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45.
In the ensuing interactive dialogue, representatives of the Associazione Comunità
Papa Giovanni XXIII, Social Justice in Global Development, North-South XXI and
Webster University discussed, among other issues, the creation of a coordination
mechanism among relevant Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts and the Human
Rights Council Advisory Committee to discuss issues of globalization, global governance,
international solidarity and sustainable development; the appointment of a Special
Rapporteur on globalization and global governance; ensuring that human rights were taken
into account at meetings of the Group of 20; international mechanisms for improving tax
collection; and corruption as a cause of debt problems.
46.
In concluding remarks, Collins Magalasi reiterated his call for the establishment of a
sovereign debt workout mechanism, proposing that the United Nations and its relevant
agencies and human rights mechanisms should design and host such a mechanism. Isabel
Ortiz emphasized the need to galvanize political will in favour of alternative
macroeconomic policies. Manuel Montes called for neutral international mechanisms to
promote solidarity, good governance and transparency in the international financial system.
In summarizing the discussion, Jean Saldanha called for placing human rights at the centre
of the global development paradigm and the response to the financial crisis by restructuring
the banking system, promoting equitable and effective taxation, and improving global
financial governance.
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Round table: Strengthening the global partnership for development
47.
Cécile Molinier, Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
in Geneva, stressed that the global partnership for development should be based on
inclusive dialogue among all relevant stakeholders. In this respect, achieving human rights,
reducing inequalities and hearing the voices of people and civil society were fundamental.
At UNDP, the majority of resources for development were at the country level; therefore,
UNDP encouraged local ownership. Cécile Molinier highlighted the need to reflect on
global governance and to continuously improve the programming work of the United
Nations because much remained to be done to achieve the Millennium Development Goals,
particularly Goal 8. She noted, for example, declining levels of official development
assistance and called for the fulfilment of development commitments. She also emphasized
the need to improve the quality of existing aid. In this regard, domestic factors like the
strength of civil society, democratic processes, the rule of law and rights compliance were
important. Finally, she called upon OHCHR and UNDP to continue working together on
the post-2015 development agenda and on the identification of means to strengthen
accountability, policy coherence and governance in development efforts.
48.
Ali Jazairy, Head of the Innovation and Technology Transfer Section of the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), highlighted the contributions of innovation and
intellectual property to the global partnership for development. Modern information
technology had improved speed, quality, coherence and referenceability, reduced costs,
made intellectual property a means for promoting global partnership, and permitted
increasingly innovative partnerships between large research and development teams from
corporations, States and academia working together through network processes. Expanding
access to information and communication technologies had promoted the rapid
dissemination of knowledge and a shifting paradigm of innovation where contributions
increasingly came from new regions. In this sense, the notion of intellectual partnership
might gradually replace the notion of intellectual property and innovation and serve to
integrate people in development processes. WIPO had recommended the development of
collaborative networks and innovation platforms to connect multiple actors and resources in
the production of mutually beneficial solutions to common problems.
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