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| Morning Panel Session |
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Focus on Human Development:
Implementing the MDGs
“In 2005 we have a
once-in-a-generation opportunity
to deliver a modern Marshall
plan for the developing
world.”
– Gordon Brown
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The Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)
require the political will
of Member States for their
implementation. Civil society
organizations and NGOs in
particular have a role,
indeed, a responsibility
to mobilize this political
will, pressing at the local
and national level to promote
democratic processes and
good governance, advocate
fair trade and labor laws,
support financing for development
initiatives and end violence
against women and children.
Civil society organizations
are deeply committed to
ending extreme poverty,
protecting the environment
and mitigating the inequitable
aspects of globalization.
They are concerned
that this be the central
focus of the September Summit
of world leaders.
This panel will highlight
the work of NGOs in support
of the Secretary-General’s
call to strengthen national
and international campaigns
to implement the MDGs.
Speakers will discuss
the role of debt reduction
and forgiveness for the
least developed countries,
alternative financing
and the commitment of
wealthy nations’
to invest 0.7 per cent
of gross domestic product
in official development
assistance. They
will look at the impact
of international trade
policy and labor practices
on the socio-economic
development, environmental
sustainability and well-being
of children in specific
communities and regions. |
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Anwarul
Chowdhury
United Nations High Representative
for Least Developed Countries,
Landlocked Least Developed
Countries and Small Island
Developing States
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Speakers |
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Liu
Mingzu
Chairman, Agriculture and
Rural Affairs Committee,
National People’s
Congress of the People’s
Republic of China
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Mamphela
Ramphele
Co-Chair,
Global Commission on International
Migration
confirmed
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Salil
Shetty
Director, United Nations
Millennium Development
Goals Campaign, United
Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)
confirmed
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Diana
Medman
Chairperson, Russian
Women’s Microfinance
Network; Director,
AO Bioprocess, Russia
confirmed |
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