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Voice Your Views on Poverty
and the UN Millennium Development Goals Live Chats Want to discuss development issues that are important to you in real time? TakingITGlobal is excited to invite all youth to our Live Chats with youth and featured guest speakers with expertise in the realm of international development.  |
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"It is not in the United Nations that the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved. They have to be achieved in each country by the joint efforts of the Governments and people."
~Kofi Annan UN Secretary General 
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Learn More about the Millenium Development Goals mdg.tigweb.org |
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Saturday 4 February at 1:00PM est.
and Saturday 11 February 2006 at 1:00PM est. Featured Guest Speakers Marie Abbott (english) Whitehorse, Yukon-Canada Youth Pierre Girardier (french) World Bank Paris, External Affairs Vice Presidency Amil Husain (english) New York. New York-United States of America Global Youth Coordinator United Nations Millennium Campaign Cynthia Lacasse (french) Canadian Commission for UNESCO Julie Larsen (english) New York. New York-United States of America United Nations Youth Unit Latif Mbengue (french) West Africa Millennium Development Goals Youth Editor Alex McClelland (english) Toronto Local Host for the International AIDS Conference Ben Peterson (english) Toronto, Ontario-Canada Co-Founder and Executive Director of Journalism for Human Rights Lindsay M Petrillose (english) One Laptop Per Child Carmela Prinzo (english) Youth Outreach Officer Youth and Educational Outreach Canadian International Development Agency Christian Robittaille (french) Quebec City, Quebec-Canada Coordinator of the Youth Forum in Quebec City Romi (english) Vietnam Millennium Development Goals Youth Editor Charlton Tsodzo (english) Zimbabwe Millennium Development Goals Youth Editor Terri Willard (english) Winnipeg. Manitoba-Canada Project Manager, International Institute for Sustainable Development Development is about freedom from hunger, illiteracy, disease, poor housing and insecurity. Inequalities in these areas need recognition, understanding, time and commitment to action. The Millennium Development Goals represent a plan that, if implemented, could just be the greatest achievement of responsible and sustainable development. At the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, 189 Heads of State and Government pledged to work together to create a better world. On behalf of their peoples, they signed the Millennium Declaration which promises to free men, women and children from the dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty and make the right to development a reality for everyone. They adopted eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG), committing rich and poor countries to a global partnership by 2015. Connect with Youth from around the world and discuss the role of young people and international development. Voice Your Views because you can!
Monday 30 January to Saturday 11 February 2006 mdg.tigweb.org/discuss |
