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Published on Thu, 2010-10-14 11:44
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Published on Fri, 2010-10-08 11:25
Source: Civicus The annual meeting of the governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in the first week of October is traditionally an occasion for protesters to rally against the system and criticise these sister institutions created at Bretton Woods at the end of World War II. |
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Published on Fri, 2010-10-08 11:19
Intervention by Roberto Bissio, coordinator of Social Watch in The Post MDG Summit, assessment and discussion on next steps It is really very interesting to see the program to this debate starting with the phrase “We can end Poverty by 2015” which was highlighted around the UN building during the summit. The “we can” was probably a way of welcoming US president Barack Obama, one of the key speakers in the summit. In a way this slogan is raising the bar because the actual promise of the MDG’s was to halve poverty by 2015 and not ending it, so we welcome this increased aspiration, of course. |
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Published on Fri, 2010-10-08 10:43
Source: UNCTAD Richard Kozul-Wright of UNCTAD's Unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries has said that new development paths are an essential part of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and new levers of economic growth are necessary as many of the levers of the past decade will be absent in this one. |
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Published on Mon, 2010-09-27 11:26
Source: Center of Concern “The future of democracy depends on whether civil society and trade unions can develop the capacity to counter the lobby of the financial sector.” This dramatic statement was made by Nancy Alexander, from the Heinrich Boell Foundation, at the opening of a side-event held on the fringes of the Millennium Development Goals Review Summit. |
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Published on Thu, 2010-09-23 17:01
Least developed countries (LDCs) remain under constant strain due to global crises and face the most severe challenges in achieving the MDGs since more than half of their populations live below the poverty line. Dr. Arjun Karki from civil society watchdog LDC Watch spoke at a High level event on LDCs and MDGs held in New York on 21 September 2010. |
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Published on Thu, 2010-09-23 16:39
Global Call to Action against Poverty - Statement by co-chair Sylvia Borren High-level Plenary Meeting of the Sixty-fifth Session of the UN General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals: 22 September 2010 |
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Published on Thu, 2010-09-23 16:20
New York, 21 September 2010 Statement on behalf of Eurostep by Rudy De Meyer (11.11.11) at Roundtable 4 on Emerging issues during the HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE MDGs The long way from emerging issue to ‘emergency’ 1. Puzzled by the word I must admit that I am a bit puzzled by the word ‘emerging issue’; Looking at the outcome document and the long list of reports and publications that were launched in the run up to this summit, I found that about 99 % of the ‘emerging issues’ have been around for at least 10 to 30 years. |
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Published on Tue, 2010-09-21 15:59
Source: NGLS Women’s organizations and groups worldwide celebrated the UN General Assembly resolution, adopted on 2 July 2010, to establish the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, or UN Women. This new entity will be headed by an Under-Secretary-General (Ms. Michelle Bachelet) and will consolidate and combine into one the four existing gender-specific entities, increase operational capacity at the country level and have greater authority and resources to strengthen women’s empowerment and advancement (see NGLS Roundup 138). |
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