Health PolicyOslo Ministerial Declaration—global health: a pressing foreign policy issue of our time
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Why this initiative?
At the invitation of the Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and his French colleague Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, foreign ministers from Brazil, Indonesia, Senegal, South Africa, and Thailand formed the Global Health and Foreign Policy Initiative in September, 2006.
Globalisation is rapidly changing the perception of foreign policy and international relations. New actors are gaining influence, and the speed of communication and growing interdependence is giving rise to new
Foreign policy taking up the challenges of global health: agenda for action
Adopted by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, France, Indonesia, Norway, Senegal, South Africa, and Thailand in Oslo on March 20, 2007.
In today's era of globalisation and interdependence there is an urgent need to broaden the scope of foreign policy. In our time, the pursuit of pure self-interest of nations might undermine the solutions that respond to the challenges of growing interdependence. We must encourage new ideas, seek and develop new mechanisms for partnerships, and develop
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Celso Amorim (Brazil); Philippe Douste-Blazy (France); Hasan Wirayuda (Indonesia); Jonas Gahr Støre (Norway); Cheikh Tidiane Gadio (Senegal); Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (South Africa); Nitya Pibulsonggram (Thailand)