Actions Congress Has Taken | World Leaders Statement in Support of ICPD |
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>>Also available in PDF and Word In 1994, at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, Egypt, the world's governments and civil society committed to an action plan to ensure universal access to reproductive health information and services, uphold fundamental human rights including sexual and reproductive rights, alleviate poverty, secure gender equality, and protect the environment. Since 1994, both the public and private sectors have made substantial efforts to transform the ICPD's 20-year-plan into reality. Meaningful gains have been made, but much remains to be done. The largest generation of adolescents in history - more than one billion young people - are now entering adulthood in a rapidly changing world. The exponential increases in HIV/AIDS, persistently high levels of death and ill health due to preventable complications from pregnancy and childbirth, inadequate access to family planning services, and weak public health systems are still major challenges. We are deeply concerned that the gap between rich and poor is growing and that millions of the world's people, but especially women and young people, are highly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, sexual coercion and violence, discrimination, and other violations of their human rights. We call on leaders in every walk of life to join us in reaffirming the ICPD's vision for human development, social justice, economic progress and environmental preservation. We call on the international community, national governments and private philanthropic organizations, to prioritize and fund the ICPD Programme of Action. By signing this leadership statement, we pledge to do our part. Signatories (released 13 October, 2004)
Government
Leaders (Current) Government Leaders (Former) Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari, Former President of Finland, Crisis Management Initiative Oscar Arias Sánchez, Former President of Costa Rica (Nobel Laureate) Gro Harlem Brundtland, MD and MPH, Former Prime Minister of Norway; Director General Emeritus World Health Organization
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Henrique Cardoso, Former President of Brazil Jimmy Carter, Former President of the US, Founder of The Carter Center (Nobel Laureate) William Jefferson Clinton, Former President of the US, Founder of the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation Guido de Marco, Former President of Malta Vigdis Finnbogadottir, Former President of Iceland Inder Kumar Gujral, Former Prime Minister of India Geoffrey Arama Henry KBE, Former Prime Minister of the Cook Islands Janet Jagan, Former President of Guyana Michal Kováč, Former President of the Slovak Republic Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa, Founder of the Nelson Mandela Foundation (Nobel Laureate) Pascoal Mocumbi, Former Prime Minister of Mozambique Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Former President of Burundi Punsalmaa Ochirbat, Former President of Mongolia Nassour G. Ouaïdou, Former Prime Minister of Chad Moeen A. Qureshi, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Fidel V. Ramos, Former President of the Philippines Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland; Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Anibal Cavaco Silva, Former Prime Minister of Portugal Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, Former President of Portugal Megawati Soekarnoputri, Former President of Indonesia Abdurahman Wahid, Former President of Indonesia Leaders in Development José Barzelatto, Vice President, The Center for Health and Social Policy Robert Black, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Ruth Cardoso, Ph.D, President, Comunidade Solidaria Liang Dan, Director, Investment and Technology Promotion Branch, UNIDO Ihsan Doğramaci, President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Bilkent University Stephen Isaacs, President, The Center for Health and Social Policy Carl Kendall, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Vazgen Khachikyan, National Assembly of Armenia Bernard Kouchner, Founder, Médecins Sans Frontières William H. Luers, President, UNA-USA Graça Machel, Chancellor of the University of Cape Town Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, International Steering Committee for the Advancement of Rural Women Aguas Ocana de Maduro, First Lady of Honduras Fred Sai, Presidential Adviser, Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS, Ghana Andrew Young, Chairman, Good Works International Muhammad Yunus, Ph.D., Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank Nobel Laureates Philip Anderson, Princeton University Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University Nicolaas Bloembergen, University of Arizona Arvid Carlsson, Göteborg University Mairead Corrigan Maguire, The Peace People Richard R. Ernst, ETH Zürich Val L. Fitch, Princeton University Jerome Friedman, MIT University Robert F. Furchgott, SUNY Health Science Center Nadine Gordimer, Author Dudley Herschbach, Harvard University Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University Jerome Karle, President, World Innovation Foundation Klaus von Klitzing, Max Planck Institute Aaron Klug, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Sir Harold Kroto, University of Sussex Jean-Marie Lehn, College of France Rita Levi-Montalcini, Institute of Neurobiology Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation Norman F. Ramsey, Harvard University Burton Richter, SLAC Richard J. Roberts, New England Biolabs Jack Steinberger, European Center for Nuclear Research Henry Taube, Stanford University Charles H. Townes, University of California, Berkeley Business Leaders Tony Barclay, President & CEO, Development Alternatives, Inc. