Transcript Mdgs - VinFormation

From whence did they come?
UN Charter of 1945
 Multiple Summits, Conferences of the
1990s (and before):
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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)
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Gathered to reaffirm faith in the UN and its
Charter as indispensable foundations of a
more peaceful, prosperous and just world.
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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
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Freedom from….
 Equality of….
 Solidarity among….
 Tolerance rooted in….
 Respect for nature in accord with….
 Shared responsibility….
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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Targets
Reduce by ½ those
who live on less than
$1 per day.
----------------------------- Reduce by ½ those
who suffer from
hunger.
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Situation
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Target (added in 2007)
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Employment seen as
a way out of poverty
and hunger.
“Decent work” is
needed that offers
dignity and a decent
wage.
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Achieve full and
productive
employment and
decent work for all,
including women
and young people.
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Situation
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115 million children not
enrolled in primary
school.
60% of them are girls.
133 million young
people cannot read or
write.
Poverty prevents
schooling.
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Targets
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Ensure by 2015, children
everywhere, boys and
girls alike, will be able to
complete a full course
of primary schooling.
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Situation
Target
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876 million illiterate
adults in the world,
2/3 are women.
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Eliminate gender
disparity in primary
and secondary
schools at all levels
by 2015.
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Situation
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Targets
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Before 5, 11 million
children die of
treatable diseases.
30 million do not
receive vaccinations
for those diseases.
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Reduce by 2/3 the
under 5 mortality rate.
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Situation
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Targets
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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.
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Reduce the maternal
mortality rates of ¾
Achieve by 2015
universal access to
reproductive health.
(added 2007)
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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.
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Targets
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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.
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Situation
Desertification
 Loss of biodiversity
 Carbon footprint
 Climate change
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Targets
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Integrate the ppls.
of sustainable
development into
country policies &
programs, reverse
the loss of
resources.
2.4 billion people
lack access to
basic sanitation.
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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.
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Develop further an open, rule-based,
predictable, non-discriminatory trading and
financial system.
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Address the special needs of the LDCs.
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Address the special needs of landlocked
developing countries and small island
developing States.
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Deal comprehensively with the debt
problems of developing countries.
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In cooperation with the pharmaceutical
companies, provide access to affordable
essential drugs in developing countries.
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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
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“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?
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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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