MDG Summit: 20th-22nd Sep

In the year 2000, over 180 states agreed on a series of goals that, once achieved, would take a significant dent out of poverty and its effects worldwide. These goals have the potential to save millions of lives, reduce gender inequality, protect the environment and significantly improve the quality of life for all.

With the target date for these goals fast approaching, there is a need for world leaders to come together once again to discuss progress, share lessons and to go over the necessary action to be taken over the next five years. The MDG Report for 2010 shows mixed progress (read it here), so careful, deliberate leadership will be required to stay on track for 2015. From the 20th until the 22nd of September, the UN will be holding an MDG Summit in New York. You can follow the action with ONE*, the UN, or right here on the YLMP blog.

"The summit will be a crucially important opportunity to redouble our efforts to meet the Goals", says Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the UN. "Our world possesses the knowledge and the resources to achieve the MDGs. Our challenge today is to agree on an action agenda to achieve the MDGs." The Millennium Development Goals represent an unprecedented global effort and commitment; if successful, our leaders have the chance to re-write history and prove that they can indeed work together to facilitate positive change on a large scale.


*ONE has put together a playlist of MDG videos on YouTube. Check them out here.