIV/AIDS and
other diseases
Improving the
lives of Slum
Dwellers
Hunger
From now
to
2015
189
Member
States
Trade
Education and
Gender Equality
Environment
Sustainability
Water and
Sanitation
Science,
Technology and
Innovation
« If the UN’s global agenda is to be
properly addressed, a partnership
with civil society at large is not an
option; it is a necessity . »
Hon. Ban-Ki Moon
Secretary General
United Nations
Implementation of the MDGs in the
Russian Federation
National Brief
Three keys areas have been identified by
the National Priority Project:
1. Poverty Reduction
2. Maternal Health
3. Eradication of HIV/AIDS
The goal has been achieved:
– The population living under the national
poverty line is 15% (compared to 25%
seven years ago)
– Less than 7% of children under 5 years old
are under nourished
The Russian Federation has achieved high
enrollment and completion rates in primary
education:
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More than 98% of children and adolescents are
educated in primary as well as secondary schools
- More than 8.5 millions students are spread in over 1000
higher studies establishments
The tasks for the future are:
- To modernize educational tools
- To ensure the quality of education services
- To reinforce the schools’ technical capacities
Problems linked to gender equality vary
according to regions but UNDP is helping
the Russian Federation to face them:
- The rate of literacy among women is 99,8%
- The UNDP’s expertise on gender equality is largely used
by the executive and legislative powers at the federal and
national level.
- The Russian Federation is advanced compared to other
European countries in terms of budget spent to promote
gender equality.
- The discriminatory practices concern violence towards
women and life expectancy between genders.
The challenge for the Russian Federation government is
• - to create a society which concretely promotes gender
equality:
To provide help to women in order for them to conjugate
work and home
To introduce women in politics
To Eliminate every form of sexual discrimination in
politics
- The Russian Federation’s rates of infant and child mortality are
among the highest in Eastern Europe
The major issues children are facing are
iodine and iron deficiency disorders, HIV
infected mothers, anaemia and low
vaccination rates
It is imperative to:
- Taking decisive actions to stop the spread
of HIV/AIDS
- Provide resources and accurate information
about vaccination and vital needs of new
born
- Care properly for maternal and child health
Even though the maternal mortality rate in Russia has
been steadily declining, its level remains quite high by
Western Europe standards
Not the modern contraception methods, but induced
interruption of unwanted pregnancy remains the basic
method of family planning in Russia
The Russian took steps in 2005 by:
- Providing pregnant women with quality medical
services by certifying 210 hospital as baby-fiendly
• The estimated number of people living with
HIV in 2005 was 940 000
• The number of deaths caused by the
tuberculosis grew 2.43 times from 1990 to
2001
HIV is mentioned as the disease that
aggravates negative demographic situation
in Russia
During the last three years, there was a
visible increase at higher political
levels to combat HIV
- More than $100 million (a tenfold increase) has been
allocated for prevention programmes in 2006 alone.
- Concerted effort to slash the cost of therapies used to
treat HIV
Indicators of GDP per unit of energy use show that
the post-soviet economy is not yet
environmentally sustainable
The Russian Federation showed its commitment to attain a
sustainable national development by :
- President Medvedev’s decision to reduce by 2020
Russia’s GDP energy by at least 40% compared to
2007
- Adoption in January 2002 of the Ecological Doctrine
and the Law on Environmental Protection
- Support to new environmental technology and
environmental business
The Russian Federation has successfully
transformed itself from an aid recipient to an
emerging donor through rapid economic
development.
Russia is willing to take an active part in developing the
global partnership and has placed priority on :
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Combat of terrorism
Health services
Emergency relief
Protection of environment
Russia’s participation to the agreement of the G8 leaders in June
2002 to create a “Global Partnership Against the Spread of
Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction”
Russia is striving to establish a comprehensive
partnership system in order to:
- Provide greater trade access
- Resolve debt problems
- Stimulate investment
- Expand assistance to developing nations
End of Part 2