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Reaffirming the Millennium Development Goals – Outline of a difficult Picture

unmdAhead of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Review Summit, taking place this Monday and Tuesday in New York, civil society organisations have risen their voice in regard to their expectations. In light of the upcoming MDG Review Summit, the international NGO network Social Watch launched a critical report titled “After the Fall: Time for a New Deal”, at the United Nations in New York. The report repeatedly points to the apparent gap between the commitments expressed by the international leaders and the actual actions that have been taken. According to Mirjam van Reisen, director of Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA) and one of the report’s authors, “the summit demonstrates an overwhelming gap between rhetoric and reality”.

Other civil society movements indicated that although significant improvement has been achieved in eradicating poverty, progress has slowed down, especially in light of the economic and financial crisis.

Click here for the Social Watch Report 2010.

Read the Inter Press Service article.

To download the High Level Plenary Meeting on the MDG’s 20-22 September 2010 outcomes.

To download José Manuel Durão Barroso's speech at the MDG's High Level Meeting.

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