A Vision for Urgent Action on health, education and development
“A
Vision
for
Urgent
Action
on
health,
education
and
development”
I
am
speaking
on
behalf
of
civil
society
working
in
the
area
of
education
and
the
Health
in
the
Post-‐2015
NGO
Coalition,
whose
statement
is
signed
by
over
50
organizations.
Education
and
health
for
all
are
critical
factors
to
enable
the
fulfillment
of
the
entire
SDG
agenda,
a
fact
that
should
be
explicit
in
the
Declaration.
It
should
state
clearly
that
all
governments
will
work
towards
achieving
the
full
set
of
goals
and
targets.
This
requires
specific
and
time-‐bound
actions
and
not
-‐-‐
as
now
weakly
worded
for
non-‐communicable
diseases,
“
to
devoting
greater
efforts”.
We
expect
Member
States
to
deliver
quality,
essential,
affordable
services
for
education
and
health,
for
all.
Public
private
partnerships
must
be
entered
into
with
extreme
caution,
and
with
strong
regulation
and
accountability
mechanisms
in
place,
and
with
protection
from
policymaking.
We
wish
to
highlight
the
following
specific
issues:
On
education:
Delivering
quality
education
for
all
at
all
levels
is
the
prime
responsibility
of
the
state.
But
the
role
of
organisations,
particularly
youth
organisations,
in
delivering
non-‐formal
or
out-‐of-‐school
education,
which
provides
wider
skills
and
personal
development,
should
also
be
recognized.
In
para
7,the
words
‘quality,
equitable
and
universal’
should
all
be
applied
to
all
of
education,
health
and
social
protection.
Water
and
sanitation
could
also
be
added
here.
In
para
15,
we
should
include
The
Incheon
Declaration;
the
International
Conference
on
Population
and
Development;
and
the
Fourth
World
Conference
on
Women.
In
para
23,
we
urge
inclusion
of
“Inclusive
and
equitable”
quality
education,
and
“lifelong
learning”
(not
just
access),
to
bring
the
text
into
line
with
Goal
4.
In
addition,
we
urge
insuring
safe
school
environments,
and
including
education
on
these
key
topics:
human
rights,
gender
equality,
peace,
non-‐violence,
comprehensive
sexuality
education,
cultural
diversity
and
sustainable
lifestyles.
On
health:
We
appreciate
the
statements
made
yesterday
by
countries,
Indonesia,
Palau,
and
Bangladesh
and
Costa
Rica
this
morning.
In
the
preamble,
under
PEOPLE,
the
words
“Physical
and
mental
health
and
well-‐
being”
should
be
included.
For
para
11,
we
support
UK
and
Sweden
to
include
anti-‐microbial
resistance,
which
poses
a
serious
health
threat.
In
para
19,
we
support
the
inclusion
of
sexual
and
reproductive
health
and
rights.
In
para
24,
Financial
health
protection
to
reach
those
furthest
behind
should
be
included,
to
achieve
universal
health
coverage.
Also,
in
line
with
the
Maldives
on
behalf
of
AOSIS,
the
third
sentence
could
read
“We
commit
to
accelerating
the
progress
made
to
date
in
eliminating
newborn,
infant,
child
and
maternal
mortality
by
eradicating
preventable
deaths
and
morbidity
by
2030.”
We
welcome
the
suggestions
from
Member
States
to
strengthen
language
related
to
non-‐communicable
diseases
to
add
specific
references
to
‘prevention
and
control’
instead
of
‘tackling’,
and
reference
to
social
determinants
of
health.
A
final
sentence
should
also
be
added:
“These
efforts
together
achieve
our
vision
of
integrated
health,
mental
health
and
well-‐being.”
Finally,
the
Declaration
should
reflect
the
environmental
dimension
of
health,
recognizing
the
link
between
air,
water
and
soil
pollution,
as
well
as
hazardous
chemicals
of
ecosystems,
leading
to
human
health
exposure
to
toxics,
and
recognizing
the
dangerous
health
impacts
of
climate
and
environmental
change.
