Full Coverage: MDGs

30.06.2005 Just days before the G8 summit, taking place next week in Scotland, international development organization, ActionAid has hit out at the developed nations for providing aid that serves their corporate interests, pushes privatization in recipient countries, funnels money to rich consultants and leaves the poor countries heavily indebted. Rahul Kumar reports from New Delhi.

30.06.2005 In advance of the G8 summit, trade union leaders representing workers from 150 countries met with Tony Blair Wednesday, highlighting that fair and sustainable work worldwide is a critical element in the campaign to end poverty and calling on G8 leaders to take more decisive steps on poverty, environmental issues, and HIV/AIDS.

30.06.2005 At a Beijing meeting last week, UN special advisor Jeffrey Sachs asked China to take the lead in the fight against malaria. By cultivating a shrub that produces an anti–malarial medicine, China could make major contributions to reduce global poverty and meet the U.N. Millennium Development Goals.

29.06.2005 In most African societies, children are supposed to be seen not heard. On Friday, June 24, at Eroet Primary School grounds, Soroti district, Eastern Uganda, things were different. Children talked their hearts out as adults in various ranks sat and listened, often uncomfortably.

29.06.2005 Some of the world's most famous monuments--from St. Paul's Cathedral in London to a cotton tree planted by freed slaves in Sierra Leone--will be adorned with massive white cloths Friday as worldwide parties and demonstrations launch the first mass action in what many expect to be the largest anti-poverty campaign ever. Governments will be held to account for promises to end corruption and to take the economic steps necessary to end extreme poverty worldwide.

28.06.2005 The Millennium Campaign and Civicus have launched a comprehensive and easy-to-use Campaign toolkit for everyone who wants to put an end to extreme poverty by holding their elected leaders to account for the promises they made in the Millennium Declaration. Find out which skills you need and what tools are available, read helpful tips and learn which campaign resources you can draw on.

27.06.2005 ”We do not want decisions taken in small groups behind closed doors," said an NGO representative participating in last week's UN meetings to plan for September's UN World Summit on the Millennium Goals. Civil society organizations propose similar consultations be held with the NGO community before all major summits, as they have firsthand experience on the issues and governments would benefit from their expertise.

27.06.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jun 27 (OneWorld) - Six million children could be spared death from preventable diseases if the world's poorest countries spent just an extra $1.23 per person on immunizations and other basic healthcare, according to health researchers.

27.06.2005 Asia's remarkable victories in its war on poverty have put the world, except for sub-Saharan Africa, on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), designed by a United Nations summit five years ago to reduce extreme poverty and other forms of deprivation by 2015.

27.06.2005 Asia's remarkable victories in its war on poverty have put the world, except for sub-Saharan Africa, on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen by 130 million worldwide since 1990, even with overall growth of more than 800 million in the developing regions since then, according to The Millennium Development Goals Report 2005.

24.06.2005 The Dutch National Youth Council is looking for young participants for a seminar in The Hague coinciding with the G8 summit. Young people from all over Europe will enjoy an opportunity to speak their minds on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the main theme of the event.
From: Nationale Jeugdraad

23.06.2005 OTTAWA — L’Institut Nord-Sud et la Fédération mondiale des associations pour les Nations Unies (FMANU) ont publié aujourd’hui le 4e rapport annuel sur l’engagement de la société civile en faveur des Objectifs de développement du millénaire. L’Institut se joint ainsi aux nombreux participants du Canada et de par le monde qui répondent à l’appel lancé pour lutter contre la pauvreté.

23.06.2005 In the past five years, Latin America and the Caribbean have continued to advance in the fight against hunger, to improve gender equity in education and access to drinking water, and to reduce infant mortality, but the region continues to lag behind in meeting some of the Millennium goals, such as halving extreme poverty, making primary education universal, and turning around the decline in the environment.

22.06.2005 The new president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, who returned back after a visit to four African countries, has said that the Bank will focus on development in Africa. The Bank's other priorities include supporting equal rights for women to help foster ecnomic growth.

21.06.2005 Civil society groups review Indian GovernmentÂ’s progress towards the MDGs and the Common Minimum Program (CMP) of the Indian government that seeks to increase the focus on developmental programmes.

20.06.2005 An online forum continues this week as part of preparations for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November. The issues under debate include Africa and the Millennium Development Goals. Individuals are encouraged to participate.

20.06.2005 Youth from around the globe are traveling to Scotland to take action on the most pressing issues facing young people today, firmly placing their opinions and recommendations in the hands of G8 leaders. Created by UNICEF, the first C8, or "children's summit," will blend together the voices of children from G8 countries as well as eight of the world's poorest nations.

17.06.2005 Speaking recently as Chair of the African Union, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria had plenty of advice for G8 leaders on aid, debt and trade issues. And he made a plea that the right to "decent work" should be included in the Millennium Development Goals.

17.06.2005 The agreement on 100% debt relief for developing countries announced by finance ministers from the eight largest industrial nations on Saturday has been greeted with a huge sigh of relief by the 14 beneficiary governments in Africa.

16.06.2005 To achieve gender equality, combat HIV/AIDS, and increase child and maternal health, we must support local approaches that build on a community's moral beliefs and faith, said International Women's Health Coalition President Adrienne Germain recently.