United Nations Millennium Development Goals
General Assembly Interactive Sessions in Preparation for the MDG Summit
To prepare delegations for the negotiations on the MDG Summit outcome document scheduled to begin in mid-April, the General Assembly is holding five informal interactive sessions providing participants with the latest information and best practices on the MDGs and related challenges as presented by the UN system, governments, academia, civil society, and the private sector.
8 March
STATEMENTS
- Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
- Ms. Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme
PRESENTATIONS
- DESA: The Millennium Development Goals - A Snapshot (PDF)
- UNDP: Meeting a global promise: The mounting evidence of MDG achievement (Powerpoint format)
- UNICEF: Accelerating Progress on the MDGs (Powerpoint format)
- WHO: Millennium Development Goals - Beyond 2010 (Powerpoint format)
25 March
PRESENTATIONS
- The Rockefeller Foundation: Lessons learned from AGRA and other Rockefeller Foundation initiatives (pdf)
- Building an Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (pdf)
8 April
PRESENTATIONS
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Drinking water and sanitation -- What works? (pdf)
- International Food Policy Research Institute: Progress towards the MDG1 hunger target -- What lessons? (pdf)
13 April
STATEMENTS
- Mr. Robert Fox, Executive Director, Oxfam Canada on behalf of Oxfam International (pdf)
- Dr. Arjun Karki, International Coordinator, LDC Watch (pdf)