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The 24Th Asian Parliamentarians' Meeting on Population And The 24th Asian Parliamentarians’ Meeting on Population and Development Climate Change, Infectious Disease & Population Issues April 26-27, 2008 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia THE ASIAN POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (APDA) － 3 － Table of Contents PROGRAMME ............................................................................................................................................5 OPENING CEREMONY .............................................................................................................................9 ORGANIZER’S ADDRESS ..................................................................................................................11 MESSAGE .............................................................................................................................................14 ADDRESS..............................................................................................................................................15 ADDRESS..............................................................................................................................................17 ADDRESS OF HOST ORGANIZATION..............................................................................................20 OPENING ADDRESS ...........................................................................................................................22 KEYNOTE SPEECH “CLIMATE CHANGE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND POPULATION ISSUES”...........................26 <DISCUSSION>....................................................................................................................................33 SESSION Ⅰ CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR FUTURE SOCIETY ................................................41 “CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS” ...............................................................................44 “CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR FUTURE SOCIETY”.......................................46 <DISCUSSION>....................................................................................................................................56 SESSION Ⅱ CLIMATE CHANGE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES.............................................................................65 “INFECTIOUS DISEASES - THE PENDING CRISIS AND COUNTERMEASURES”....................67 <DISCUSSION>....................................................................................................................................74 SESSION Ⅲ REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH/RIGHTS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES .................................................83 “TOWARD THE G8 TOYAKO SUMMIT: POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH ISSUES”.............................................................................................................................................86 “REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACTIVITIES AND PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES”....93 <DISCUSSION>..................................................................................................................................103 SESSION Ⅳ POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT ON A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY.................................115 “POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT ON A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY”.......................117 <DISCUSSION>..................................................................................................................................123 SESSION Ⅴ PANEL DISCUSSION – APDA – AFPPD STATEMENT FOR G8 SUMMIT; DISCUSSION FOR ADOPTION OF STATEMENT................................................................................................................135 － 3 － APDA-AFPPD STATEMENT FOR G8 SUMMIT & G8 PARLIAMENTARIANS’ CONFERENCE ON POPULATION & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT............................................................................147 CLOSING CEREMONY .........................................................................................................................149 CLOSING ADDRESS..........................................................................................................................151 CLOSING ADDRESS..........................................................................................................................154 PARTICIPATION LIST............................................................................................................................156 － 4 － Programme DAY 1: Saturday 26 April 2008 Parliament of Malaysia 08:00 Bus departs Hotel Maya Lobby for Parliament of Malaysia 08:30-9:00 Registration (only for those who arrive late on Friday night) Parliament of Malaysia OPENING CEREMONY 09:30-10:30 