THE REPORT OF THE HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON WELLBEING AND HAPPINESS DEFINING A NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGM 2 APRIL 2012 · UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS · NEW YORK [...]... The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness Defining a New Economic Paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness 19 inspired by Bhutan’s development philosophy of Gross National Happiness, resolution 65/309 equally welcomed the offer of Bhutan to convene a panel discussion on happiness and wellbeing and invited member states “to pursue the elaboration... n Reporting on the High-level Meeting themes and outcomes, and on the key principles and dimensions of the new economic paradigm at Rio + 20, and; n 16 Preparation of the present Report of the High level Meeting for submission to the UN SecretaryGeneral for onward distribution to member states; Convening a Commission to elaborate the dimensions of the proposed new economic paradigm, for consideration... on the High-level Meeting themes and outcomes, and on the key principles and dimensions of the new economic paradigm at Rio + 20, and; n Convening a Commission to elaborate the dimensions of the proposed new economic paradigm, for consideration by the 68th Session of the UN General assembly in 2013 This report will now present a more detailed account of the proceedings of the 2nd april High-level Meeting. .. Meeting and the 3rd and 4th april follow-up meetings, followed by a list of resulting recommendations 22 Defining a new economic paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness INAUGURAL SESSION PREFACE TO THE DELIBERATIONS Defining a New Economic Paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness 23 inaUgURaL session PREfaCE TO THE DEliBERaTiONS The inaugural... discussions on april 3rd and 4th Defining a new economic paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness 15 additionally, there was broad agreement at the High-level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness that governments worldwide can take practical and immediate steps towards adoption of the new wellbeing and happiness- based economic paradigm To that end, examples of the kinds of. .. paradigm, for consideration by the 68th Session of the UN General assembly in 2013 Defining a new economic paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness introduction the need for a new economic paradigm Defining a New Economic Paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness 17 inTRoDUcTion THE NEED fOR a NEW ECONOMiC PaRaDiGM The world is desperately... national economic policies based on wellbeing and happiness; and the establishment of a commission of experts to elaborate the details of the dimensions of the proposed new economy to be considered by the 68th session of the General assembly in 2013 20 Defining a new economic paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness The High-level Meeting was attended by more than 800 distinguished... adopt at their own pace and on their own terms to move towards the new economy; Outlining initiatives to promote a global movement for the new wellbeing and sustainabilitybased economic paradigm Defining a new economic paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness Photo courtesy of Jonathan Harris Defining a new economic paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing. .. Secretary-General of OECD Defining a new economic paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness The delegations of China, france, Brazil, and the European Union delivered remarks in the afternoon sessions The delegation of luxembourg provided a written statement and requested that it be included in this report as luxembourg’s contribution to the High-level Meeting in her welcome remarks,... in this report The first is a list of 15 main recommendations that emanate from the rich presentations and discussions that took place over the course of the three days These are captured in the final section of the report Secondly, the deliberations of the Experts and Scholars Working Group resulted in a concise statement, entitled “Realizing a World of Sustainable Wellbeing and Happiness The statement . Paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness Additionally, there was broad agreement at the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness. Economic Paradigm: The Report of the High-Level Meeting on Wellbeing and Happiness Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and