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Vice Chairman & CEO, Nestle SA Ian Cockerill, CEO, Gold Fields Ltd. Lawrence Cooley, President, Management Systems International John Demsey, President, MAC Cosmetics Jack Garvey, CEO, The Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations Ltd Thulani S. Gcabashe, CEO, Eskom William Haseltine, Human Genome Sciences Robert B. Hass, Chairman, Levi Strauss & Co. Mary Ann Leeper, President & COO, The Female Health Company Philip A. Marineau, CEO, Levi Strauss & Co. Paul Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Voxiva Inc. B. Muthuraman, Managing Director, Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. David Rockefeller, Former Chairman & CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank Joseph Saba, CEO, Axios International Roger Sant, Co-Founder, The AES Corporation Ratan N. Tata, Chairman, Tata Industries Limited Tony Trahar, CEO, Anglo American Plc. Ted Turner, Chairman, Turner Enterprises
Foundation Leaders Margaret Ayers, Executive Director, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Marma Erla Barillas, Executive Director, Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation Susan V. Berresford, President, Ford Foundation Paul Brest, President, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Cindie Carroll-Pankherst, President, The Brush Foundation Gordon Conway, President, Rockefeller Foundation Victor DeLuca, President, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Edith Eddy, Executive Director, Compton Foundation Inc. Jonathon F. Fanton, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Theresa Fay-Bustillos, Executive Director, Levi Strauss Foundation Stephen Foster, Executive Director, Overbrook Foundation Lilia Garcia-Leyva, Executive Director, MAC AIDS Fund and MAC Global Foundation Mardi Kildebeck, Trustee, Mary Wohlford Foundation Carol S. Larson, President & CEO, The David and Lucille Packard Foundation Ed Miller, President, WestWind Foundation Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute Kavita Ramdas, President & CEO, Global Fund for Women Victoria Sant, President, The Summit Foundation Sandra Silverman, President, The Scherman Foundation Karen R. Sollins, Chair, The Scherman Foundation Mary Ann Stein, President, Moriah Fund Haryono Suyono, Vice Chairman, Damandiri Foundation Rien van Gendt, Executive Director, Van Leer Group Foundation Henry Scott Wallace, President, Wallace Global Fund Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation Wren Wirth, President, The Winslow Foundation
International
Institutions Louise Arbour, High Commissioner, UNHCHR Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF Anwarul K. Chowdhury, United Nations Under-Secretary General, High Representative for the LDC's, LLDC's and SIDS Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director, UNIFEM Paul Hunt, UN Special Rapporteur Enrique V. Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank Donald J. Johnston, Secretary General, OECD Irene Khan, Secretary General, Amnesty International Stephen Lewis, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Africa Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, UNDP Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS Romano Prodi, President, European Commission Rubens Ricupero, Secretary General, UNCTAD Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Millennium Project; Special Advisor to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Nafis Sadik, MD, Special Envoy to the UN Secretary General for HIV/AIDS in Asia Jean-Louis Sarbib, Senior Vice President, Human Development Network, The World Bank Javier Solana, EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Religious Leaders Denise M. Ackermann, Professor Extraordinary of Christian Theology, University of Stellenbosch Marcus Braybrooke, President, World Congress of Faiths F. Peter Brinkman, Associate Director, International Committee for Peace Council Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, Chair, Global Women's Peace Initiative Rev. Ray Buchanan, President & CEO, Stop Hunger Now Janice Clark, World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women Bob Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches Farid Esack, Ethics, Religion & Society Chair, Xavier University Blu Greenberg, Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Frank T. Griswold III, Presiding Bishop, Episcopal Church Debra W. Haffner, Director, Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing Joseph C. Hough Jr, President, Union Theological Seminary Benjamin J. Hubbard, Professor and Chair, Department of Comparative Religion, California State University, Fullerton Daniel C. Maguire, President, Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics James B. Martin-Schramm, Associate Professor of Religion, Luther College Dena Merriam, Convener, Global Peace Initiative of Women Leadership Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales James Parks Morton, Founder & President, The Interfaith Center of New York Tavivat Puntarigvivat, Mahidol University, Department of Humanities Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Nevada Melvin G. Talbert, Bishop, The United Methodist Church John H. Thomas, General Minister and President, United Church of Christ Desmond M. Tutu, Former Archbishop, South African Council of Churches (Nobel Laureate)
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E. Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society of The
