Spare
No Effort:
2015 Is Now
“It
is false pride to boast
to the world about the
importance of one’s
work, but it is false
humility, and finally
just as destructive, not
to recognize – and
recognize with gratitude
– that one’s
work has a sense. Let
us avoid the second fallacy
as carefully as the first,
and let us work in the
conviction that our work
has a meaning beyond the
narrow and individual
one and has meant something
for humankind.”
–
Dag Hammarskjöld
|
Member
States are engaged in
intense consultations
with each other and with
representatives of the
private sector and civil
society in preparation
for the 2005 World Summit.
NGOs have expressed
great concern that the
pledges made at the Millennium
Summit five years ago
have not been met.
The upcoming Summit must
mobilize the political
will necessary to significantly
strengthen multilateral
cooperation and partnerships
to implement the Millennium
Development Goals.
While agreeing with many
of the recommendations
to be adopted at the Summit,
there is also concern
in the NGO community that
civil society’s
views are not being sufficiently
taken into account and
many issues are not being
addressed.
This
final roundtable will
provide a platform for
representatives of civil
society organizations
and the private sector
to engage informally with
Member States. Participants
will have an opportunity
to voice their concerns
and make recommendations
on the United Nations
strategy to strengthen
the Organization in its
60th year. Expert respondents
from around the world
will offer their perspectives
on important NGO efforts
as reflected in the We
Will Spare No Effort
report prepared by the
Millennium+5 NGO Network
(a working group of NGOs
collaborating with the
United Nations through
the Department of Public
Information and the Economic
and Social Council), the
summary of the General
Assembly’s Informal
Hearings with Civil Society
in June, and the Conference
roundtable sessions held
earlier in the day.
This session seeks to
identify talking points
that will encourage a
more dynamic dialogue
on the work of the Organization
that must be sustained
in the months and years
ahead. |
