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These are some of the links that may be useful if you want to obtain more information about the MDGs and some of the organizations involved.

 

UN Main Page

This is the main website of the United Nations

 

UN Millennium Development Goals

This is the webpage that specifies and explains the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations

 

UN Millennium Project

This is a specific site with information about the millennium project of the United Nations

 

UN Millennium Campaign

Launched in October 2002 to support citizens around the world in their efforts to remind Governments of the promises made at the September 2000 Millennium Summit

 

UN Millennium Development Goals Articles

This is a page that provides a listing of recently published articles pertaining to the Millennium Development Goals

 

UN Department of Public Information

DPI  NGO
Non-Governmental Organisations Section


United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service

NGLS, the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service, provides a number of links to global, regional and national entities, active on the realization of the MDGs.


General

In Larger Freedom: towards Development, Security and Human rights for all; Report of the Secretary General, contained in UN Document A/59/2005

Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals; UN Millennium Project (Director Prof. Jeffrey Sachs) presented to Secretary General Kofi Annan, January 17, 2005: The Overview Report; The Full Report

CSO Perspectives on the MDG

This is an imperative account on pressing matters regarding the MDGs: Women issues are excellently stressed in various articles throughout this report;  human rights topics are reviewed; global governance, perceived problems regarding the implementation and the lack of progress on development issues in the WTO, poverty, environmental sustainability, equitable growth, and the topic of indigenous people are also among the subjects of interest in this excellent report.

Poverty

The Global Call to Action against Poverty

A world-wide alliance committed to pushing world leaders to live up to their promises, and to make a breakthrough on poverty in 2005

Ga Res on Decade re poverty

GA Res on Human Rights and Extreme poverty

"Civil Society's Contribution towards achieving the MDGs"
Florence Deacon, OSF
Franciscans International
November 22, 2004

The role of Agricultural Development in the achievement of the MDGs
By Florence Chenoweth, Director FAO New York Office


Women

Statement by Ms. Carolyn Hannan
Director, Division for the Advancement of Women United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs
At the Launch of the MDG Global Watch
United Nations, New York
22 November 2004

Latin America and Caribbean Countries towars achieving the MDGs: the June 2004 Congo/LAC Seminar on the MDGs in Santiago de Chili
By Leslie Wright,
Former Congo Vice President/Coordinator seminar
At Panel Discussion for the Launch of the MDG Global Watch
November 22, 2004 – 1:15 PM
United Nations Headquarters, New York – Conference Room 5

Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)

WomenWatch

UN NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York


Indigenous Peoples

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Millennium Development Goals and
Indigenous Peoples


Persons with disabilities

Protection and promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities


Youth

Statement of Jun Joseph Abraham,
Youth Coordinator,
at the launching of MDG Global Watch
at the United Nations, New York

Youth at the United Nations
(news, resources, issues, opportunities etc.)

UNICEF


Older Persons

Statement
at the
Opening of the Exhibition / Launching of
MDG Global Watch
November 22, 2004
By
Virginia Hazzard
Representative NGO Committee on Ageing

Second World Assembly on Ageing
Madrid, 8-12 April 2002

MADRID, APRIL 5th-9th, 2002 
FINAL DECLARATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 
OF THE WORLD NGO
FORUM ON AGEING

Global Action on Ageing


Civil Society Participation


Human Rights and Human Rights Education

People's Movement for Human Rights Education

A site dedicated to human rights learning for social and economic change

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