United Methodist Church
Health
& Rights Rashidah Abdullah, Executive Director, Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women Lilián Abracinskas, Coordinator, Mujer y Salud en Uruguay Sjamsiah Achmad, United Nations Committee on CEDAW Carmen Barroso, Director, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region Charlotte Bunch, Distinguished Professor & Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership Sharon L. Camp, President & CEO, Allan Guttmacher Institute Amy Coen, CEO & President, Population Action International Cecilia Correa, General Coordinator, Latin American and Caribbean Network for Sexual and Reproductive Rights Sonia Corrêa, Research Coordinator, Development Alternative with Women for a New Era Susan Crane, Chair, EuroNGOs Mary Ann Cunningham, Board Member, National Coalition of American Nuns Christopher J. Elias, President, PATH Regina Figueiredo, AIDS Prevention Studies Nucleus, University of Sao Paulo and Health Institute, Brazil Mari-Elise Gbedo, President, Female Jurists of Benin Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition Geeta Rao Gupta, President, International Center for Research on Women Pinar Ilkkaracan, Founding President, Women for Women's Human Rights - NEW WAYS, Turkey Brigid Inder, Executive Director, Women's Initiative for Gender Justice Jodi Jacobson, Executive Director, Center for Health and Gender Equity Archil Khomassuridze, President, Georgian Association of the Reproductologists Frances Kissling, President, Catholics for a Free Choice Yasuo Kon, Chairman, Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning Bene Mandunagu, Co-Founder, Girls' Power, Inc., Nigeria Florence W. Manguyu, Former President, Medical Women's International Association Nancy Northup, President, Center for Reproductive Rights Wanda Nowicka, President, Federation for Women and Family Planning, Poland Gloria Careaga Perez, Professor, Psychology Faculty, National Autonomus University of Mexico Rosalind Petchesky, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Hunter College and City University of New York Ana Maria Pizarro, Director, Si Mujer, Nicaragua Saparinah Sadli, Former Vice Chair, National Commission on Human Rights, Indonesia Gita Sen, Sir Ratan Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Management Jill Sheffield, President, Family Care International Steven Sinding, Director General, International Planned Parenthood Federation Emily Spry, President, International Federation of Medical Students' Associations Nahid Toubia, President, Research, Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women James Wagoner, President, Advocates for Youth
June
Zeitlin, Executive Director, Women's Environment and Development Organization Scientists Razmik Abrahamyan, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University Thomas Eisner, Cornell University, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior Fawzi Elrefaie, President, Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research & Technology John Gibbons, Former Science Advisor to the President of the United States Jane Goodall, Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute Kurt Gottfried, Chair, Union of Concerned Scientists Sa'ad Hijazi, President, Royal Scientific Society of Jordan Risto Ihamuotila, President, Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters Helena Illnerová, DSc., President, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Kevin Knobloch, President, Union of Concerned Scientists Eduardo Moacyr Krieger, President, Brazilian Academy of Sciences Willem J.M. Levelt, President, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Jane Lubchenco, President, International Council for Science, Distinguished Professor, Oregon State University Robert May, President, The Royal Society Jim Peacock, President, Australian Academy of Science C. N. R. Rao, President, Third World Academy of Sciences Allan Rosenfield, Dean, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Emma Rothschild, Director, Centre for History and Economics - King's College, Cambridge, UK Felicia Stewart, MD, University of California San Francisco, Reproductive Health Research and Policy Alica Wertheimer-Baletić, Vice President, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University George Woodwell, President, Woods Hole Research Lu Yongxiang, President, Chinese Academy of Sciences Chen Zhu, Co-Chair, InterAcademy Panel on International Issues Youth Åsa Bjering, President, National Council of Swedish Youth Organizations Lesley Bulman, Chief Executive, World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Donald Tinotenda Charumbira, Secretary General, World Assembly of Youth Jeppe Bruus Christensen, Chairman, Danish Youth Council Audrey Elster, Programme Manager, African Youth Alliance Emmanuel Etim, CEO & President, Center for Development Action International/Africa Youth Leadership Caucus Christoffer Gronstad, Norwegian Youth Council Kevin Hickey, President, National Youth Council of Ireland Agniva Lahiri, Co-Coordinator, Network of Asia Pacific Youth Patricia LaRue, Executive Coordinator, Youth Coalition Rodelyn M. Marte, Co-Coordinator, Network of Asia Pacific Youth Neema Mgana, Founder and Director, African Regional Youth Initiative Edford G. Mutuma, Chairperson, Young African Advocates for Rights Scott Paul, Chairperson, SustainUS George Stasinos, President, Hellenic Youth Council of Greece Paulo Vieira, Chair, YouAct Anneke Wensing, Youth Coordinator, CHOICE Yanina Zinchenko, Chairperson, Belarusian Union of Youth and Children's Public Associations Institutional affiliations are for informational purposes only |
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