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MDGs to focus on mothers and children
The annual Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report, released by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 23 June 2010 in New York, reveals that the world has made huge strides in reducing extreme poverty, tackling HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, and boosting access to clean drinking water, but is still not progressive enough in critical areas including improving maternal health and reducing child mortality. FULL ARTICLE
Holding the world accountable for development
Accountability for commitments is essential and a focus on implementing promises is urgently needed if acceleration of progress is to happen. The Development Cooperation Forum (DCF), a universal and respected forum, encourages participatory multi-stakeholder dialogue on major development cooperation issues. With a particular focus on the MDGs, this year’s forum aimed to also contribute to the forthcoming MDG Summit. FULL ARTICLE
Former Swiss leader elected as next President of the General Assembly
On 11 June, the General Assembly elected, by acclamation, H.E. Mr. Joseph Deiss of Switzerland as President of the sixty-fifth session of the General Assembly. A former leader of Switzerland who was instrumental in his country joining the United Nations eight years ago calls on Member States to return to the goals set out in the UN Charter and guide their work by the principles of peace, friendship and cooperation. FULL ARTICLE
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Global dialogue on development
- Coherent development cooperation to accelerate progress towards the MDGs
- Advancing gender equality and empowerment of women
- Focus on global public health and on financing for development
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Trends and analysis
- Discussing ICT developments, trends and challenges
- Presenting MDG eCenter
- Accelerating attainment of MDGs
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Capacity development
- Developing Russia’s ‘Information Society’
- Collaborating on 2008 data for upcoming 2010 census
- Turkmenistan’s 2030 Socio-economic strategy approved
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Publications and websites
World Economic and Social Survey 2010
The report launched on 29 June notes that getting ‘back on track’ will require significant reforms in global economic governance and new thinking to put the world on a more sustainable path of development. Overcoming the serious weaknesses exposed by the global economic crisis will not be easy and will require a major overhaul of the machinery for international finance, aid and trade.
Millennium Development Goals Report 2010
The report was launched in New York by the Secretary-General on 23 June 2010 and presents the yearly assessment of global progress towards the MDGs. The world continues to make advances towards the MDGs, despite the global economic downturn, but the rate of improvement remains too slow and countries must step up their efforts if the MDGs are to be achieved by their target date of 2015.
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Calendar
- Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council, New York, 28 June - 22 July
- International Day of Cooperatives, 3 July
- International Seminar on Information and Communication Technology Statistics, Seoul, 19-21 July
