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FRIDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2006

Morning Roundtable Session:
10 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

Roundtable #4 - Civil Society and Global Partnerships for Development

Conference Room 4

This roundtable will examine effective partnerships between the United Nations, governments, media, academia, labour, youth, the private sector and other civil society actors, including NGOs. Such partnerships are needed to fully achieve both, the MDGs and the United Nations reform measures endorsed by world leaders at the 2005 World Summit. Discussion will focus on enhanced NGO access and input to United Nations fora, the General Assembly and other decision-making bodies. Examples of connecting global actors with local ones will also be discussed.

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Roundtable #5 - Commitment to Reducing Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Dag Hamarskjöld Library Auditorium

Ways of reducing extreme poverty and hunger as a key Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and specific examples of successful partnerships aimed at achieving this goal by 2015 will be the topic of the roundtable. Unemployment as one of the causes of poverty and migration will also be addressed, with examples of multi-stakeholder partnerships needed to reverse this trend.

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Roundtable #6 - Promoting Respect for Cultural Diversity in Conflict Resolution

Conference Room 8

The roundtable will provide a platform for representatives from different backgrounds to discuss efforts to increase the understanding of multiculturalism and to promote respect for cultural diversity. Speakers will cite examples of effective dialogues between different religions and cultures, in particular as they apply to conflict resolution. Clashes of ideologies, values and cultural norms that accompany globalization will be examined to incorporate sacred and secular practices and beliefs into multicultural solutions to these challenges.

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Afternoon Panel Session:
2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The Role of the Media and Communications Technology in Achieving the MDGs

Conference Room 4

The World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), held in Tunisia in November 2005, looked at the link between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and development. The Summit aimed to bridge the economic and digital gap between developed and developing countries and to promote the importance of full and equal participation of all stakeholders (government, private sector and civil society) in propagating ICTs. The Summit was not about technology but rather about ways to make information society global and to convince decision makers to use ICTs as a tool for development.

Speakers will examine how the emerging trends in ICTs as well as new, innovative ways of distributing content are helping to achieve the MDGs. In addition to discussing new trends in mainstream media reporting, they will also examine examples of how these are being supplemented by participatory media, making information more accessible and more diverse.

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Closing Session:
5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Conference Room 4

 

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