PHA-Exchange> UN Meeting Transcript on Nicaraqua from Martha Campbell

[Marcy Bloom]

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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES DEBATE ON RIGHT TO HEALTH, RIGHT TO FOOD AND
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
22 September 2006 
 
ALICIA MARTIN (Nicaragua) expressed appreciation to Paul Hunt, Special
Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest
attainable standard of physical and mental health, and endorsed his call to
implement the right to health. Nicaragua considered that it was the
responsibility of the State to assure equal rights to health, and in that
sense it was responsible for setting adequate programmes and services as
well as to encourage people's participation. Nicaragua believed that the
right to health was a basic component of the Millennium Development Goals.
It said that it was of prime importance to invest in health and have the
involvement of major stakeholders, including international cooperation.
Finally, Nicaragua said that poverty was still one of the major diseases of
this century. 
 
http://www.unog.ch/unog/website/news_media.nsf/(httpNewsByYear_en)/F30FBAE07
031994AC12571F100611B32?OpenDocument
 
Martha Campbell
School of Public Health
UC Berkeley
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