A/HRC/10/43 E/CN.6/2009/10 United Nations Trust Fund and on emerging issues and effective strategies to end violence against women and girls. For example, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, and Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal, 1 were the first Heads of State to sign on to the UNIFEM Say NO to Violence against Women Campaign, part of the UNite to End Violence against Women Campaign, which appeals for public support and increased resources for the United Nations Trust Fund. An additional 28 presidents and prime ministers have also signed on to the campaigns. 2 The Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands publicly reiterated his pledge of support to the United Nations Trust Fund upon receiving the MDG3 Champion Torch, an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark to galvanize commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment. 3 Member States are also the main donors to the United Nations Trust Fund. In 2008, the Governments of Australia, Austria, Brazil, Finland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States of America made their contributions. 14. The private sector has an important role to play in ending violence against women and girls, not only in terms of philanthropy but also through employee policies, high-visibility marketing outlets for awareness-raising, or in-kind contributions of expertise. Since 2005, Johnson & Johnson has been supporting the special window on links between violence against women and HIV and AIDS with $700,000 a year. In 2008, Avon Products announced a public-private partnership to promote women’s empowerment and end violence against women, which committed $1 million to the United Nations Trust Fund, the largest single annual private sector contribution ever. Also Tag Heuer, non-profit organization Zonta International, UNIFEM National Committees, 4 Cinema for Peace Foundation, and the United Nations Foundation made contributions in 2008. 15. The United Nations Trust Fund is built on the notion of United Nations partnerships, which are assured through the coordinating role of over 20 United Nations agency members of the global and subregional inter-agency programme appraisal committees. In 2008, in addition to UNIFEM, programme appraisal committee members at global and subregional levels included the Division for the Advancement of Women; the Economic Commission for Africa; the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; the International Labour Organization; the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS; the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification; the United Nations Development Programme; the United Nations __________________ 1 2 3 4 08-66140 Senegal’s Prime Minister Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare and 23 Government ministers signed as well. Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Finland, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Palestinian National Authority, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Solomon Islands, Spain, Timor-Leste and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Recipients of the MDG3 Champion Torch are representatives of Governments, the private sector, civil society, the media and international organizations, from the North and South. At the United Nations high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals on 25 September 2008, all commitments were presented to the Secretary-General, who will be invited to light the last MDG3 Champion Torch. For more details, visit www.mdg3action.um.dk/en/menu/ MDG+3+Torch/Torch+Campaign/. Austria, Iceland, Italy and the United States of America. 7