Thank
you.
Vision
for
Urgent
Action
on
health,
education
and
development”
I
am
speaking
on
behalf
of
civil
society
working
in
the
area
of
education
and
the
Health
in
the
Post-‐2015
NGO
Coalition,
whose
statement
is
signed
by
over
50
organizations.
Education
and
health
for
all
are
critical
factors
to
enable
the
fulfillment
of
the
entire
SDG
agenda,
a
fact
that
should
be
explicit
in
the
Declaration.
It
should
state
clearly
that
all
governments
will
work
towards
achieving
the
full
set
of
goals
and
targets.
This
requires
specific
and
time-‐bound
actions
and
not
-‐-‐
as
now
weakly
worded
for
non-‐communicable
diseases,
“
to
devoting
greater
efforts”.
We
expect
Member
States
to
deliver
quality,
essential,
affordable
services
for
education
and
health,
for
all.
Public
private
partnerships
must
be
entered
into
with
extreme
caution,
and
with
strong
regulation
and
accountability
mechanisms
in
place,
and
with
protection
from
policymaking.
We
wish
to
highlight
the
following
specific
issues:
On
education:
Delivering
quality
education
for
all
at
all
levels
is
the
prime
responsibility
of
the
state.
But
the
role
of
organisations,
particularly
youth
organisations,
in
delivering
non-‐formal
or
out-‐of-‐school
education,
which
provides
wider
skills
and
personal
development,
should
also
be
recognized.
In
para
7,the
words
‘quality,
equitable
and
universal’
should
all
be
applied
to
all
of
education,
health
and
social
protection.
Water
and
sanitation
could
also
be
added
here.
In
para
15,
we
should
include
The
Incheon
Declaration;
the
International
Conference
on
Population
and
Development;
and
the
Fourth
World
Conference
on
Women.
In
para
23,
we
urge
inclusion
of
“Inclusive
and
equitable”
quality
education,
and
“lifelong
learning”
(not
just
access),
to
bring
the
text
into
line
with
Goal
4.
In
addition,
we
urge
insuring
safe
school
environments,
and
including
education
on
these
key
topics:
human
rights,
gender
equality,
peace,
non-‐violence,
comprehensive
sexuality
education,
cultural
diversity
and
sustainable
lifestyles.
On
health:
We
appreciate
the
statements
made
yesterday
by
countries,
Indonesia,
Palau,
and
Bangladesh
and
Costa
Rica
this
morning.
In
the
preamble,
under
PEOPLE,
the
words
“Physical
and
mental
health
and
well-‐
being”
should
be
included.
For
para
11,
we
support
UK
and
Sweden
to
include
anti-‐microbial
resistance,
which
poses
a
serious
health
threat.
In
para
19,
we
support
the
inclusion
of
sexual
and
reproductive
health
and
rights.
In
para
24,
Financial
health
protection
to
reach
those
furthest
behind
should
be
included,
to
achieve
universal
health
coverage.
Also,
in
line
with
the
Maldives
on
behalf
of
AOSIS,
the
third
sentence
could
read
“We
commit
to
accelerating
the
progress
made
to
date
in
eliminating
newborn,
infant,
child
and
maternal
mortality
by
eradicating
preventable
deaths
and
morbidity
by
2030.”
We
welcome
the
suggestions
from
Member
States
to
strengthen
language
related
to
non-‐communicable
diseases
to
add
specific
references
to
‘prevention
and
control’
instead
of
‘tackling’,
and
reference
to
social
determinants
of
health.
A
final
sentence
should
also
be
added:
“These
efforts
together
achieve
our
vision
of
integrated
health,
mental
health
and
well-‐being.”
Finally,
the
Declaration
should
reflect
the
environmental
dimension
of
health,
recognizing
the
link
between
air,
water
and
soil
pollution,
as
well
as
hazardous
chemicals
of
ecosystems,
leading
to
human
health
exposure
to
toxics,
and
recognizing
the
dangerous
health
impacts
of
climate
and
environmental
change.
Thank
you.