Education and health focus of U.N. conference

Friday, 10 February 2012 19:07 Mizzima News

(Mizzima) – A three-day U.N. conference “Development Policy Options with special reference to Education and Health in Myanmar” will be held in Naypyitaw on Monday.

The keynote addresses will be delivered by Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Laureate in economics, and Prof. Ronald Findlay, both of Columbia University.

High-level government officials, the chef de cabinet and special advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General, Vijay Nambiar; the European Union Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs; and the U.N. Assistant Secretary-General and chair of U.N. Development Group for Asia-Pacific, Dr. Ajay Chhibber, will speak.

More than 40 national and international experts will participate in panel debates, sharing national, regional and the experiences of other countries.

The aim of the conference is to bring to the table discussions on policy options, priorities and institutional reforms for accelerating human development in Burma.

For more information, contact
Esben Q. Harboe at esben.harboe@one.un.org . or go to http://yangon.unic.org