Address of Organizer Ms. Kayoko Shimizu Acting Chairperson of APDA Message Hon. Yasuo Fukuda MP, Prime Minister of Japan & AFPPD/JPFP Chairperson (Read by Chieko Nohno MP) Address Hon. Prat Boonyawongvirot MP, Secretary General of AFPPD (Read by Dr. Puangpen Chanprasert, Senior Public Health Technical Officer, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand) Mr. G. Giridhar, Director of UNFPA CST for E&SE Asia & Representative in Thailand Address of Host Organization Hon. Dato’ Haji Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah MP, Deputy Minister of Finance, Chairperson of AFPPD Malaysia Opening Address Hon. Dato’ Liow Tiong Lai MP, Minister of Health Malaysia Presentation Ceremony 10:30-11:00 Group Photo & Coffee Break 11:00-12:00 Keynote Speech Climate Change, Infectious Diseases & Population Issues Hon. Dato’ Dr. James Dawos Mamit MP, Environmental Advisor to the Sarawak State Government Malaysia Q&A Chair: Hon. Dr. Tan Seng Giaw MP (Malaysia) Lunch Reception 12:00-13:30 Hosted by Malaysian AFPPD Chairperson, Parliament of Malaysia － 5 － SESSION 1: Climate Change and Its Impact on Our Future Society 13:30-15:15 Climate Change and Human Rights Hon. Han Myeong Sook MP, Former Prime Minister of Korea & former Minister of Environment Climate Change and Its Impact on Our Future Society Dr. Shuzo Nishioka, Senior Research Fellow of National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan Discussion Chair: Hon. Wakako Hironaka MP (Japan) 15:15-15:30 Coffee Break SESSION 2: Climate Change and Infectious Diseases 15:30-17:00 Infectious Diseases - the pending crisis and countermeasures Dato’ Dr. Hasan Abdul Rahman, Director of Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia Discussion Chair: Hon. Darlene Custodio MP (Philippines) 17:00-17:50 Drafting Committee Meeting 18:00-19:30 Dinner Reception Hosted by AFPPD, Parliament of Malaysia 19:30 Bus departs Parliament of Malaysia for Hotel Maya DAY 2: Sunday 27 April 2008 Ballroom, Hotel Maya SESSION 3: Reproductive Health/Rights and Infectious Diseases 9:00-11:00 Toward the G8 Toyako Summit: Population, Environment and Health Issues Mr. G. Giridhar, Director of UNFPA CST for E&SE Asia & Representative in Thailand Reproductive Health Activities & Prevention of Infectious Diseases Prof. Pak-Chung Ho, Regional Chairperson of IPPF-ESEAOR Discussion Chair: Hon. Dr. Donya Aziz MP (Pakistan) 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break SESSION 4: Population Growth and Its Impact on a Sustainable Society 11:30-12:50 Population Growth and Its Impact on a Sustainable Society － 6 － Mr. Jose G. Rimon, Senior Program Officer of Global Health Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discussion Chair: Hon. Prof. P.J. Kurien MP (India) 12:50-14:00 Lunch Reception Hosted by APDA, Maya Brasserie SESSION 5: PANEL DISCUSSION - APDA-AFPPD Statement for G8 Summit 14:00-15:45 Chair: Hon. Tolofuaivalelei Falemoe Leiataua MP (Samoa) Panelists: Hon. Kerry Nettle MP (Australia) Hon. Chiaki Takahashi MP (Japan) Mr. Jose Rimon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Hon. Tuti Indarsih Loekman Soetrisno MP (Indonesia) Discussion for Adoption of Statement 15:45-16:00 24th APDA Meeting Evaluation Form 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break 16:30-16:45 Adoption of APDA-AFPPD Statement for G8 Summit Chair: Hon. Chieko Nohno MP (Japan) CLOSING CEREMONY 16:45-17:15 Address Datuk Dr. Raj Karim, Regional Director of the East & South East Asia & Oceania Region of IPPF Hon. Wakako Hironaka MP, Acting Chairperson of JPFP 17:30-19:00 AFPPD Executive Committee Meeting (Members only) Ballroom 19:00-20:30 Dinner Reception Hosted by APDA, Merbau Room, Level 2 － 7 － Opening Ceremony － 9 － － 10 － Organizer’s Address by Ms. Kayoko Shimizu Acting Chairperson of APDA Let me first of all thank you so much for joining us at the 24th Asian Parliamentarians’ Meeting on Population and Development. Let me make a special point of thanking Malaysia for accommodating our wish to hold the meeting at this time in spite of the enormous inconveniences on your part as your parliament is meeting after the general election that took place last month. We are very much indebted to Chairperson Ahmad of AFPPD Malaysia, Executive Director Ramah Osman of the AFPPD Malaysian National Committee and all its members. This is an important meeting as we take a new step forward following the APDA-AFPPD 25th Commemorative Meeting in Tokyo in February 2007. This new step that responds to changes taking place in Asia must be based on the raison d’etre of AFPPD-APDA activities, as well as their 25-year legacy. For all of us, the starting point of our activities is to build a society where all people born on this earth will live with dignity. Our activities must always be focused on the single challenge of how we will realize this principle. Our activities rooted in this principle have been greatly successful. That does not mean we have solved all the problems. There is much more work to be done. But we can be proud of ourselves that we were able to improve the welfare of the most vulnerable in
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