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ITALIA DEBUTTA OGGI NEL CONSIGLIO ECONOMICO E SOCIALE ONU, DOPO L’INIZIO DEL SUO MANDATO PER IL TRIENNIO 2022-2024.
New York, 2 febbraio 2022. Debutta oggi al Palazzo di Vetro il mandato dell’Italia nel Consiglio Economico e Sociale ONU (ECOSOC), il terzo maggiore organo delle Nazioni Unite e maggiore piattaforma per lo sviluppo sostenibile.
Il primo impegno in calendario per il triennio italiano in ECOSOC (iniziato formalmente in gennaio), e’ il “Partnership Forum”, nevralgico foro di discussione per sviluppare partenariati fra l’ECOSOC, le Autorita’ locali, il settore privato, ONG e altre articolazioni della societa’ civile. Nelle parole del Rappresentante Permanente d’Italia all’ONU Amb. Massari in apertura del Partnership Forum, “Il rafforzamento di tali partenariati, sia a livello locale sia globale, può aiutarci a individuare quelle soluzioni comuni per ricostruire meglio e non lasciare nessuno indietro”.
L’Ambasciatore ha portato l’esperienza del Consiglio Nazionale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (CNCS), che raggruppa operatori profit e no profit nel settore della cooperazione allo sviluppo, per consentire consultazioni regolari multi-attore. Si tratta del consolidato approccio “multi-stakeholder” che l’Italia promuove anche all’ONU con convinzione.
L’Italia presenterà in luglio la sua seconda “Voluntary National Review”, il suo documento sulle strategie a medio e lungo termine per centrare i 17 Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile dell’Agenda 2030. Una consultazione a tal fine è stata avviata con la società civile e il settore privato (di cui si intende valorizzare il ruolo centrale, fra l’altro, nella transizione energetica).
Un ulteriore esempio dell’impegno italiano all’ONU si trova nel nostro ruolo di facilitatori del negoziato per la Risoluzione sui partenariati globali adottata di recente dall’Assemblea Generale.
All’elezione per il mandato triennale in ECOSOC svoltasi nel 2021, l’Italia fu il Paese piu’ votato del suo gruppo regionale, davanti a Canada, Belgio e Stati Uniti, a dimostrazione della reputazione costruita dal nostro Paese sul piano multilaterale per i risultati conseguiti in campo di sviluppo sostenibile.
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Discorso pronunciato dall’Ambasciatore Maurizio Massari, Rappresentante Permanente dell’Italia presso le Nazioni Unite, al 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum sul “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. —
Mr. President,
Excellencies,
Italy aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the EU.
I am pleased to take the floor and mark a new cycle of Italy’s membership in ECOSOC, which formally started in January this year. As always, Italy will contribute actively to the Council’s work and engage in open and inclusive discussions, to build consensus within the wider membership and respond to the main global challenges we face in the wake of the pandemic.
Reinforcing partnerships, both locally and globally, can help us define common solutions to build back better and leave no one behind. The Member States’ role in the “decade of action” must be complemented by the efforts and initiatives driven by international financial institutions, the private sector, local authorities, NGOs, scientific and technological communities and academia.
Partnerships are at the core of Italy’s development cooperation policy and strategies. We established a National Council that groups together both profit and non-profit operators in development cooperation, to allow for regular multi-stakeholder consultations.
We believe that the international community should strengthen multilateralism and further develop a partnership-oriented approach within and beyond the United Nations. We have all witnessed the key role played by global partnerships in the race to develop and distribute vaccines. CEPI, GAVI and COVAX are bright examples of transformative partnerships. Italy is proud to support them.
Allow me also to stress the pivotal role of the private sector in sustainable recovery and the energy transition. Multilateralism can be instrumental in promoting corporate sustainability; we therefore commend the United Nations Global Compact for advancing UN values and responsible business practices throughout the global business community, aimed at achieving decent work for all, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and negative biodiversity impacts.
The thematic resolution, “Towards Global Partnerships”, recently adopted by the General Assembly, fully recognizes the importance of partnerships at all levels. This year, Italy further showed its commitment by facilitating the negotiations on the text, submitted by European Union Member States to the Second Committee of the General Assembly.
Next July, Italy will present its Voluntary National Review. To this end, we have started a process of consultations with civil society and the private sector. We are open to sharing our experiences and best practices in developing and reinforcing partnerships, in the run-up to the High-level Political Forum.
President, Excellencies,
ECOSOC – thanks to its subsidiary bodies and the contributions of the numerous NGOs with Consultative Status – represents one of the main Charter Bodies advancing the engagement of civil society within the United Nations system.
We are certain that the participation of civil society organizations and the private sector in today’s Partnership Forum will pave the way for a better quality of decision-making, increased ownership of decisions, stronger accountability and transparency, as well as more fruitful collaboration and outcomes among all the Member States.
We look forward to working with you on all the relevant ECOSOC events in the months to come.
Thank you.
