From whence did they come?

UN Charter of 1945 Multiple Summits, Conferences of the

1990s (and before):

Children (NY), Basic Education for All (Jomtien), Environment and Development(Rio), Human Rights (Geneva), Population and Development (Cairo), Women-4th World Conference, (Beijing), Social Development (Copenhagen)

Gathered to reaffirm faith in the UN and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world.

Collective responsibility to all the world’s people, especially the most vulnerable and, in particular, the children of the world, to whom the future belongs.

Globalization is a central challenge: Need: Become a positive force for all

people. Reality: benefits of are unevenly shared. Reality: its costs are unevenly

distributed.

Need: create a shared future marked by equity and inclusion.

Reality: our shared humanity

Freedom from…. Equality of…. Solidarity among…. Tolerance rooted in…. Respect for nature in accord with…. Shared responsibility….

Peace, security and disarmament. Development and Poverty Eradication. Protecting our common environment. Protecting the vulnerable. Human rights, democracy, good

governance. Meeting the special needs of Africa. Strengthening the UN.

“We solemnly reaffirm, that the UN is the indispensable common house of the entire human family, through which we will seek to realize our universal aspirations for peace, cooperation and development. We therefore pledge our unstinting support for these common objectives and our determination to achieve them.”

Develop a “road map” of HOW Sec. Gen. convened the IAEG Task: Develop goals, targets and indicators

to track achievement. MDGs be limited in #, stable over

time, communicable to a broad audience.

Situation 1.2 billion people live

on less than $1 per day.

--------------------------------- More than 800 million

persons are malnourished,

Causes more than ½ of children’s deaths.

28,000 children die each day.

Targets Reduce by ½ those

who live on less than $1 per day.

------------------------------ Reduce by ½ those

who suffer from hunger.

Situation

Employment seen as a way out of poverty and hunger.

“Decent work” is needed that offers dignity and a decent wage.

Target (added in 2007)

Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people.

Situation

115 million children not enrolled in primary school.

60% of them are girls. 133 million young

people cannot read or write.

Poverty prevents schooling.

Targets

Ensure by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.

Situation

876 million illiterate adults in the world, 2/3 are women.

Target

Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary schools at all levels by 2015.

Situation Before 5, 11 million

children die of treatable diseases.

30 million do not receive vaccinations for those diseases.

Targets Reduce by 2/3 the

under 5 mortality rate.

Situation

More than 500,000 women die during pregnancy or childbirth each year. 99% in developing countries.

Only 58% give birth with a trained Dr. or midwife.

Unmet need for family planning.

Targets

Reduce the maternal mortality rates of ¾

Achieve by 2015 universal access to reproductive health. (added 2007)

Situation

In 2003, 13,00 people a day became newly infected with HIV

14+ million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS.

TB is the leading killer-2 million people a year.

Targets

Stop and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Achieve universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all who need it.

Stop and reverse the incidence of TB, malaria and other major diseases.

Situation Desertification Loss of biodiversity Carbon footprint Climate change

Targets Integrate the ppls.

of sustainable development into country policies & programs, reverse the loss of resources.

Halve by 2015 the proportion of people without access to safe water & basic sanitation.

By 2020 significantly improve the lives of 100 million slum dwellers.

2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation.

Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system.

Address the special needs of the LDCs.

Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.

Deal comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries.

In cooperation with the pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries.

In cooperation with the private sector, make available benefits of new technologies, especially, information and communications.

Listen to the people Respect culture, disaggregate stats Build capacity Be holistic Be human rights based Be Sustainable South-south, regional alliances Foster partnerships Learn from, share good practices

“We are at the mid-point of a great campaign to end world poverty, as set forth in the MDGs.

Clearly, we have made a real difference. Yet, we are falling short of what I know we can do.

This is a sacred cause. The fight against global poverty and human suffering is a moral imperative.”

~Ban ki Moon

Successes, uneven progress, challenges, opportunities.

Who? Why?

Who? Why not?

How?

Feb. 9-18: Commission on Social Development

Feb. 22-Mar. 4: Commission on the Status of Women

April 28-30: Vincentian Family Orientation May 2-13: Commission on Sustainable

Development. May 16-27: Tenth Session of the United

Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

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