The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon has appointed President Jakaya Kikwete to chairmanship of the High Level Panel on Global Responses to Health Crises
H.E. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (left), President of the United Republic of Tanzania today met with Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General for official talks at the United Nations Headquarters in
New York, USA.
President jakaya Kikwete (left) signing visitor's book before UN's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
President jakaya Kikwete in a photo with Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
President Kikwete in discussion with UN's Secretary General Bank Ki-moon during their meeting today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.Photos by Mrs. Maura Mwingira of the Tanzania Mission to the United Nations
Secretary-General Appoints High-Level Panel on Global Response to Health Crises
Press Release
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced
the appointment of a High-level Panel on the Global Response to Health Crises.
The Secretary-General has appointed Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete,
President of the United Republic of Tanzania, as Chair. A full list of Panel
members appears below. The Secretary-General has asked the Panel to make
recommendations to strengthen national and international systems to prevent and
manage future health crises, taking into account lessons learned from the
response to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease.
In carrying out its work, the Panel will undertake a wide
range of consultations, including with representatives from the affected
countries and communities, the United Nations system, multilateral and
bilateral financial institutions and regional development banks,
non-governmental organizations, countries supporting the response effort, other
Member States, health-care providers, academic and research institutions, the
private sector and other experts. The Panel will be supported by a Resource
Group of leading experts which is to provide advice to the Panel on technical
and other issues.
The Panel will hold its first meeting in early May 2015 and
is expected to submit its final report to the Secretary-General at the end of
December 2015. The Secretary-General will make the report available to the
General Assembly and undertake further action as appropriate.
Panel Members
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (United Republic of Tanzania) was
elected as Fourth President of the United Republic of Tanzania in December
2005, and was re-elected for a second term in October 2010. He was first
appointed in 1988 to the Cabinet, where he held several ministerial portfolios,
including Minister for Finance, Minister for Water, Energy and Mineral
Resources and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
(1995-2005). He served as the Chairperson of the African Union (2008–2009) and
the Chairman of the Southern African Development Community Troika on Politics,
Defence and Security (2012–2013). He is the current Chair of the Summit of East
African Community Heads of State.
Celso Amorim (Brazil) served as Minister of Foreign
Relations (1993-1994 and 2003-2010), and as Minister of Defence (2011-2014).
Prior to that, he served as the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the
United Nations in Geneva (1991-1993) and the World Trade Organization
(1999-2001), as the Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations in
New York (1995-1999) and as Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2002). He was
also Chief Executive Officer of the Brazilian Film Corporation (Embrafilme)
from 1979 to 1982 and served as Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Science and
Technology (1985-1988). He is the author of several books and other
publications on Culture, Science and Technology Policy and International
Relations. His latest book is entitled Teerã, Ramalá e Doha (2015).
Micheline Calmy-Rey (Switzerland) assumed the office of
President of the Geneva Cantonal Government (2001-2002) before being elected to
the Swiss Federal Council in December 2002, heading the Federal Department of
Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2011. In 2007 and in 2011, she served two 1-year
terms as President of the Swiss Confederation. In May 2012, she was nominated
Visiting Professor at the University of Geneva.
Marty Natalegawa (Indonesia) served as Foreign Minister of
the Republic of Indonesia (2009-2014), prior to which he served as the
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations in
New York (2007-2009). From 2005 to 2007, he served as the Ambassador of the
Republic of Indonesia to the United Kingdom. He began his career with the
Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in 1986.
Joy Phumaphi (Botswana) is the Executive Secretary of the
African Leaders Malaria Alliance. She served as Member of Parliament, holding
portfolio responsibility in the cabinet, first for Lands and Housing
(1995-1999) and then for Health (1999-2003). She later joined the World Health
Organization as Assistant Director General for Family and Community Health
(2003-2007). She has served as Vice-President for Human Development at the
World Bank (2007-2009). She has also served on a number of commissions and
expert groups and sits on the Board of several international non-profit
organizations working on global health.
Rajiv Shah (United States) served as Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (2010 - 2015),
advancing its mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic
societies. He pioneered new public-private partnerships and catalysed
scientific innovation, enlisting the private sector and bipartisan
Congressional leaders to join in the cause. He also led the United States
Government’s humanitarian response to catastrophic crises around the world,
including the Haiti earthquake, Typhoon Haiyan and the Ebola epidemic in West
Africa.
Previously, Mr. Shah served as Under-Secretary and Chief
Scientist in the United States Department of Agriculture. Prior to that, he spent
eight years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, starting at its
inception and leading efforts in global health, agriculture and financial
services.
