The UN General Assembly has decided to convene a 'MDG summit' this =
September,=20
with the objective to accelerate progress towards all the MDGs by 2015. =
The=20
summit will review successes, lessons learned, obstacles and gaps, =
challenges=20
and opportunities, =93leading to concrete strategies for =
action=94.
Only five years remain to achieve the MDGs, and despite some =
progress,=20
collectively we are falling short. The consequence of our collective =
failure is=20
that improvements in the lives of the poorest are being eroded by the =
onset of=20
global crises. However the MDGs are achievable.
Civil society organisations have a wealth of expertise and innovative =
ideas=20
to share with policy-makers at the local, national and international =
level. This=20
website is intended to act as a central platform for you and your =
organisation=20
to be informed on, and input into, the international policy=20
process.
The=20 Millennium Development Goals after the Crisis
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a =
new=20
report that analyzes how the global economic crisis has hampered =
progress on the=20
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Entitled, Global Monitoring Report =
2010:=20
The MDGs after the Crisis, the report notes that while the response to =
and=20
recovery after the crisis is stronger than expected, MDG progress has =
been=20
seriously (...)
Themes=20
and Active Participants for the General Assembly Hearings with NGOs, =
Civil=20
Society and the Private Sector Announced
Today, 14 May 2010, the final selection and approval of the themes =
and the=20
active participants (speakers and respondents) for the General Assembly =
Hearings=20
with NGOs, Civil Society and the Private Sector has been announced. The =
informal=20
interactive hearings, requested by the UN General Assembly and convened =
by the=20
President of its 64th session, H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, are meant=20
to (...)
Fertile=20
Ground =96 How governments and donors can halve hunger by supporting =
small=20
farmers
=93Poor people do not go hungry because there is not enough to eat; =
they go=20
hungry because they are not able to produce enough and cannot afford to =
buy=20
food.=94 In the lead up to the MDG+10 Review Summit, ActionAid released =
a new=20
report entitled Fertile Ground, which emphasizes that =93empowering =
local farmers=20
to produce more food for local markets is the bedrock of global=20
food (...)
Reality=20 Check: Time Is Running Out To Meet the Health MDGs
Recently, Action for Global Health published a report highlighting =
that time=20
is running out to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) =
and=20
that the gap between commitments and concrete actions remains =
unacceptably wide.=20
=93Every minute, a woman dies from complications in pregnancy or =
childbirth,=94=20
=93Every day, about 29,000 children die before they reach =
their (...)
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