Health Minister to attend annual meeting of CGI
The Source: SANA'A/hadhramaut.info/sabanews.net - 19/09/2010
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Public Health and Population Minister Abdul Karim Rasa'a flew to the United States of America on Sunday for the annual meeting of Clinton Global Initiative CGI.
The meeting will take place on 21-23 September in New York and will be attended by 1200 heads of state, company directors and, non-profit organizations.
It will discuss issues including those related to establishing and implementing solutions to the world issues.The best strategies for bringing solutions based on market mechanisms to expand their extent with the aim to serve the poor and discussion of the best techniques for handling issues in areas such as healthcare, education and economic development as well as spreading them to a larger extent will top the agenda, Rasa'a said.Moreover, the meeting will focus on ways to create jobs in various industries, set out strategies to connect people to job opportunities and how to find opportunities for all through helping women and girls with the aim to achieve equality of education, healthcare and economic opportunities, he said.Rasa'a will also attend the meetings of the UN General Assembly in New York that will discuss progress made on achieving the millennium goals.' In 2005, ex-U.S. President Bill Clinton established CGI to turn ideas into action and to help our world move beyond the current state of globalization to a more integrated global community of shared benefits, responsibilities, and values. By gathering world leaders from a variety of backgrounds, CGI creates a unique opportunity to channel the capacities of individuals and organizations to realize change. To fulfill the action-oriented mission of CGI, all members devise practical solutions to global issues through the development of specific and measurable Commitments to Action.'
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